Archive & Stats

f4642	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1898
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 30th, 31st May, 1st June 1898 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	RO Clayton, W Hearn
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 45/1 (Knight 20, Tomlin 4; 29 overs)
Close of play day 2	No play

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HA Carpenter	lbw b Coe	21
*HGP Owen	c and b Coe	51
PA Perrin	c and b Geeson	15
CP McGahey	c Geeson b Pougher	72
CJ Kortright	c Knight b Geeson	0
AP Lucas	c Wood b Woodcock	17
F Street	b Woodcock	8
G Tosetti	b Woodcock	2
+TM Russell	lbw b Coe	1
W Mead	b Coe	8
FG Bull	not out	19
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb, 3 w)	14
Total	(all out, 104.2 overs)	228
Fall of wickets: 1-50, 2-77, 3-103, 4-103, 5-148, 6-170, 7-178, 8-179, 9-189, 10-228 (104.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pougher	17.2	5	54	1	-	-
Coe	44	20	71	4	-	-
Geeson	14	3	30	2	-	-
Woodcock	29	13	59	3	-	-

Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJB Wood	c Russell b Bull	17
AE Knight	not out	20
W Tomlin	not out	4
*CE de Trafford	did not bat
AD Pougher	did not bat
L Brown	did not bat
S Coe	did not bat
H Whitehead	did not bat
F Geeson	did not bat
A Woodcock	did not bat
+JP Whiteside	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(1 wicket, 29 overs)	45
Fall of wickets: 1-?

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kortright	11	2	22	0	-	-
Bull	14	6	19	1	-	-
Mead	4	4	0	0	-	-

Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> A Woodcock reached 300 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed , his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> FG Bull reached 250 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed , his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings