First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

WORCESTERSHIRE v SOMERSET Played at Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster, June 9, 11, 1923. Somerset won by 145 runs. (Points: Worcestershire 0, Somerset 5) SOMERSET 1 P.R.Johnson b Root 0 c Foster b Root 4 2 A.E.S.Rippon b Pearson 23 b Pearson 8 3 J.M.Jones b Pearson 50 b Pearson 7 4 †M.D.Lyon b Root 62 c Preece b J.B.Higgins 67 5 A.Young b J.B.Higgins 28 b Root 6 6 S.G.U.Considine not out 37 lbw b Pearson 0 7 *J.Daniell c Root b J.B.Higgins 5 c MacLean b J.B.Higgins 11 8 J.C.White b Pearson 11 b Pearson 10 9 E.Robson b Pearson 0 c Fox b Pearson 16 10 G.E.Hunt b Root 12 b Root 24 11 J.J.Bridges c MacLean b Root 12 not out 0 Extras b 15, lb 5 20 b 6, lb 1, w 1 8 —— —— 260 161 FoW (1): 1-3, 2-35, 3-126, 4-154, 5-185, 6-193, 7-211, 8-211, 9-228, 10-260 FoW (2): 1-16, 2- , 3-21, 4-32, 5-33, 6-105, 7-106, 8-131, 9-147, 10-161 WORCESTERSHIRE 1 F.A.Pearson b Bridges 3 c Daniell b Bridges 31 2 M.F.S.Jewell run out 16 c and b White 28 3 H.L.Higgins c Lyon b Bridges 3 c Daniell b White 8 4 W.V.Fox c Lyon b Young 9 b Hunt 17 5 *M.K.Foster c Hunt b White 1 c Rippon b White 2 6 J.B.Higgins c Daniell b White 8 b Young 17 7 †J.F.MacLean c and b White 25 hit wkt b White 22 8 C.V.Tarbox c Lyon b Bridges 5 (11) not out 3 9 C.F.Root st Lyon b White 22 c Jones b Bridges 23 10 J.B.Coventry c Johnson b White 12 (8) b White 13 11 C.R.Preece not out 1 (10) c Lyon b Bridges 0 Extras b 2 2 b 4, lb 1 5 —— —— 107 169 FoW (1): 1-15, 2-19, 3-25, 4-26, 5-35, 6-51, 7-59, 8-93, 9-100, 10-107 FoW (2): 1-62, 2-64, 3-73, 4-75, 5-106, 6-108, 7-137, 8-162, 9-166, 10-169 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Root 28.3 4 105 4 15 4 65 3 Pearson 30 10 70 4 22 7 48 5 Preece 4 0 11 0 (4) 3 0 10 0 Tarbox 6 0 37 0 Jewell 2 1 4 0 (3) 1 0 4 0 Coventry 1 0 5 0 J.B.Higgins 5 2 8 2 (5) 10 2 26 2 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Bridges 22 7 41 3 18.5 2 53 3 Robson 4 0 15 0 White 21.3 8 33 5 (2) 24 10 59 5 Young 5 1 16 1 12 3 28 1 Hunt (3) 7 1 24 1 Umpires: W.Reeves and W.A.J.West. Toss: Somerset Close of Play: 1st day: Worcestershire (1) 75-7 (MacLean 17*, Root 11*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. 151