f10796	Leicestershire v South Africans
	South Africa in British Isles 1924
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 3rd, 5th, 6th May 1924 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africans won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	GH Watts, WAJ West
Close of play day 1	South Africans (1) 53/1 (Catterall 34*, Taylor 0*)
Close of play day 2	South Africans (2) 10/2 (Commaille 6*)

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South Africans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RH Catterall	lbw b Astill	44
JMM Commaille	c Sidwell b Geary	19
*HW Taylor	not out	60
AW Nourse	c Sharp b Geary	2
PAM Hands	c Sharp b Astill	5
HG Deane	c and b Astill	0
JM Blanckenberg	c Fowke b Astill	7
+TA Ward	b Astill	12
EP Nupen	b Bale	0
CD Dixon	b Geary	2
CP Carter	lbw b Geary	0
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 71.5 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-72, 3-75, 4-86, 5-86, 6-104, 7-130, 8-131, 9-153, 10-153 (71.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	3	0	18	0	-	-
Geary	29.5	11	38	4	-	-
Astill	28	9	70	5	-	-
Bale	11	0	25	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GH Salmon	b Dixon	11
AT Sharp	c Ward b Carter	21
WE Astill	c Nupen b Carter	9
JH King	c Ward b Blanckenberg	3
*GHS Fowke	b Blanckenberg	4
JAFMP de Lisle	st Ward b Carter	1
GBF Rudd	b Blanckenberg	6
+TE Sidwell	b Dixon	20
G Geary	not out	9
F Bale	b Blanckenberg	0
A Skelding	b Blanckenberg	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 52.5 overs)	90
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-43, 3-47, 4-49, 5-50, 6-57, 7-64, 8-89, 9-90, 10-90 (52.5 ov)

South Africans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nourse	6	2	5	0	-	-
Dixon	15	4	29	2	-	-
Nupen	8	4	19	0	-	-
Carter	11	6	8	3	-	-
Blanckenberg	12.5	2	23	5	-	1

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South Africans second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RH Catterall	c de Lisle b Geary	3
JMM Commaille	c Geary b Astill	7
+TA Ward	b Astill	0
*HW Taylor	b Bale	5
AW Nourse	c Bale b Skelding	32
PAM Hands	lbw b Skelding	60
HG Deane	c Geary b Skelding	2
JM Blanckenberg	c Sidwell b Skelding	18
EP Nupen	not out	25
CD Dixon	b Astill	5
CP Carter	c Rudd b Astill	2
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 56.4 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-10, 3-15, 4-33, 5-95, 6-105, 7-130, 8-137, 9-161, 10-167 (56.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Astill	14.4	5	39	4	-	1
Geary	17	6	42	1	-	-
Skelding	12	1	43	4	-	-
Bale	13	3	35	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GH Salmon	b Carter	3
AT Sharp	lbw b Nupen	10
WE Astill	c Carter b Nupen	24
JH King	lbw b Nupen	3
*GHS Fowke	b Nupen	9
JAFMP de Lisle	st Ward b Blanckenberg	4
GBF Rudd	c Ward b Blanckenberg	0
+TE Sidwell	b Carter	17
G Geary	not out	13
F Bale	c Deane b Carter	11
A Skelding	not out	13
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(9 wickets, 59 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-25, 3-42, 4-45, 5-56, 6-56, 7-64, 8-82, 9-96

South Africans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dixon	12	5	16	0	-	-
Carter	16	4	28	3	-	1
Nupen	17	6	30	4	-	-
Blanckenberg	14	3	33	2	-	-

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Notes
--> JMM Commaille made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> JM Blanckenberg made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> PAM Hands made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> CD Dixon made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> EP Nupen made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> RH Catterall made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> HG Deane made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> WE Astill reached 1000 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the South Africans first innings

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