First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

KENT v ESSEX Played at Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells, July 7, 9, 10, 1923. Kent won by ten wickets. (Points: Kent 5, Essex 0) ESSEX 1 J.R.Freeman c Seymour b Wright 11 (10) b Freeman 13 2 A.S.Moule c Collins b Cornwallis 19 (1) b Cornwallis 1 3 †J.O’Connor c Seymour b Wright 11 (2) c Ashdown b Cornwallis 22 4 C.A.G.Russell b Wright 4 lbw b Cornwallis 9 5 P.A.Perrin c Woolley b Cornwallis 10 c Evans b Woolley 20 6 *J.W.H.T.Douglas c Seymour b Ashdown 6 c Hubble b Woolley 8 7 C.J.H.Treglown b Ashdown 12 not out 72 8 H.M.Morris not out 30 (3) c Woolley b Freeman 29 9 N.H.Saint b Wright 1 (8) lbw b Freeman 4 10 H.W.F.Franklin c Seymour b Woolley 26 (9) c Seymour b Hardinge 43 11 L.C.Eastman b Woolley 0 c Evans b Freeman 4 Extras b 8, lb 3, w 3, nb 1 15 b 10 10 —— —— 145 235 FoW (1): 1-27, 2-41, 3-49, 4-58, 5-62, 6-74, 7-97, 8-98, 9-141, 10-145 FoW (2): 1-23, 2-23, 3-45, 4-71, 5-80, 6-92, 7-96, 8-183, 9-231, 10-235 KENT 1 H.T.W.Hardinge c O’Connor b Eastman 106 2 G.C.Collins c Franklin b Eastman 3 (1) not out 27 3 J.Seymour c Russell b Douglas 22 4 F.E.Woolley st O’Connor b Franklin 35 5 L.P.Hedges c Morris b Douglas 14 (2) not out 40 6 A.J.Evans b Eastman 20 7 W.H.Ashdown run out 33 8 †J.C.Hubble not out 47 9 A.C.Wright c and b Eastman 2 10 *W.S.Cornwallis lbw b Russell 14 11 A.P.Freeman c Eastman b Russell 0 Extras b 17, lb 3 20 lb 1 1 —— —— 316 (no wicket) 68 FoW (1): 1-18, 2-61, 3-61, 4-157, 5-198, 6-227, 7-269, 8-271, 9-316, 10-316 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Collins 11 5 21 0 1w 11 4 39 0 Cornwallis 15 3 33 2 2w 10 1 41 3 Wright 17 2 46 4 1nb 16 5 42 0 Freeman 7 6 4 0 (5) 15.5 7 38 4 Ashdown 9 1 17 2 (6) 7 0 30 0 Woolley 5 2 9 2 (4) 19 11 27 2 Hardinge (7) 3 2 4 1 Evans (8) 2 1 4 0 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Douglas 27 3 137 2 3 1 15 0 Eastman 29 2 107 4 5.4 0 37 0 Russell 11.3 2 28 2 3 0 15 0 Franklin 4 1 24 1 Umpires: H.R.Butt and A.E.Street. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Kent (1) 164-4 (Hardinge 72*, Evans 3*); 2nd day: Kent (2) 26-0 (Collins 5*, Hedges 20*). H.T.W.Hardinge’s 106 took 120 minutes and included 14 fours. 217