f11054 cc4733	Leicestershire v Sussex
	County Championship 1924
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 23rd, 25th, 26th August 1924 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by an innings and 95 runs
Points	Leicestershire 0; Sussex 5
Umpires	WA Buswell, TM Russell
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 57/3 (Dawson 29*, Fowke 11*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (1) 231/7 (Grimston 34*, Watson 22*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EW Dawson	c Bowley b Tate	31
SS Coulson	c Roberts b AER Gilligan	3
WE Astill	b AER Gilligan	1
JH King	retired hurt	1
G Geary	c and b AER Gilligan	8
*GHS Fowke	c Cornford b Holloway	34
JC Bradshaw	c Young b Tate	0
GL Berry	b Tate	5
+TE Sidwell	c Grimston b Holloway	4
AW Shipman	c Young b Holloway	3
A Skelding	not out	3
Extras	(18 b, 2 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 70.2 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-14, 3-32, 4-62, 5-62, 6-68, 7-73, 8-90, 9-113 (70.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AER Gilligan	28	8	40	3	-	-
Tate	26	11	32	3	-	-
Holloway	13.2	5	17	3	-	-
Bowley	3	1	4	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Bowley	b Shipman	74
+WL Cornford	c Sidwell b Geary	5
RA Young	b Astill	1
MW Tate	b Shipman	53
AHH Gilligan	c and b Shipman	3
*AER Gilligan	c and b Shipman	0
TER Cook	hit wkt b Shipman	23
GS Grimston	b Skelding	47
AC Watson	c Skelding b Shipman	27
NJ Holloway	not out	4
HE Roberts	b Skelding	0
Extras	(6 b, 10 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 84.2 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-19, 3-96, 4-100, 5-100, 6-165, 7-182, 8-244, 9-253, 10-253 (84.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	21.2	2	78	2	-	-
Shipman	23	11	50	6	-	-
Geary	24	8	69	1	-	-
Astill	16	5	40	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EW Dawson	b Tate	1
SS Coulson	c Tate b AER Gilligan	2
WE Astill	c Tate b AER Gilligan	0
G Geary	b Tate	7
*GHS Fowke	c Tate b AER Gilligan	0
JC Bradshaw	b AER Gilligan	2
GL Berry	c Cornford b Tate	9
+TE Sidwell	b AER Gilligan	5
AW Shipman	b AER Gilligan	6
A Skelding	not out	10
JH King	absent hurt
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 36.3 overs)	45
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-14, 6-17, 7-25, 8-29, 9-45 (36.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AER Gilligan	18.3	10	24	6	-	-
Tate	18	8	18	3	-	-

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Notes
--> GS Grimston made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GS Grimston made his debut in County Championship matches
--> AW Shipman (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> MW Tate (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 14
--> A Skelding reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> MW Tate reached 600 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> JH King retired hurt in the Leicestershire first innings having scored 1 (team had lost 2 wickets)

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