f6233 cc1635	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1903
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 27th, 28th, 29th August 1903 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 10 wickets
Points	Essex 1; Leicestershire -1
Umpires	W Hearn, JE West
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 308 all out
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 130/5 (RT Crawford 14*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Fane	b RT Crawford	6
CP McGahey	b King	15
JWHT Douglas	b Marlow	5
FH Gillingham	c Whiteside b VFS Crawford	116
EHD Sewell	c and b Marlow	0
PA Perrin	b Odell	43
CP Buckenham	b Odell	0
W Reeves	b Odell	65
HI Young	c sub b Odell	6
W Mead	not out	33
+TM Russell	b Gill	8
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 105.3 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-24, 3-40, 4-48, 5-131, 6-135, 7-242, 8-257, 9-274, 10-308 (105.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
RT Crawford	9	3	17	1	-	-
King	18	4	37	1	-	-
Marlow	13	3	37	2	-	-
Odell	25	7	58	4	-	-
Gill	9.3	1	37	1	-	-
Whitehead	6	0	21	0	-	-
Stocks	16	2	52	0	-	-
VFS Crawford	9	0	38	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJB Wood	run out	5
H Whitehead	b Mead	24
AE Knight	b Douglas	29
JH King	b Mead	6
*VFS Crawford	c Perrin b Mead	5
GC Gill	lbw b Mead	10
RT Crawford	b Douglas	4
FW Stocks	not out	21
WW Odell	c Douglas b Mead	15
T Marlow	b Mead	4
+JP Whiteside	b Mead	0
Extras	(18 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 68.3 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-41, 3-54, 4-62, 5-86, 6-105, 7-109, 8-139, 9-144, 10-144 (68.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mead	31.3	12	50	7	-	-
Reeves	21	9	43	0	-	-
Douglas	8	4	15	2	-	-
Young	8	1	15	0	-	1

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJB Wood	b Mead	33
FW Stocks	c Russell b Buckenham	20
AE Knight	b Mead	21
H Whitehead	b Mead	24
JH King	c Reeves b Douglas	10
RT Crawford	c Reeves b Mead	22
*VFS Crawford	c McGahey b Mead	3
GC Gill	b Mead	23
WW Odell	not out	2
T Marlow	b Mead	0
+JP Whiteside	b Mead	0
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 72.1 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-59, 3-101, 4-110, 5-130, 6-135, 7-152, 8-166, 9-166, 10-168 (72.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mead	31.1	12	65	8	-	-
McGahey	12	2	30	0	-	-
Douglas	14	2	30	1	-	-
Buckenham	8	1	21	1	-	-
Young	4	2	5	0	-	-
Reeves	3	1	7	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Fane	not out	3
CP McGahey	not out	3
JWHT Douglas	did not bat
FH Gillingham	did not bat
EHD Sewell	did not bat
PA Perrin	did not bat
CP Buckenham	did not bat
W Reeves	did not bat
HI Young	did not bat
W Mead	did not bat
+TM Russell	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 0.5 overs)	6

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
VFS Crawford	0.5	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FW Stocks made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> FW Stocks made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> T Marlow made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> T Marlow made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> FH Gillingham (1) passed his previous highest score of 79 in First-Class matches
--> FH Gillingham (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> FH Gillingham (1) passed his previous highest score of 79 in County Championship matches
--> FH Gillingham (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> AE Knight (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 29
--> AE Knight (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> JH King (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 8
--> WW Odell reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> W Mead reached 1250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> W Mead reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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Gillingham's 116 lasted 210 minutes

 

 

 

 

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