f13509 cc6241	Leicestershire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1931
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 17th, 18th, 19th June 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 47 runs
Points	Leicestershire 15; Worcestershire 0
Umpires	EJ Smith, FI Walden
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 103/2 (Nichol 41*, Gibbons 30*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 103/4 (Bradshaw 27*, Astill 18*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EW Dawson	c Nichol b Root	15
AW Shipman	c Perks b Root	2
GL Berry	c Quaife b Root	9
NF Armstrong	b Root	21
G Geary	lbw b Root	2
JC Bradshaw	c Perks b Brook	44
WE Astill	b Brook	20
CAR Coleman	c Walters b Perks	7
+TE Sidwell	b Root	6
HC Snary	c Jackson b Root	5
FJ Bowley	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 66 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-21, 3-28, 4-46, 5-59, 6-69, 7-?, 8-122, 9-134, 10-134 (66 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	25	7	42	7	-	-
Perks	14	2	36	1	-	-
Jackson	5	1	10	0	-	-
Brook	22	4	43	2	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+BW Quaife	b Bowley	12
J Fox	c Astill b Coleman	18
M Nichol	c Berry b Bowley	91
HHIH Gibbons	c Sidwell b Shipman	36
*CF Walters	c Berry b Bowley	11
TL Winwood	b Snary	18
FD Ahl	not out	35
CF Root	lbw b Astill	0
GW Brook	c and b Geary	5
RTD Perks	c Bradshaw b Geary	1
PF Jackson	c Astill b Geary	4
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 118.1 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-42, 3-118, 4-141, 5-175, 6-185, 7-?, 8-193, 9-217, 10-236 (118.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shipman	15	4	31	1	-	-
Geary	29.1	8	56	3	-	-
Bowley	33	11	67	3	-	-
Coleman	9	2	17	1	-	-
Snary	14	6	23	1	-	-
Astill	18	4	37	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EW Dawson	b Root	10
AW Shipman	b Brook	32
GL Berry	lbw b Root	14
NF Armstrong	c Root b Brook	0
JC Bradshaw	c Fox b Root	37
WE Astill	b Jackson	66
CAR Coleman	lbw b Root	3
G Geary	c Brook b Root	22
+TE Sidwell	c Walters b Brook	16
HC Snary	not out	2
FJ Bowley	c Nichol b Root	0
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 104 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-44, 3-50, 4-68, 5-144, 6-?, 7-?, 8-193, 9-217, 10-217 (104 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	35	9	65	6	-	-
Perks	23	3	42	0	-	-
Jackson	13	2	23	1	-	-
Brook	31	6	65	3	-	-
Fox	1	0	3	0	-	-
Ahl	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+BW Quaife	lbw b Snary	11
J Fox	lbw b Geary	7
M Nichol	c Bradshaw b Geary	5
HHIH Gibbons	c Astill b Geary	20
*CF Walters	c Bradshaw b Geary	2
TL Winwood	b Geary	0
FD Ahl	b Geary	0
CF Root	b Geary	17
GW Brook	b Geary	0
RTD Perks	not out	0
PF Jackson	b Snary	0
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 51.1 overs)	68
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-17, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-68 (51.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shipman	4	0	10	0	-	-
Geary	22	12	20	8	-	-
Snary	14.1	6	24	2	-	-
Astill	11	8	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WE Astill (1) passed 14000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 15
--> J Fox (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> M Nichol (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 39
--> FD Ahl (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in County Championship matches
--> FD Ahl (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in First-Class matches
--> FJ Bowley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 2-69)
--> FJ Bowley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 2-69)
--> G Geary reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 7th wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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