First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v WORCESTERSHIRE Played at County Ground, Northampton, July 14, 16, 17, 1923. Match drawn. (Points: Northamptonshire 0, Worcestershire 2) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 C.N.Woolley b Root 0 b Root 0 2 R.L.Wright c Pearson b Root 30 c Ponsonby b Root 47 3 †B.W.Bellamy b Pearson 45 b Gilbert 36 4 G.C.Gifford b Gilbert 7 lbw b Pearson 98 5 A.E.Thomas b Gilbert 2 (9) c Coventry b Pearson 13 6 F.I.Walden c Gilbert b Root 28 (5) b Root 40 7 C.H.Tyler b Root 8 (8) not out 31 8 P.A.Wright b Lang 17 (6) b Root 0 9 *A.H.Bull b Lang 9 (7) b Root 12 10 J.V.Murdin c and b Root 1 b Pearson 0 11 E.W.Clark not out 0 b Pearson 0 Extras b 11, lb 10, nb 1 22 b 22, lb 9, nb 2 33 —— —— 169 310 FoW (1): 1-6, 2-48, 3-67, 4-75, 5-120, 6-136, 7-157, 8-159, 9-169, 10-169 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-49, 3-122, 4-219, 5-223, 6-241, 7-269, 8-302, 9-310, 10-310 WORCESTERSHIRE 1 F.A.Pearson b Thomas 24 (2) c Tyler b Thomas 53 2 H.L.Higgins b Clark 16 (6) c Bellamy b Thomas 1 3 J.E.S.Walford c Gifford b Clark 31 (1) b Thomas 10 4 W.V.Fox b P.A.Wright 49 (3) not out 67 5 H.O.Hopkins b Clark 23 c Murdin b Clark 2 6 J.B.Coventry c Woolley b P.A.Wright 8 (7) b Murdin 12 7 *M.K.Foster c R.L.Wright b Clark 51 (4) c Tyler b Clark 1 8 C.F.Root lbw b P.A.Wright 2 not out 7 9 †C.B.Ponsonby b Clark 19 10 J.N.Lang c Thomas b Clark 0 11 H.A.Gilbert not out 2 Extras lb 8, nb 3 11 b 3, lb 4, nb 1 8 —— —— 236 (6 wickets) 161 FoW (1): 1-41, 2-41, 3-99, 4-137, 5-152, 6-181, 7-191, 8-231, 9-231, 10-236 FoW (2): 1-22, 2-99, 3-100, 4-103, 5-104, 6-123 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Root 26.1 5 70 5 37 17 64 5 Pearson 15 6 39 1 38.2 13 95 4 Lang 10 4 21 2 26 10 39 0 Gilbert 11 5 17 2 1nb 38 13 68 1 2nb Walford (5) 3 0 11 0 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W O M R W P.A.Wright 26 7 70 3 3nb (4) 10 5 12 0 1nb Murdin 26 3 77 0 (3) 16 5 53 1 Thomas 12 5 28 1 (2) 26 12 31 3 Clark 17.2 7 35 6 (1) 19 3 50 2 Woolley 6 2 15 0 4 4 0 0 Walden (6) 3 1 5 0 R.L.Wright (7) 2 0 2 0 Umpires: A.J.Atfield and L.C.Braund. Toss: Northamptonshire Close of Play: 1st day: Worcestershire (1) 101-3 (Fox 24*, Hopkins 1*); 2nd day: Northamptonshire (2) 191-3 (Gifford 56*, Walden 29*). 234