f14531 cc6874	Leicestershire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1934
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 12th, 14th, 15th May 1934 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 3; Lancashire 5
Umpires	W Bestwick, WA Buswell
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 196/8 (Sharp 17*, Smith 2*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (1) 206/3 (Tyldesley 68*, Paynter 54*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Duckworth b Booth	15
AW Shipman	b Watson	18
NF Armstrong	c Tyldesley b Sibbles	30
A Riddington	c Duckworth b Booth	11
WE Astill	c Watson b Hopwood	11
G Geary	run out	66
SH Wigginton	c Sibbles b Hopwood	15
*AT Sharp	lbw b Booth	17
AG Weston	b Booth	6
HA Smith	lbw b Parkinson	28
+P Corrall	not out	21
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 149.5 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-47, 3-75, 4-75, 5-105, 6-150, 7-180, 8-192, 9-197, 10-244 (149.5 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sibbles	31	13	41	1	-	-
Booth	39	11	78	4	-	-
Parkinson	34.5	7	73	1	-	-
Watson	16	9	23	1	-	-
Hopwood	29	17	23	2	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FB Watson	lbw b Astill	30
JL Hopwood	b Smith	28
GE Tyldesley	b Smith	114
J Iddon	lbw b Smith	5
E Paynter	b Geary	107
FS Booth	lbw b Smith	28
LW Parkinson	not out	8
*PT Eckersley	lbw b Geary	11
FM Sibbles	not out	1
C Hawkwood	did not bat
+G Duckworth	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 8 lb, 4 nb)	25
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 149 overs)	357
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-71, 3-83, 4-303, 5-317, 6-336, 7-354

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shipman	29	8	55	0	-	-
Geary	39	11	82	2	-	-
Smith	47	7	94	4	-	-
Astill	26	7	63	1	-	-
Riddington	5	0	26	0	-	-
Armstrong	3	0	12	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Paynter b Hopwood	16
AW Shipman	c and b Watson	14
NF Armstrong	b Hopwood	13
A Riddington	lbw b Watson	0
G Geary	c and b Watson	36
WE Astill	not out	52
SH Wigginton	c Parkinson b Watson	0
*AT Sharp	not out	20
AG Weston	did not bat
HA Smith	did not bat
+P Corrall	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(6 wickets, 74 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-39, 3-39, 4-55, 5-122, 6-122

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sibbles	5	0	9	0	-	-
Booth	12	1	27	0	-	-
Parkinson	7	1	18	0	-	-
Watson	21	5	41	4	-	-
Hopwood	26	9	52	2	-	-
Iddon	3	2	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AW Shipman (1) passed 11000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> E Paynter (1) passed 6000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 70
--> AG Weston made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> AG Weston made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> FS Booth reached 200 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> G Geary reached 1300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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