First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

WORCESTERSHIRE v KENT Played at Tipton Road, Dudley, June 23, 25, 26, 1923. Kent won by one wicket. (Points: Worcestershire 0, Kent 5) WORCESTERSHIRE 1 J.B.Higgins b Capes 5 b Freeman 22 2 F.A.Pearson b Freeman 27 (3) c Ashdown b Wright 20 3 J.C.Smith b Capes 0 (2) c Ashdown b Freeman 15 4 W.V.Fox lbw b Collins 0 (7) lbw b Collins 54 5 H.L.Higgins c Hurst b Ashdown 28 (4) c Hubble b Wright 19 6 E.Suckling c Seymour b Freeman 13 (8) st Hubble b Freeman 58 7 J.B.Coventry b Freeman 5 (6) b Wright 22 8 *M.K.Foster b Wright 13 (5) b Freeman 48 9 †J.F.MacLean not out 14 b Collins 42 10 C.F.Root b Wright 0 c Day b Wright 3 11 P.T.Corbett b Wright 4 not out 0 Extras lb 4, w 2 6 b 6, lb 7, w 1 14 —— —— 115 317 FoW (1): 1-12, 2-12, 3-12, 4-56, 5-75, 6-84, 7-97, 8-97, 9-97, 10-115 FoW (2): 1-38, 2-38, 3-80, 4-91, 5-141, 6-161, 7-255, 8-314, 9-317, 10-317 KENT 1 H.T.W.Hardinge c Smith b Root 2 st MacLean b Pearson 114 2 G.C.Collins lbw b Root 5 c MacLean b Pearson 5 3 J.Seymour c J.B.Higgins b Root 6 c MacLean b Pearson 20 4 †J.C.Hubble b Root 11 c MacLean b Pearson 11 5 W.H.Ashdown b Root 0 b Root 68 6 *C.S.Hurst b Root 29 b Pearson 6 7 S.E.Day b Pearson 7 not out 45 8 C.J.Capes b Root 4 c Smith b Pearson 2 9 S.G.Hearn b Pearson 6 b Pearson 4 10 A.P.Freeman c Suckling b Pearson 26 b Pearson 31 11 A.C.Wright not out 2 not out 9 Extras lb 3 3 b 11, lb 7, w 1 19 —— —— 101 (9 wickets) 334 FoW (1): 1-6, 2-12, 3-14, 4-14, 5-51, 6-58, 7-62, 8-66, 9-74, 10-101 FoW (2): 1-8, 2-52, 3-72, 4-216, 5-228, 6-240, 7-265, 8-267, 9-311 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Collins 5 0 10 1 (4) 10 1 36 2 Capes 9 3 14 2 15 2 43 0 1w Wright 17.5 6 39 3 2w (1) 28.1 5 74 4 Hardinge 3 1 6 0 (5) 4 0 17 0 Freeman 14 6 27 3 (3) 32 4 122 4 Ashdown 4 1 13 1 3 0 11 0 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Root 20 6 49 7 55 15 131 1 Pearson 19.3 2 49 3 52.5 10 127 8 J.B.Higgins (3) 3 0 10 0 1w Corbett (4) 3 0 13 0 Suckling (5) 4 0 27 0 Coventry (6) 2 0 7 0 Umpires: B.Tremlin and W.A.J.West. Toss: Worcestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Worcestershire (2) 23-0 (J.B.Higgins 13*, Smith 10*); 2nd day: Kent (2) 94-3 (Hardinge 50*, Ashdown 4*). H.T.W.Hardinge’s 114 took 190 minutes and included 12 fours. 186