First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

WORCESTERSHIRE v LANCASHIRE Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, June 13, 14, 15, 1923. Match drawn. (Points: Worcestershire 0, Lancashire 2) LANCASHIRE 1 J.W.H.Makepeace st MacLean b Gilbert 203 (2) lbw b Pearson 8 2 G.H.Rogerson c Coventry b Root 11 (1) b Root 0 3 G.E.Tyldesley c Pearson b Root 0 c Fox b Pearson 45 4 L.Green c Root b Suckling 61 not out 36 5 *J.Sharp c Foster b Suckling 20 b Root 15 6 F.B.Watson lbw b Suckling 54 not out 9 7 R.K.Tyldesley c Pearson b Gilbert 5 8 †G.Duckworth run out 4 9 C.H.Parkin c sub b Suckling 43 10 W.E.Hickmott b Gilbert 0 11 L.W.Cook not out 2 Extras b 7, lb 7, w 1, nb 1 16 b 7, lb 1 8 —— —— 419 (4 wickets) 121 FoW (1): 1-25, 2-25, 3-142, 4-181, 5-359, 6-365, 7-370, 8-390, 9-393, 10-419 FoW (2): 1-2, 2-24, 3-74, 4-93 WORCESTERSHIRE 1 J.B.Higgins c G.E.Tyldesley b R.K.Tyldesley 71 2 F.A.Pearson c Duckworth b Hickmott 29 3 H.L.Higgins b Cook 74 4 W.V.Fox lbw b Parkin 27 5 *M.K.Foster c Cook b Parkin 6 6 †J.F.MacLean b Cook 10 7 J.B.Coventry c R.K.Tyldesley b Hickmott 38 8 C.F.Root c Makepeace b Hickmott 1 9 E.Suckling lbw b Cook 14 10 C.R.Preece b Cook 8 11 H.A.Gilbert not out 1 Extras b 13, lb 6, nb 1 20 —— 299 FoW (1): 1-95, 2-107, 3-168, 4-174, 5-195, 6-266, 7-274, 8-274, 9-298, 10-299 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Root 29 8 104 2 (2) 22 7 50 2 Pearson 30 8 79 0 (1) 22 10 39 2 Gilbert 34 7 83 3 1nb 7 1 22 0 J.B.Higgins 3 0 10 0 Suckling 11.1 0 71 4 (4) 3 1 2 0 Preece 7 0 23 0 Coventry 6 0 33 0 1w Lancashire Bowling O M R W Parkin 29 4 100 2 Cook 22.1 5 60 4 Hickmott 19 8 35 3 1nb R.K.Tyldesley 25 8 75 1 Watson 6 2 9 0 Umpires: W.Reeves and T.M.Russell. Toss: Lancashire Close of Play: 1st day: Lancashire (1) 419 all out; 2nd day: Lancashire (2) 63-2 (G.E.Tyldesley 42*, Green 6*). J.W.H.Makepeace’s 203 took 285 minutes and included 22 fours. 159