f7793 cc2623	Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1909
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 2nd, 3rd August 1909 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by an innings and 111 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 1; Leicestershire -1
Umpires	H Bagshaw, GW Webb
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 14/3 (Wood 1*, Coe 1*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJT Pool	run out	36
GAT Vials	run out	75
FN Bird	b Shipman	14
SG Smith	b Shipman	23
GJ Thompson	b Astill	0
WH Kingston	c Hazlerigg b King	26
W East	b Astill	3
JS Denton	b Astill	47
*TE Manning	not out	32
W Wells	b Astill	0
+WA Buswell	b Shipman	5
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 3 w)	12
Total	(all out, 98.3 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-119, 3-138, 4-149, 5-157, 6-163, 7-207, 8-250, 9-254, 10-273 (98.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jayes	12	1	37	0	-	-
King	16	5	42	1	-	-
Shipman	24.3	4	53	3	-	3
Astill	33	10	88	4	-	-
Coe	8	2	20	0	-	-
Wood	4	1	15	0	3	-
Turner	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJB Wood	c Buswell b Smith	7
WE Astill	b Smith	0
JH King	c and b Thompson	1
RF Turner	c Bird b Smith	10
S Coe	c Vials b Smith	7
AT Sharp	b Smith	2
VFS Crawford	b Thompson	1
T Jayes	b Thompson	2
W Shipman	lbw b Smith	8
*AG Hazlerigg	b Smith	8
+W Sturman	not out	0
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 31.2 overs)	49
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-1, 3-13, 4-23, 5-26, 6-27, 7-31, 8-33, 9-46, 10-49 (31.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	16	7	26	3	-	3
Smith	15.2	6	20	7	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJB Wood	c Buswell b Smith	9
VFS Crawford	lbw b Thompson	0
RF Turner	c Thompson b East	8
JH King	c and b Denton	36
T Jayes	b East	4
S Coe	b East	2
AT Sharp	st Buswell b Denton	7
WE Astill	c Bird b East	1
W Shipman	c Vials b Denton	2
*AG Hazlerigg	b Smith	24
+W Sturman	not out	14
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 55.5 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-11, 3-21, 4-25, 5-37, 6-72, 7-73, 8-75, 9-75, 10-113 (55.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	12	4	21	1	-	1
Smith	20.5	9	48	2	-	-
East	16	10	18	4	-	-
Wells	2	2	0	0	-	-
Denton	5	0	20	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> JS Denton (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in County Championship matches
--> JS Denton (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches
--> W Sturman (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in County Championship matches
--> W Sturman (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> WE Astill reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> SG Smith reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> SG Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 7-36)

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