f10542 cc4372	Surrey v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1923
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 6th, 7th June 1923 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by an innings and 85 runs
Points	Surrey 5; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	J Moss, WAJ West
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 18/0 (Hobbs 5*, Sandham 10*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Lord	c Abel b Peach	5
A Mounteney	c Jeacocke b Peach	8
WE Astill	b Hitch	5
*GHS Fowke	c Strudwick b Peach	18		90
JH King	c Jeacocke b Peach	7
G Geary	c Hitch b Peach	0
S Coe	c Jeacocke b Fender	0
GN Wykes	c and b Fender	0	2
AW Shipman	b Peach	8
SS Coulson	not out	1
+TE Sidwell	b Fender	1
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 125 minutes, 38.1 overs)	64
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Lord), 2-20 (Astill), 3-22 (Mounteney), 4-32 (King), 5-32 (Geary), 6-35 (Coe), 7-35 (Wykes), 8-61 (Fowke), 9-63 (Shipman), 10-64 (Sidwell, 38.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hitch	7	2	13	1	-	-
Peach	19	9	31	6	-	-
Fender	12.1	7	9	3	-	3

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Hobbs	c and b Astill	21
A Sandham	lbw b Shipman	66		170
A Ducat	c Sidwell b Geary	8		40
TF Shepherd	c Geary b Astill	30
HS Harrison	c Coulson b Shipman	4
A Jeacocke	c Shipman b Geary	13
WJ Abel	b Geary	38			7	-
JW Hitch	b Geary	6
HA Peach	c Astill b Geary	5
*PGH Fender	not out	14
+H Strudwick	c Astill b Geary	1
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 82.1 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-47 (Hobbs), 2-72 (Ducat), 3-133 (Shepherd), 4-133 (Sandham), 5-140 (Harrison), 6-167 (Jeacocke), 7-192, 8-200, 9-203, 10-215 (82.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shipman	19	8	46	2	-	-
Astill	33	12	84	2	-	-
Geary	22.1	5	46	6	-	-
King	8	0	30	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Lord	c Strudwick b Hitch	1		30
A Mounteney	c Shepherd b Hitch	7
*GHS Fowke	b Hitch	0
JH King	c Ducat b Hitch	15
WE Astill	c Strudwick b Peach	1
SS Coulson	c Jeacocke b Hitch	3		45
S Coe	b Hitch	26
G Geary	c Jeacocke b Shepherd	5
AW Shipman	c Strudwick b Fender	0
GN Wykes	c Sandham b Fender	0
+TE Sidwell	not out	4
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 31.5 overs)	66
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Mounteney), 2-7 (Fowke), 3-10 (Lord), 4-23 (Astill), 5-24, 6-53, 7-54, 8-54, 9-54, 10-66 (31.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hitch	14	5	27	6	-	-
Peach	10	2	23	1	-	-
Fender	4	1	8	2	-	-
Shepherd	3.5	2	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> GN Wykes made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GN Wykes made his debut in County Championship matches
--> PGH Fender reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed S Coe, his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> PGH Fender reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when he dismissed S Coe, his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> TF Shepherd reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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