f12471 cc5624	Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1928
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 4th, 6th, 7th August 1928 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 3; Leicestershire 5
Umpires	JW Day, F Parris
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 100/8 (Matthews 2*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 35/0 (Woolley 24*, WW Timms 8*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CN Woolley	c Astill b Shipman	0
WW Timms	b Smith	15
+BW Bellamy	c Riley b Snary	7
JE Timms	b Snary	15
*VWC Jupp	c Dawson b Astill	36
WC Brown	b Smith	5
AH Bakewell	st Sidwell b Smith	0
EF Towell	b Shipman	8
ADG Matthews	not out	3
PA Wright	c Sidwell b Coleman	0
AE Thomas	c Coleman b Smith	1
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 63.1 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-12, 3-32, 4-65, 5-77, 6-78, 7-93, 8-100, 9-101, 10-102 (63.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shipman	6	2	9	2	-	-
Coleman	3	2	2	1	-	-
Astill	25	8	43	1	-	-
Snary	15	3	22	2	-	-
Smith	14.1	7	14	4	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EW Dawson	c Matthews b Wright	2
AW Shipman	c Bellamy b Wright	2
NF Armstrong	c Jupp b Thomas	49
GL Berry	b Thomas	2
JC Bradshaw	b Thomas	26
WE Astill	c and b Wright	80
+TE Sidwell	c Brown b Jupp	21
CAR Coleman	b Wright	32
H Riley	b Wright	10
HC Snary	not out	25
HA Smith	c Towell b Thomas	8
Extras	(17 b, 12 lb)	29
Total	(all out, 109.3 overs)	286
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-10, 3-19, 4-59, 5-105, 6-138, 7-233, 8-244, 9-265, 10-286 (109.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	31	6	84	5	-	-
Thomas	43.3	16	78	4	-	-
Jupp	23	7	57	1	-	-
Matthews	9	0	29	0	-	-
Towell	3	1	9	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CN Woolley	b Smith	30
WW Timms	run out	14
+BW Bellamy	b Armstrong	17
JE Timms	c and b Astill	36
*VWC Jupp	b Shipman	34
WC Brown	c Smith b Coleman	59
AH Bakewell	c Riley b Smith	9
EF Towell	not out	44
ADG Matthews	c Snary b Smith	6
PA Wright	b Smith	3
AE Thomas	c Dawson b Smith	18
Extras	(12 b, 14 lb, 4 nb)	30
Total	(all out, 145.5 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-52, 3-101, 4-107, 5-144, 6-170, 7-244, 8-258, 9-264, 10-300 (145.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shipman	20	4	29	1	-	-
Coleman	17	4	42	1	-	-
Astill	39	6	77	1	-	-
Snary	28	10	34	0	-	-
Smith	37.5	13	82	5	-	-
Armstrong	4	0	6	1	-	-

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Notes
--> BW Bellamy (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 2
--> NF Armstrong (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 21
--> HA Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> CN Woolley (2) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> BW Bellamy (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 7

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