f11742 cc5178	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1926
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 14th, 16th, 17th August 1926 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 5 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 0; Essex 5
Umpires	JW Day, A Nash
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 287/9 (Eastman 25*, Melluish 13*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 105/3 (Taylor 8*, Astill 21*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Freeman	c Taylor b Rudd	113
JA Cutmore	b Snary	43
J O'Connor	lbw b Taylor	11
CAG Russell	b Rudd	0
LG Crawley	lbw b Rudd	12
*JWHT Douglas	b Coleman	26
+FW Gilligan	b Snary	24
MS Nichols	b Coleman	2
LC Eastman	lbw b Astill	35
AB Hipkin	lbw b Snary	2
GC Melluish	not out	16
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	16
Total	(all out, 149.1 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-97, 2-131, 3-132, 4-146, 5-220, 6-226, 7-234, 8-258, 9-260, 10-300 (149.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snary	46	16	83	3	-	-
Astill	33.1	12	48	1	-	-
Coleman	17	3	55	2	-	-
Bale	22	14	23	0	-	-
Armstrong	10	4	15	0	-	-
Taylor	9	0	22	1	-	-
Rudd	12	2	38	3	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EW Dawson	c Crawley b O'Connor	26
GL Berry	c Gilligan b O'Connor	12
NF Armstrong	c Hipkin b O'Connor	0
CH Taylor	c Russell b O'Connor	6
WE Astill	c Gilligan b O'Connor	50
GBF Rudd	c Cutmore b O'Connor	0
*GHS Fowke	b Eastman	11
+TE Sidwell	lbw b Eastman	16
CAR Coleman	c Nichols b Eastman	2
F Bale	not out	5
HC Snary	b O'Connor	1
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 73.5 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-32, 3-41, 4-53, 5-55, 6-100, 7-126, 8-136, 9-136, 10-142 (73.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	10	2	20	0	-	-
Douglas	5	3	10	0	-	-
Hipkin	17	8	15	0	-	-
O'Connor	22.5	2	55	7	-	-
Melluish	2	0	3	0	-	-
Eastman	11	2	19	3	-	-
Russell	6	4	7	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EW Dawson	c Gilligan b Russell	29
GL Berry	c Hipkin b Nichols	1
NF Armstrong	lbw b Russell	32
CH Taylor	b Nichols	29
WE Astill	c Nichols b Russell	21
GBF Rudd	c Russell b O'Connor	114
*GHS Fowke	lbw b O'Connor	12
+TE Sidwell	st Gilligan b O'Connor	14
CAR Coleman	b Nichols	9
F Bale	b Nichols	0
HC Snary	not out	3
Extras	(18 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 101.3 overs)	287
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-56, 3-65, 4-105, 5-221, 6-249, 7-270, 8-283, 9-283, 10-287 (101.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	20.3	2	77	4	-	-
Douglas	4	0	17	0	-	-
Hipkin	18	8	24	0	-	-
O'Connor	20	4	48	3	-	-
Melluish	6	2	22	0	-	-
Eastman	16	5	37	0	-	-
Russell	17	5	39	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Freeman	c Astill b Coleman	20
JA Cutmore	b Coleman	16
J O'Connor	c and b Armstrong	13
CAG Russell	b Bale	43
LG Crawley	c and b Bale	25
*JWHT Douglas	not out	2
+FW Gilligan	not out	1
MS Nichols	did not bat
LC Eastman	did not bat
AB Hipkin	did not bat
GC Melluish	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(5 wickets, 46.5 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-39, 3-80, 4-127, 5-128

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snary	14	6	26	0	-	-
Astill	6	1	17	0	-	-
Coleman	8	1	23	2	-	-
Bale	7.5	0	20	2	-	-
Armstrong	9	2	33	1	-	-
Rudd	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JA Cutmore (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> WE Astill (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 5
--> WE Astill (1) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> GBF Rudd (2) passed his previous highest score of 91 in First-Class matches
--> GBF Rudd (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> GBF Rudd (2) passed his previous highest score of 91 in County Championship matches
--> GBF Rudd (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> GBF Rudd achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-46)
--> GBF Rudd achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-46)
--> J O'Connor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 6-53)
--> J O'Connor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 6-53)
--> MS Nichols reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> J O'Connor reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> CAG Russell reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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