f11490	Leicestershire v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1926
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 1st, 3rd, 4th May 1926 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	WA Buswell, JA Cuffe
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Australians (1) 309/9 (Gregory 102*, Grimmett 9*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HL Collins	c and b Geary	43
W Bardsley	b Bale	33
CG Macartney	b Bale	2
JM Taylor	c Shipman b Skelding	19
J Ryder	lbw b Bale	16
WH Ponsford	c Geary b Skelding	56
TJE Andrews	b Skelding	8
JM Gregory	not out	120				2
+WAS Oldfield	b Skelding	0
CS Everett	b Skelding	8
CV Grimmett	c Astill b Shipman	22
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 136 overs)	336
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-56, 3-91, 4-116, 5-118, 6-146, 7-248, 8-248, 9-266, 10-336 (136 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	32	9	97	5	-	1
Geary	42	12	92	1	-	-
Astill	24	3	41	0	-	-
Shipman	10	0	38	1	-	-
Bale	25	6	43	3	-	-
Lord	3	0	16	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Shipman	c and b Gregory	13
GL Berry	c Ponsford b Grimmett	14
WE Astill	c Oldfield b Everett	7
CH Taylor	b Macartney	19
AT Sharp	lbw b Macartney	22
G Geary	b Macartney	2
*GHS Fowke	b Grimmett	7
A Lord	b Ryder	0
+TE Sidwell	b Macartney	9
F Bale	b Macartney	0
A Skelding	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 71.1 overs)	96
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-34, 3-34, 4-71, 5-75, 6-80, 7-83, 8-96, 9-96, 10-96 (71.1 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gregory	12	2	25	1	-	-
Everett	14	5	23	1	-	-
Grimmett	22	8	26	2	-	-
Macartney	17.1	11	9	5	-	-
Ryder	6	1	10	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Shipman	lbw b Ryder	7
GL Berry	not out	5
WE Astill	not out	1
CH Taylor	did not bat
AT Sharp	did not bat
G Geary	did not bat
*GHS Fowke	did not bat
A Lord	did not bat
+TE Sidwell	did not bat
F Bale	did not bat
A Skelding	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 15 overs)	15
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Shipman)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ryder	8	5	4	1	-	-
Grimmett	7	3	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JM Taylor (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> JM Gregory (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> WH Ponsford made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> CV Grimmett made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> CS Everett made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> A Skelding reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Australians first innings

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