f11889 cc5219	Worcestershire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1927
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 7th, 9th May 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 5 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 0; Leicestershire 8
Umpires	WR Cuttell, TW Oates
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 133/9 (Fowke 8*, Skelding 1*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MFS Jewell	c Geary b Astill	53
RH Williams	b Shipman	14
L Wright	c Sidwell b Shipman	0
JB Higgins	lbw b Skelding	11
WV Fox	run out	0
CV Tarbox	b Skelding	4
CF Root	c Geary b Astill	34
AJ Wilkes	c Sidwell b Skelding	0
HO Rogers	b Skelding	2
*+CB Ponsonby	b Astill	4
DV Hill	not out	11
Extras	(14 b, 1 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 64 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-75, 2-75, 3-75, 4-77, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-133, 9-133, 10-148 (64 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	15	4	52	4	-	-
Bale	7	3	10	0	-	-
Geary	8	2	21	0	-	-
Astill	25	10	41	3	-	-
Shipman	9	3	9	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Shipman	c Wilkes b Root	52
GL Berry	c Williams b Root	7
NF Armstrong	lbw b Tarbox	24
JC Bradshaw	lbw b Root	0
WE Astill	c Wilkes b Root	9
G Geary	c Root b Tarbox	13
SS Coulson	lbw b Tarbox	4
+TE Sidwell	b Root	1
*GHS Fowke	not out	9
F Bale	c Tarbox b Root	1
A Skelding	b Tarbox	7
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 59.4 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-54, 3-63, 4-81, 5-106, 6-122, 7-123, 8-126, 9-132, 10-141 (59.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	25	8	45	6	-	-
Hill	8	1	21	0	-	-
Tarbox	22.4	8	49	4	-	-
Rogers	4	1	12	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MFS Jewell	b Astill	12
RH Williams	c Geary b Astill	1
L Wright	lbw b Astill	10
JB Higgins	c Sidwell b Shipman	6
WV Fox	c Bale b Shipman	6
CV Tarbox	c Sidwell b Shipman	0
CF Root	b Astill	25
AJ Wilkes	b Astill	13
HO Rogers	c Geary b Astill	0
DV Hill	b Skelding	1
*+CB Ponsonby	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 41.5 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-23, 3-32, 4-35, 5-42, 6-45, 7-55, 8-55, 9-?, 10-83 (41.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	10	2	29	1	-	-
Astill	20.5	9	30	6	-	-
Shipman	11	3	15	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Shipman	c Wilkes b Root	6
GL Berry	lbw b Root	8
NF Armstrong	c Wright b Tarbox	16
JC Bradshaw	c Tarbox b Root	18
G Geary	b Tarbox	0
WE Astill	not out	25
*GHS Fowke	not out	11
SS Coulson	did not bat
+TE Sidwell	did not bat
F Bale	did not bat
A Skelding	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(5 wickets, 36.4 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-27, 3-35, 4-36, 5-64

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	18.4	10	23	3	-	-
Hill	9	3	28	0	-	-
Tarbox	9	0	33	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> JC Bradshaw (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> AW Shipman reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings

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