First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

GLOUCESTERSHIRE v DERBYSHIRE Played at Fry’s Ground, Bristol, June 6, 7, 8, 1923. Gloucestershire won by an innings and 72 runs. (Points: Gloucestershire 5, Derbyshire 0) GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1 A.E.Dipper b Carter 26 2 W.R.Hammond c Elliott b Bestwick 90 3 †H.Smith c Storer b Townsend 66 4 B.S.Bloodworth c Townsend b Bestwick 64 5 *P.F.C.Williams b Hutchinson 17 6 W.L.Neale run out 15 7 P.T.Mills b Bestwick 3 8 C.W.L.Parker c Townsend b Storer 48 9 E.G.Dennett c Bestwick b Carter 0 10 J.G.W.T.Bessant b Storer 14 11 T.W.J.Goddard not out 4 Extras b 7, lb 7 14 —— 361 FoW (1): 1-96, 2-130, 3-246, 4-270, 5-277, 6-280, 7-313, 8-314, 9-356, 10-361 DERBYSHIRE 1 H.Storer b Parker 3 (6) c Bessant b Mills 25 2 J.Bowden c Dennett b Bessant 4 b Parker 12 3 S.W.A.Cadman c Smith b Bessant 6 lbw b Parker 12 4 *G.R.Jackson b Parker 1 b Mills 60 5 W.Carter b Goddard 15 c Smith b Mills 40 6 A.H.M.Jackson b Parker 0 (8) lbw b Parker 7 7 J.M.Hutchinson lbw b Goddard 21 c and b Mills 1 8 L.F.Townsend not out 21 (1) lbw b Bessant 4 9 S.T.McMillan c Hammond b Dennett 0 st Smith b Mills 0 10 †H.Elliott c Bessant b Dennett 8 not out 12 11 W.Bestwick b Dennett 0 b Mills 19 Extras b 5, lb 4 9 b 5, lb 2, nb 2 9 —— —— 88 201 FoW (1): 1-7, 2-16, 3-19, 4-21, 5-21, 6-47, 7-66, 8-69, 9-88, 10-88 FoW (2): 1-16, 2-26, 3-41, 4-130, 5-135, 6-147, 7-167, 8-168, 9-170, 10-201 Derbyshire Bowling O M R W Bestwick 36 8 75 3 A.H.M.Jackson 12 3 41 0 Storer 12.1 2 41 2 Cadman 14 2 39 0 Carter 13 1 62 2 Townsend 19 2 61 1 Hutchinson 13 3 28 1 Gloucestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Bessant 11 3 24 2 10 0 24 1 Parker 16 5 18 3 31 9 54 3 Goddard 12 4 17 2 (5) 6 2 20 0 Dennett 8.5 3 11 3 11 2 22 0 Mills 2 0 9 0 (3) 26.5 8 72 6 2nb Umpires: T.M.Russell and A.E.Street. Toss: Gloucestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Gloucestershire (1) 351 all out; 2nd day: Derbyshire (2) 182-9 (Elliott 12*, Bestwick 0*). 136