First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

SCOTLAND v WALES Played at North Inch, Perth, July 21, 23, 1923. Wales won by an innings and 111 runs. WALES 1 N.V.H.Riches b Walker 15 2 W.N.Gemmill c Sturgeon b Fergusson 74 3 W.E.Bates c Fergusson b Scobie 49 4 D.Davies run out 33 5 J.R.Tait b Mackay 2 6 T.A.L.Whittington c Kerr b Mackay 6 7 H.Spencer c Alexander b Walker 33 8 J.Mercer c Sturgeon b Mackay 0 9 J.C.Clay b Scobie 30 10 F.P.Ryan not out 52 11 †D.Sullivan c Alexander b Kerr 45 Extras b 9, lb 5, w 4 18 —— 357 FoW (1): 1-17, 2-94, 3-180, 4-182, 5-187, 6-190, 7-190, 8-235, 9-267, 10-357 SCOTLAND 1 W.N.Walker c Davies b Mercer 0 (6) lbw b Mercer 9 2 T.D.Watt b Mercer 6 (9) b Mercer 6 3 T.M.Lawson c Tait b Mercer 1 (7) b Mercer 22 4 C.S.Scobie c Riches b Mercer 4 (8) b Spencer 13 5 *J.Kerr c Spencer b Mercer 11 (1) c Spencer b Ryan 60 6 G.W.A.Alexander c Sullivan b Spencer 2 (2) c Riches b Ryan 23 7 J.A.Fergusson c Spencer b Mercer 17 (5) c Sullivan b Clay 0 8 D.A.Mackay b Mercer 3 (3) c and b Spencer 5 9 R.E.Batson b Mercer 0 (4) c Spencer b Clay 21 10 J.C.Christie not out 0 not out 11 11 †S.M.Sturgeon b Mercer 0 b Mercer 1 Extras b 13, lb 2, w 1, nb 1 17 b 8, lb 2, w 1, nb 3 14 —— —— 61 185 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-3, 3-13, 4-16, 5-39, 6-51, 7-58, 8-58, 9-61, 10-61 FoW (2): 1-71, 2-90, 3-114, 4-118, 5-124, 6-130, 7-157, 8-164, 9-184, 10-185 Scotland Bowling O M R W Christie 17 2 66 0 Walker 16 2 72 2 Watt 12 1 33 0 3w Fergusson 16 1 63 1 Scobie 14 1 59 2 Mackay 12 2 35 3 1w Kerr 1.4 0 11 1 Wales Bowling O M R W O M R W Mercer 15.4 6 24 9 (2) 27.5 10 62 4 Clay 9 6 9 0 1w,1nb (3) 19 5 38 2 1w,1nb Spencer 6 2 11 1 (5) 13 5 32 2 Bates (1) 1 0 7 0 Ryan (4) 15 5 28 2 1nb Davies (6) 1 0 4 0 Umpires: J.Blake and J.H.Board. Toss: Wales Close of Play: 1st day: Scotland (1) 6-2 (Watt 3*, Scobie 0*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. 247