f9220 cc3523	Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1914
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 3rd, 4th, 5th August 1914 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 4 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 5; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	RG Barlow, W Richards
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 129/4 (King 50*, Coe 39*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 11/3 (Lord 5*, King 0*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Denton	b Skelding	0
WH Denton	b Geary	6
RA Haywood	c Sharp b Brown	26
*SG Smith	c Skelding b Geary	7
GJ Thompson	c and b Brown	0
GAT Vials	lbw b Brown	34
CN Woolley	c Wood b Brown	8
W East	run out	13
ST Askham	not out	11
W Wells	b Brown	1
+WA Buswell	c Sidwell b Skelding	20
Extras	(8 b, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 59 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-24, 3-38, 4-38, 5-39, 6-54, 7-88, 8-94, 9-100, 10-135 (59 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	8	1	23	2	-	-
Geary	24	6	53	2	-	-
Brown	22	4	45	5	-	1
Lord	2	0	5	0	-	-
Wood	1	1	0	0	-	-
King	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CJB Wood	c Vials b Smith	22
H Whitehead	b Wells	1
A Lord	lbw b Thompson	3
JH King	b Wells	124		230
AT Sharp	c Vials b Smith	2
S Coe	b Wells	39
JW Middleton	lbw b Wells	0
+TE Sidwell	b Wells	10
G Geary	b Wells	0
W Brown	c Thompson b Wells	10
A Skelding	not out	1
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 89 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-17, 3-46, 4-54, 5-129, 6-137, 7-163, 8-166, 9-217, 10-228 (89 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wells	24	3	82	7	1	2
Thompson	19	6	38	1	-	1
East	21	9	34	0	-	3
Smith	18	6	38	2	-	-
Woolley	3	0	12	0	-	-
Askham	4	0	8	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Denton	c Sidwell b Skelding	4
WH Denton	b Brown	5
RA Haywood	b Brown	8
*SG Smith	c Brown b Geary	74
GJ Thompson	c Whitehead b Skelding	4
GAT Vials	b Skelding	0
CN Woolley	b Brown	18
W East	b Brown	1
ST Askham	lbw b Skelding	3
W Wells	not out	39
+WA Buswell	c Coe b Geary	0
Extras	(9 b, 9 lb, 2 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 59.5 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-17, 3-19, 4-28, 5-28, 6-49, 7-57, 8-100, 9-176, 10-176 (59.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	23	1	55	4	-	1
Brown	20	3	48	4	-	-
Geary	11.5	2	36	2	-	-
Wood	1	0	5	0	-	1
Lord	4	1	12	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CJB Wood	b Wells	0
H Whitehead	c Buswell b East	1
A Lord	b Thompson	12
+TE Sidwell	b East	0
JH King	c East b Thompson	24
S Coe	c JS Denton b East	26
JW Middleton	c Buswell b Thompson	2
G Geary	not out	8
W Brown	b Thompson	0
A Skelding	lbw b Thompson	0
AT Sharp	absent hurt
Extras	(5 b, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 45.4 overs)	79
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-11, 3-11, 4-25, 5-69, 6-69, 7-75, 8-79, 9-79 (45.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wells	3	1	6	1	-	1
East	17	8	17	3	-	-
Thompson	18.4	8	39	5	-	-
Smith	7	4	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> ST Askham made his debut in First-Class matches
--> ST Askham made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JW Middleton made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JW Middleton made his debut in County Championship matches
--> S Coe (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 1
--> S Coe (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 1

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