First-Class Cricket Matches 1920

WORCESTERSHIRE v ESSEX Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, July 31, August 2, 3, 1920. Essex won by an innings and 242 runs. (Points: Worcestershire 0, Essex 5) ESSEX 1 *J.W.H.T.Douglas run out 147 2 C.A.G.Russell c A.N.Jewell b Preece 71 3 †J.R.Freeman lbw b Pearson 97 4 P.A.Perrin c H.L.Higgins b Pearson 63 5 J.G.Dixon c Preece b Pearson 10 6 H.M.Morris b M.F.S.Jewell 10 7 N.H.Saint b Preece 16 8 C.P.McGahey b Preece 4 9 W.Davis b Preece 4 10 H.W.Smith not out 20 11 P.Toone b Pearson 20 Extras b 17, lb 17, w 1, nb 3 38 —— 500 FoW (1): 1-118, 2-327, 3-384, 4-420, 5-420, 6-444, 7-446, 8-454, 9-461, 10-500 WORCESTERSHIRE 1 F.L.Bowley b Dixon 11 lbw b Douglas 12 2 H.L.Higgins c Russell b Dixon 12 b Douglas 8 3 †A.N.Jewell b Douglas 13 c Russell b Dixon 4 4 F.A.Pearson lbw b Dixon 5 absent hurt 0 5 M.K.Foster c Smith b Douglas 15 (4) c Russell b Dixon 11 6 J.W.C.Turner b Douglas 15 (5) b Dixon 2 7 W.H.Taylor b Dixon 15 (6) c Douglas b Dixon 3 8 *M.F.S.Jewell c Dixon b McGahey 16 (7) c Freeman b Dixon 33 9 C.R.Preece b Toone 0 (8) b Dixon 42 10 J.B.Higgins c Douglas b Dixon 10 (9) c Freeman b Douglas 18 11 G.G.F.Greig not out 0 (10) not out 8 Extras b 2, lb 2 4 w 1 1 —— —— 116 142 FoW (1): 1-22, 2-30, 3-38, 4-52, 5-69, 6-76, 7-94, 8-94, 9-115, 10-116 FoW (2): 1-16, 2-23, 3-25, 4-30, 5-41, 6-44, 7-115, 8-118, 9-142 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W Pearson 50.3 18 117 4 Preece 39 14 89 4 Greig 9 2 40 0 J.B.Higgins 31 7 106 0 1w Taylor 9 2 29 0 M.F.S.Jewell 20 1 81 1 3nb Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Douglas 20 5 45 3 17 2 65 3 1w Dixon 18.3 3 53 5 16 3 47 6 Toone 4 0 7 1 McGahey 3 1 7 1 5 1 20 0 Smith (3) 5 1 9 0 Umpires: G.P.Harrison and W.Phillips. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 405-3 (Perrin 50*, Morris 8*); 2nd day: Worcestershire (1) 102-8 (Taylor 5*, J.B.Higgins 7*). J.W.H.T.Douglas’s 147 took 255 minutes and included 12 fours. 200