First-Class Cricket Matches 1914

KENT v WORCESTERSHIRE Played at St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, August 20, 21, 22, 1914. Kent won by an innings and 154 runs. (Points: Kent 5, Worcestershire 0) KENT 1 E.Humphreys c Bale b Pearson 44 2 H.T.W.Hardinge c Cuffe b Conway 22 3 J.Seymour c Burrows b Pearson 55 4 F.E.Woolley not out 160 5 S.H.Day c Bale b Cliff 109 6 D.W.Jennings c and b Cuffe 3 7 *L.H.W.Troughton b Pearson 0 8 †F.H.Huish b Pearson 15 9 C.Blythe b Cuffe 23 10 A.Fielder b Pearson 1 11 A.P.Freeman run out 12 Extras b 6, lb 4, w 1, nb 6 17 —— 461 FoW (1): 1-51, 2-110, 3-145, 4-345, 5-366, 6-367, 7-402, 8-435, 9-440, 10-461 WORCESTERSHIRE 1 A.T.Cliff st Huish b Freeman 10 (6) c Humphreys b Woolley 20 2 *W.H.Taylor b Fielder 4 (7) c Freeman b Blythe 6 3 F.L.Bowley c Day b Freeman 26 (1) c Blythe b Woolley 12 4 F.A.Pearson c Huish b Woolley 66 (2) c Jennings b Blythe 9 5 F.Chester b Blythe 43 (3) b Blythe 7 6 G.N.Foster c Freeman b Woolley 4 (4) c Seymour b Blythe 0 7 M.K.Foster lbw b Blythe 37 (5) c Seymour b Blythe 0 8 R.D.Burrows b Woolley 16 b Blythe 4 9 J.A.Cuffe c Freeman b Blythe 0 run out 0 10 †E.W.Bale not out 6 not out 0 11 A.J.Conway c Day b Blythe 4 lbw b Blythe 0 Extras b 20, lb 7, nb 2 29 lb 4 4 —— —— 245 62 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-43, 3-46, 4-157, 5-162, 6-189, 7-229, 8-235, 9-235, 10-245 FoW (2): 1-11, 2-26, 3-26, 4-26, 5-30, 6-39, 7-56, 8-56, 9-62, 10-62 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W Burrows 5 1 20 0 Cuffe 15 3 70 2 Conway 22 0 131 1 3nb Chester 9 1 52 0 Pearson 20.4 0 106 5 1w Taylor 4 0 29 0 1nb Cliff 4 0 36 1 2nb Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Fielder 14 3 49 1 2nb Blythe 22 7 63 4 7 1 20 7 Freeman 12 1 42 2 Woolley 20 5 62 3 (1) 7 0 38 2 Umpires: H.R.Butt and F.Parris. Toss: Kent Close of Play: 1st day: Worcestershire (1) 5-1 (Cliff 1*); 2nd day: Worcestershire (1) 164-5 (Pearson 54*, M.K.Foster 0*). F.E.Woolley’s 160 took 260 minutes and included 25 fours. S.H.Day’s 109 took 100 minutes and included 18 fours. The match was moved from Dover because of the War. 258