f11386 cc4953	Leicestershire v Sussex
	County Championship 1925
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 19th, 20th August 1925 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 4 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 0; Sussex 5
Umpires	J Moss, J Stone
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 116/3 (Cook 38*, Cox 40*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EW Dawson	c Cornford b Browne	15
AW Shipman	b Browne	9
GL Berry	b Wensley	19
WE Astill	c Gilligan b Tate	9
CH Taylor	b Wensley	36
G Geary	b Tate	7
*GHS Fowke	st Cornford b Tate	0
HA Smith	c and b Wensley	3
+TE Sidwell	not out	7
F Bale	b Wensley	0
A Skelding	b Wensley	5
Extras	(11 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 70.5 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-33, 3-40, 4-85, 5-96, 6-96, 7-110, 8-113, 9-113, 10-130 (70.5 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wensley	18.5	6	26	5	-	2
Tate	31	13	54	3	-	-
Browne	10	4	15	2	-	-
Cox	11	8	15	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Bowley	c Sidwell b Skelding	1
MW Tate	c Fowke b Astill	20
RA Young	b Skelding	1
TER Cook	c Fowke b Geary	43
GR Cox	c Smith b Astill	56
*AER Gilligan	b Shipman	30
RL Holdsworth	c Sidwell b Geary	9
AC Watson	c sub b Geary	18
AF Wensley	not out	1
+WL Cornford	lbw b Geary	4
FBR Browne	b Geary	0
Extras	(3 b, 14 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 78.4 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-28, 3-28, 4-137, 5-137, 6-155, 7-193, 8-195, 9-200, 10-200 (78.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	10	3	18	2	-	-
Astill	22	4	64	2	-	-
Geary	24.4	7	60	5	-	-
Bale	11	6	14	0	-	-
Shipman	7	0	16	1	-	-
Smith	2	1	6	0	-	-
Taylor	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EW Dawson	b Tate	9
AW Shipman	lbw b Tate	1
GL Berry	c Cornford b Tate	8
WE Astill	c Watson b Wensley	55
CH Taylor	b Wensley	0
G Geary	c Cook b Tate	10
*GHS Fowke	st Cornford b Wensley	37
HA Smith	b Wensley	13
+TE Sidwell	b Wensley	0
F Bale	not out	7
A Skelding	absent hurt
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 67.2 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-17, 3-32, 4-33, 5-52, 6-109, 7-129, 8-129, 9-150 (67.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	25	10	53	4	-	-
Wensley	19.2	5	61	5	-	1
Browne	11	8	7	0	-	-
Cox	12	4	19	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Bowley	b Astill	13
MW Tate	b Geary	23
RA Young	lbw b Geary	0
TER Cook	b Astill	0
GR Cox	c Taylor b Astill	10
*AER Gilligan	b Astill	0
RL Holdsworth	not out	21
AC Watson	not out	14
AF Wensley	did not bat
+WL Cornford	did not bat
FBR Browne	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(6 wickets, 29.4 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-35, 3-41, 4-41, 5-54, 6-54

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Geary	15	4	34	2	-	-
Shipman	4	0	13	0	-	-
Astill	10.4	3	34	4	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> TE Sidwell (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> MW Tate (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 14
--> MW Tate (2) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2

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