f5602 cc1239	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1901
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 24th, 25th, 26th June 1901 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 79 runs
Points	Leicestershire -1; Essex 1
Umpires	WAJ West, H Wood
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 154/8 (Russell 15*, Mead 4*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 145/7 (Kortright 38*, Russell 10*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HGP Owen	st Whiteside b Geeson	1
HA Carpenter	st Whiteside b Geeson	12
PA Perrin	st Whiteside b Geeson	24
CP McGahey	st Whiteside b Geeson	40
WT Garrett	b Geeson	21
CP Buckenham	b Geeson	5
CJ Kortright	b Coe	22
W Reeves	run out	5
+TM Russell	not out	24
W Mead	c Wood b King	10
HI Young	c Geeson b King	14
Extras	(2 b, 3 w)	5
Total	(all out, 72.1 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-22, 3-50, 4-82, 5-92, 6-117, 7-125, 8-138, 9-160, 10-183 (72.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	23.1	11	39	2	-	-
Geeson	36	4	98	6	3	-
Crawford	9	2	29	0	-	-
Coe	4	0	12	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJB Wood	b Young	30
AE Knight	b Young	37
JH King	b Mead	11
R MacDonald	lbw b Mead	3
RT Crawford	run out	12
S Coe	c Carpenter b Young	5
H Whitehead	b Mead	0
F Geeson	lbw b Mead	10
GE Rudd	not out	7
+JP Whiteside	c Kortright b Mead	0
A Woodcock	b Young	8
Extras	(9 b)	9
Total	(all out, 62.1 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-67, 3-84, 4-97, 5-97, 6-97, 7-111, 8-117, 9-123, 10-132 (62.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mead	31	11	60	5	-	-
Reeves	5	0	20	0	-	-
Young	26.1	14	43	4	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HGP Owen	c Whitehead b Woodcock	0
HA Carpenter	b Geeson	11
PA Perrin	c Rudd b Woodcock	19
CP McGahey	b Geeson	6
WT Garrett	c Rudd b Woodcock	40
CP Buckenham	c Whiteside b Woodcock	8
CJ Kortright	c Wood b Woodcock	40
W Reeves	b Woodcock	6
+TM Russell	c MacDonald b Geeson	13
W Mead	c Geeson b Woodcock	1
HI Young	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 63.1 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-26, 3-36, 4-50, 5-80, 6-103, 7-121, 8-150, 9-151, 10-151 (63.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	8	1	24	0	-	-
Woodcock	31.1	10	62	7	-	-
Geeson	24	7	58	3	1	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJB Wood	lbw b Mead	15
AE Knight	c Reeves b Young	0
JH King	c Kortright b Young	8
R MacDonald	c Reeves b Kortright	20
RT Crawford	c Russell b Mead	0
S Coe	c Mead b Reeves	12
H Whitehead	c and b Kortright	44
F Geeson	c Kortright b Mead	3
GE Rudd	b Mead	4
+JP Whiteside	c Kortright b Mead	8
A Woodcock	not out	2
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 71.1 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-10, 3-46, 4-48, 5-60, 6-77, 7-93, 8-97, 9-121, 10-123 (71.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mead	32	16	44	5	-	-
Young	17	8	34	2	-	-
Kortright	18.1	4	31	2	-	-
Reeves	2	1	5	1	-	-
McGahey	2	1	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GE Rudd made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GE Rudd made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> HA Carpenter (2) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> W Mead reached 950 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> F Geeson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> A Woodcock reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex second innings

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