f12119 cc5406	Leicestershire v Kent
	County Championship 1927
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 10th, 11th, 12th August 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 4; Kent 4
Umpires	JA Cuffe, A Morton
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 134/7 (Geary 51*, Sidwell 0*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (1) 228/9 (Hubble 95*, Irvine 6*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Shipman	c Woolley b Wright	10
*EW Dawson	c Bryan b Wright	3
GL Berry	c Hubble b Ashdown	1
JC Bradshaw	b Wright	0
WE Astill	b Ashdown	5
G Geary	c Hubble b Ashdown	94		250	10	-
CH Taylor	c Bryan b Woolley	40		80
NF Armstrong	c Hubble b Wright	9
+TE Sidwell	b Ashdown	46		105	3	-
HC Snary	c Woolley b Ashdown	1
A Skelding	not out	3
Extras	(8 b, 9 lb, 2 w)	19
Total	(all out, 320 minutes, 120 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Dawson), 2-6 (Berry), 3-9 (Bradshaw), 4-18 (Shipman), 5-32 (Astill), 6-112 (Taylor), 7-131 (Armstrong), 8-219 (Geary), 9-228 (Sidwell), 10-231 (Snary, 120 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	35	14	54	4	-	-
Ashdown	27	12	46	5	-	-
Irvine	6	0	35	0	-	-
Beslee	18	7	30	0	-	-
Longfield	10	4	12	0	-	-
Hardinge	3	2	4	0	-	-
Woolley	21	5	31	1	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HTW Hardinge	c Sidwell b Skelding	1
*JL Bryan	c Skelding b Astill	13
WH Ashdown	c Sidwell b Skelding	2
FE Woolley	c Taylor b Geary	42
CH Knott	b Geary	25
TC Longfield	b Snary	29
BH Valentine	c Armstrong b Geary	0
+JC Hubble	c Snary b Skelding	96		140	12	-
AC Wright	b Snary	0
GP Beslee	c Dawson b Shipman	7
LG Irvine	not out	8		40
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 260 minutes, 92.5 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Hardinge), 2-10 (Ashdown), 3-28 (Bryan), 4-75 (Woolley), 5-90 (Knott), 6-90 (Valentine), 7-154 (Longfield), 8-158 (Wright), 9-188 (Beslee), 10-231 (Hubble, 92.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	23.5	8	67	3	-	-
Shipman	12	3	27	1	-	-
Snary	20	7	50	2	-	-
Astill	16	5	26	1	-	-
Geary	21	4	53	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Shipman	c Hubble b Beslee	24		60
*EW Dawson	b Wright	16		32
GL Berry	b Wright	1
JC Bradshaw	c Ashdown b Woolley	1
WE Astill	b Beslee	7			1	-
G Geary	b Irvine	60		110	5	-
CH Taylor	not out	32
NF Armstrong	lbw b Irvine	11
+TE Sidwell	c Bryan b Longfield	4
HC Snary	not out	8
A Skelding	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 81.3 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-33 (Dawson), 2-39 (Berry), 3-43 (Shipman), 4-53 (Bradshaw), 5-53 (Astill), 6-138 (Geary), 7-160 (Armstrong), 8-165 (Sidwell)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	17	4	27	2	-	-
Ashdown	13	4	31	0	-	-
Irvine	8	0	37	2	-	-
Beslee	11	3	30	2	-	-
Longfield	8.3	5	9	1	-	-
Hardinge	6	0	18	0	-	-
Woolley	18	10	12	1	-	-

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Notes
--> LG Irvine made his debut in County Championship matches
--> LG Irvine made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CH Knott (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> JC Hubble (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 66
--> G Geary (2) 50 in 92 minutes
--> G Geary (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 38

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