First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

WORCESTERSHIRE v NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Played at Amblecote, Stourbridge, June 16, 18, 19, 1923. Nottinghamshire won by 191 runs. (Points: Worcestershire 0, Nottinghamshire 5) NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 1 G.Gunn b Preece 22 c Pearson b Root 23 2 W.W.Whysall lbw b Root 86 b Pearson 11 3 J.R.Gunn c Corbett b Root 6 b Pearson 16 4 *A.W.Carr run out 0 (8) c Bryant b Pearson 14 5 W.R.D.Payton lbw b Root 16 (4) c Foster b Root 83 6 W.Walker c Fox b Root 44 (5) b Root 2 7 W.A.Flint c and b Root 30 (6) b Root 0 8 †B.Lilley not out 39 (11) not out 1 9 S.J.Staples b Pearson 54 (7) b Preece 33 10 F.Barratt b Pearson 0 (9) c Root b Pearson 32 11 F.C.L.Matthews c Higgins b Pearson 0 (10) c Smith b Root 17 Extras b 17, lb 9, w 1 27 b 4, lb 1, w 3 8 —— —— 324 240 FoW (1): 1-67, 2-94, 3-101, 4-124, 5-171, 6-203, 7-224, 8-310, 9-320, 10-324 FoW (2): 1-16, 2-50, 3-50, 4-57, 5-61, 6-119, 7-147, 8-190, 9-213, 10-240 WORCESTERSHIRE 1 F.A.Pearson c Lilley b Staples 1 b Barratt 9 2 J.B.Higgins c Walker b Staples 8 c sub b Staples 1 3 W.V.Fox b Barratt 3 (4) b Barratt 0 4 *M.K.Foster c Walker b Barratt 47 (5) c G.Gunn b Barratt 6 5 J.C.Smith c Barratt b Matthews 70 (3) c Matthews b Staples 2 6 E.H.Bryant b Flint 17 b Staples 19 7 J.B.Coventry c Whysall b Matthews 12 c Flint b Matthews 35 8 C.F.Root b Staples 7 c Matthews b Staples 35 9 C.R.Preece not out 4 b Matthews 10 10 P.T.Corbett c sub b Matthews 2 not out 5 11 †C.B.Ponsonby c Barratt b Matthews 26 b Flint 13 Extras b 9, lb 8, w 1 18 b 16, lb 4, w 1, nb 2 23 —— —— 215 158 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-4, 3-32, 4-68, 5-99, 6-118, 7-134, 8-157, 9-199, 10-215 FoW (2): 1-4, 2-8, 3-9, 4-20, 5-23, 6-88, 7-88, 8-139, 9-139, 10-158 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Root 36 9 118 5 1w 37 9 100 5 Pearson 22.1 7 64 3 30 6 117 4 Preece 22 5 81 1 5 1 6 1 3w Higgins 2 0 5 0 3 1 9 0 Smith 1 0 10 0 Corbett 5 0 19 0 Nottinghamshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Barratt 22 1 69 2 11 2 27 3 Staples 16 1 68 3 20 6 50 4 Flint 6 1 25 1 (4) 2.4 1 2 1 Matthews 13.1 5 35 4 1w (3) 8 1 48 2 1w,2nb J.R.Gunn (5) 1 0 8 0 Umpires: L.C.Braund and A.Warren. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Worcestershire (1) 32-2 (Higgins 8*, Foster 20*); 2nd day: Nottinghamshire (2) 119-6 (Payton 28*). 167