f11547 cc5026	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1926
Venue	Garrison A Cricket Ground, Colchester on 29th, 31st May 1926 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 10 wickets
Points	Essex 0; Leicestershire 5
Umpires	LC Braund, T Flowers
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 60/7 (Morris 5*, Nichols 6*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Shipman	b Nichols	2
GL Berry	b Hipkin	14
NF Armstrong	lbw b Eastman	1
WE Astill	c Hipkin b Palmer	76
JC Bradshaw	lbw b Nichols	18
*GHS Fowke	lbw b Hipkin	5
G Geary	c Hipkin b Nichols	7
+TE Sidwell	c Eastman b Palmer	77
HA Smith	c Eastman b Hipkin	30
F Bale	not out	22
A Skelding	b Palmer	10
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 92.3 overs)	277
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-5, 3-55, 4-84, 5-95, 6-111, 7-144, 8-203, 9-254, 10-277 (92.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	24	4	62	3	-	-
Eastman	9	1	25	1	-	-
Hipkin	28	6	67	3	-	-
Palmer	18.3	3	63	3	-	-
Russell	11	3	22	0	-	-
O'Connor	2	0	23	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JR Freeman	c Bradshaw b Geary	5
JA Cutmore	b Skelding	19
J O'Connor	c Skelding b Geary	5
CAG Russell	hit wkt b Skelding	11
FWH Nicholas	b Skelding	2
*PA Perrin	lbw b Skelding	0
HM Morris	c Skelding b Geary	7
LC Eastman	b Geary	1
MS Nichols	not out	20
AB Hipkin	c Bradshaw b Skelding	4
HJ Palmer	c Sidwell b Geary	8
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 37.4 overs)	96
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-20, 3-42, 4-46, 5-46, 6-51, 7-52, 8-63, 9-71, 10-96 (37.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	19	5	41	5	-	-
Geary	18.4	6	41	5	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JR Freeman	b Geary	52
JA Cutmore	lbw b Bale	10
J O'Connor	lbw b Astill	14
CAG Russell	c Bradshaw b Astill	44
FWH Nicholas	c Fowke b Astill	13
MS Nichols	lbw b Astill	0
*PA Perrin	c Fowke b Geary	7
HM Morris	c Geary b Astill	0
LC Eastman	c Bale b Geary	5
AB Hipkin	b Geary	16
HJ Palmer	not out	2
Extras	(11 b, 6 lb, 4 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 83.2 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-48, 3-124, 4-145, 5-149, 6-149, 7-149, 8-154, 9-168, 10-184 (83.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	16	5	35	0	-	-
Geary	22.2	7	42	4	-	-
Bale	12	4	16	1	-	-
Astill	23	9	47	5	-	-
Shipman	2	1	2	0	-	-
Smith	4	0	13	0	-	-
Armstrong	4	2	8	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HA Smith	not out	4
*GHS Fowke	not out	0
AW Shipman	did not bat
GL Berry	did not bat
NF Armstrong	did not bat
WE Astill	did not bat
JC Bradshaw	did not bat
G Geary	did not bat
+TE Sidwell	did not bat
F Bale	did not bat
A Skelding	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 0.2 overs)	4

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perrin	0.2	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> GL Berry (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> JR Freeman (2) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 47
--> HA Smith (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> AB Hipkin reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> A Skelding reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings

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