f5329 cc1045	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1900
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 4th, 5th, 6th June 1900 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 58 runs
Points	Essex 1; Leicestershire -1
Umpires	W Hearn, J Phillips
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 93/2 (Carpenter 30*, McGahey 35*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 65/4 (Whitehead 10*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJB Wood	b Mead	33
AE Knight	b Young	0
L Brown	c Russell b Young	8
H Whitehead	c Kortright b Young	108
JH King	c Kortright b Young	51
H Burgess	c Mead b Carpenter	5
S Coe	c Kortright b Young	4
*CE de Trafford	b Carpenter	0
F Geeson	b Carpenter	6
A Woodcock	not out	12
+JP Whiteside	c Mead b Young	0
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 96 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-18, 3-75, 4-202, 5-215, 6-215, 7-215, 8-225, 9-233, 10-237 (96 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mead	25	9	50	1	-	-
Young	32	9	76	6	-	-
Reeves	17	5	47	0	-	-
Perrin	2	0	9	0	-	-
Carpenter	16	4	39	3	-	-
McGahey	4	1	6	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Fane	b Woodcock	0
HA Carpenter	b Woodcock	66
PA Perrin	b King	12
CP McGahey	c and b Brown	184
AP Lucas	b King	54
CJ Kortright	b Woodcock	10
*HGP Owen	c Brown b Coe	62
W Reeves	not out	31
+TM Russell	c Geeson b Woodcock	8
HI Young	not out	8
W Mead	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 123 overs)	453
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-30, 3-138, 4-234, 5-261, 6-395, 7-411, 8-440

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woodcock	35	6	115	4	-	1
King	31	10	92	2	-	-
Burgess	20	5	81	0	1	-
Geeson	14	1	39	0	-	-
Coe	8	4	41	1	-	-
Wood	5	0	26	0	-	-
Brown	10	0	41	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJB Wood	c Russell b Kortright	7
AE Knight	b Kortright	14
L Brown	b Carpenter	25
H Whitehead	b Young	27
JH King	b Kortright	5
H Burgess	b Kortright	0
S Coe	not out	61
*CE de Trafford	c Kortright b Young	4
F Geeson	c Carpenter b Kortright	5
A Woodcock	b Kortright	0
+JP Whiteside	b Kortright	2
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(all out, 50.3 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-32, 3-57, 4-65, 5-65, 6-119, 7-123, 8-136, 9-136, 10-158 (50.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mead	15	8	24	0	-	-
Young	10	1	28	2	-	-
Carpenter	7	0	31	1	-	-
Kortright	18.3	4	67	7	-	-

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Notes
--> H Burgess made his debut in First-Class matches
--> H Burgess made his debut in County Championship matches
--> H Whitehead (1) passed his previous highest score of 67 in County Championship matches
--> H Whitehead (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> H Whitehead (1) passed his previous highest score of 67 in First-Class matches
--> H Whitehead (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> HA Carpenter (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 62
--> CP McGahey (1) passed his previous highest score of 147 in County Championship matches
--> CP McGahey (1) passed his previous highest score of 147 in First-Class matches
--> CP McGahey (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 174
--> S Coe (2) equalled his previous highest score of 61 in County Championship matches
--> HA Carpenter achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 2-24)

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Whitehead batted for 160 minutes and scored 13 fours in his 108, his maiden first-class hundred. Kortright was unable to bowl in the first innings, being slightly lame. McGahey's 184 included 20 fours

 

 

 

 

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