First-Class Cricket Matches 1914

WORCESTERSHIRE v KENT Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, June 11, 12, 1914. Kent won by an innings and 230 runs. (Points: Worcestershire 0, Kent 5) KENT 1 E.Humphreys run out 9 2 H.T.W.Hardinge b Burrows 183 3 J.Seymour c Bowley b Taylor 27 4 F.E.Woolley b Pearson 29 5 J.C.Hubble c Taylor b Cliff 82 6 *L.H.W.Troughton b Pearson 13 7 C.E.Hatfeild c Bale b Pearson 9 8 †F.H.Huish b Pearson 3 9 W.J.Fairservice b Burrows 9 10 C.Blythe b Pearson 5 11 A.Fielder not out 4 Extras b 12, lb 11, w 3 26 —— 399 FoW (1): 1-25, 2-84, 3-143, 4-307, 5-329, 6-339, 7-345, 8-374, 9-379, 10-399 WORCESTERSHIRE 1 *W.H.Taylor c Humphreys b Blythe 17 (6) lbw b Fairservice 9 2 A.T.Cliff lbw b Blythe 22 (1) b Blythe 0 3 M.K.Foster c Hubble b Woolley 1 (5) c Hardinge b Blythe 4 4 F.L.Bowley c Hubble b Woolley 4 (2) c sub b Woolley 12 5 F.A.Pearson lbw b Blythe 6 (3) c sub b Humphreys 40 6 F.Chester run out 0 (4) st Hubble b Woolley 1 7 C.G.A.Collier c Fairservice b Blythe 1 (8) lbw b Fairservice 4 8 B.G.Stevens b Blythe 0 (7) c and b Fairservice 3 9 J.A.Cuffe not out 8 c Blythe b Woolley 5 10 R.D.Burrows b Blythe 2 b Fairservice 0 11 †E.W.Bale c Fielder b Woolley 20 not out 5 Extras b 1, lb 3 4 b 1 1 —— —— 85 84 FoW (1): 1-35, 2-36, 3-40, 4-49, 5-51, 6-55, 7-55, 8-58, 9-60, 10-85 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-30, 3-35, 4-40, 5-64, 6-68, 7-74, 8-76, 9-76, 10-84 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W Cuffe 17 4 37 0 Pearson 33 6 114 5 1w Cliff 5 0 44 1 Chester 10 1 28 0 Taylor 21 7 66 1 1w Burrows 11.5 2 54 2 1w Collier 7 1 30 0 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Fielder 1 0 1 0 Blythe 17 4 41 6 (1) 10 2 24 2 Woolley 17 3 39 3 (2) 12.5 3 33 3 Humphreys (3) 6 0 13 1 Fairservice (4) 6 1 13 4 Umpires: W.Richards and F.G.Roberts. Toss: Worcestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Worcestershire (1) 1-0 (Taylor 1*, Cliff 0*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. H.T.W.Hardinge’s 183 took 290 minutes and included 20 fours. 131