First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

KENT v SURREY Played at Rectory Field, Blackheath, July 21, 23, 24, 1923. Surrey won by 222 runs. (Points: Kent 0, Surrey 5) SURREY 1 J.B.Hobbs lbw b Freeman 23 c Seymour b Day 44 2 A.Sandham b Collins 7 c Wood b Ashdown 14 3 A.Ducat c Collins b Woolley 35 b Ashdown 7 4 T.F.Shepherd b Day 27 lbw b Ashdown 63 5 A.Jeacocke c Wright b Freeman 14 c Seymour b Day 3 6 W.J.Abel b Day 34 c Hardinge b Ashdown 40 7 *P.G.H.Fender c Seymour b Woolley 73 not out 67 8 J.W.Hitch c Wood b Day 5 b Freeman 13 9 H.A.Peach lbw b Freeman 20 10 †H.Strudwick not out 11 11 W.C.H.Sadler c Collins b Woolley 12 Extras b 4, lb 5, nb 2 11 b 10, nb 1 11 —— —— 272 (7 wickets, declared) 262 FoW (1): 1-25, 2-48, 3-100, 4-106, 5-114, 6-190, 7-208, 8-241, 9-249, 10-272 FoW (2): 1-54, 2-62, 3-70, 4-79, 5-148, 6-238, 7-262 KENT 1 H.T.W.Hardinge b Hitch 0 (4) c Fender b Sadler 1 2 G.C.Collins b Hitch 16 (7) c Strudwick b Hitch 0 3 J.Seymour b Hitch 7 (1) c Shepherd b Fender 49 4 W.H.Ashdown b Peach 0 (6) b Fender 7 5 A.P.Day c Abel b Hitch 10 (3) c Strudwick b Sadler 29 6 L.P.Hedges c Hitch b Sadler 14 (5) c Ducat b Fender 2 7 F.E.Woolley c Fender b Hitch 25 (2) retired hurt 54 8 †G.E.C.Wood c Strudwick b Fender 19 c Fender b Hitch 5 9 *L.H.W.Troughton b Hitch 0 (10) b Hitch 6 10 A.C.Wright not out 12 (9) b Fender 3 11 A.P.Freeman b Hitch 0 not out 5 Extras b 21, lb 1 22 b 13, lb 12, w 1 26 —— —— 125 187 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-22, 3-29, 4-31, 5-43, 6-70, 7-109, 8-109, 9-125, 10-125 FoW (2): 1-116, 2-153, 3-160, 4-162, 5-162, 6-170, 7-176, 8-182, 9-187 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Collins 11 2 40 1 5 0 28 0 Ashdown 6 0 27 0 (4) 21 2 100 4 Freeman 25 6 58 3 8.3 1 26 1 Wright 11 2 21 0 (5) 4 0 16 0 Woolley 28.4 11 46 3 2nb (6) 7 0 30 0 1nb Day 17 4 55 3 (2) 18 5 51 2 Hardinge 3 1 14 0 Surrey Bowling O M R W O M R W Hitch 13.5 5 33 7 12.2 0 42 3 1w Sadler 9 2 32 1 (4) 12 3 31 2 Peach 4 2 7 1 (2) 7 1 15 0 Fender 9 2 31 1 (3) 18 3 51 4 Shepherd (5) 5 0 22 0 Abel (6) 1 1 0 0 Umpires: H.R.Butt and W.A.J.West. Toss: Surrey Close of Play: 1st day: Kent (1) 42-4 (Day 10*, Hedges 2*); 2nd day: Kent (2) 63-0 (Seymour 27*, Woolley 29*). F.E.Woolley retired hurt in the Kent second innings having scored 54 (team score 135-1). 243