f10726 cc4523	Sussex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1923
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 25th, 27th, 28th August 1923 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 287 runs
Points	Sussex 5; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	TM Russell, B Tremlin
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 7/3 (Rudd 2*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 190/6 (Bowley 84*, AER Gilligan 22*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AHH Gilligan	c Astill b Geary	12
EH Bowley	b Rudd	33
RA Young	c Dawson b Astill	67
GR Cox	c Bale b Astill	49
KA Higgs	b Geary	12
TER Cook	b Geary	3
MW Tate	b Geary	10
AC Watson	b Geary	0
*AER Gilligan	b Geary	1
AJ Holmes	lbw b Astill	11
+GB Street	not out	3
Extras	(13 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 97.3 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-110, 3-131, 4-158, 5-172, 6-196, 7-196, 8-204, 9-210, 10-219 (97.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Geary	38	16	53	6	-	-
Astill	33.3	5	72	3	-	1
Benskin	11	3	31	0	-	-
Bale	12	2	35	0	-	-
Rudd	3	0	10	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GHS Fowke	c Street b AER Gilligan	4
+TE Sidwell	b AER Gilligan	1
F Bale	lbw b AER Gilligan	0
GBF Rudd	c Cox b Tate	3
AT Sharp	b Cox	20
WE Astill	c Street b Tate	30
EW Dawson	c Street b Cox	3
ACJ German	hit wkt b Cox	12
LS Hutchinson	b Cox	3
G Geary	b Cox	10
WE Benskin	not out	1
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(all out, 46 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-9, 5-54, 6-64, 7-64, 8-77, 9-93, 10-94 (46 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AER Gilligan	14	3	41	3	-	-
Tate	16	5	35	2	-	-
Cox	16	9	11	5	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AHH Gilligan	b Astill	9
EH Bowley	not out	112		205
RA Young	lbw b Bale	24
KA Higgs	st Sidwell b Bale	19
GR Cox	b Geary	8
AJ Holmes	c Astill b Bale	13
TER Cook	st Sidwell b Bale	6
*AER Gilligan	c Rudd b Bale	47
AC Watson	not out	32
MW Tate	did not bat
+GB Street	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 85 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-54, 3-105, 4-124, 5-149, 6-163, 7-221

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Geary	24	7	68	1	-	-
Astill	23	3	93	1	-	-
Bale	34	4	88	5	-	-
Benskin	4	1	21	0	1	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GHS Fowke	c Tate b AER Gilligan	3
AT Sharp	b AER Gilligan	6
WE Astill	c AHH Gilligan b Tate	15
GBF Rudd	b AER Gilligan	0
+TE Sidwell	c Street b Tate	4
ACJ German	lbw b AHH Gilligan	36
EW Dawson	b Tate	2
G Geary	b AHH Gilligan	31
LS Hutchinson	c Street b AER Gilligan	5
F Bale	not out	3
WE Benskin	absent hurt
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 47.2 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-19, 3-19, 4-28, 5-36, 6-45, 7-94, 8-109, 9-113 (47.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AER Gilligan	15	4	32	4	-	-
Tate	14	5	28	3	-	-
Cox	9	6	19	0	-	-
AHH Gilligan	8.2	2	26	2	-	-
Watson	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> ACJ German made his debut in First-Class matches
--> ACJ German made his debut in County Championship matches
--> RA Young (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 38
--> GR Cox (1) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> AT Sharp (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> WE Astill (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 22
--> EH Bowley (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 107
--> AER Gilligan (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> WE Astill (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> G Geary (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> AER Gilligan reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> F Bale reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> WE Astill reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> AER Gilligan reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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