First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

SOMERSET v SUSSEX Played at County Ground, Taunton, August 1, 2, 3, 1923. Somerset won by six wickets. (Points: Somerset 5, Sussex 0) SUSSEX 1 A.H.H.Gilligan lbw b Robertson-Glasgow 9 b Robertson-Glasgow 22 2 E.H.Bowley st Lyon b White 55 b Robertson-Glasgow 1 3 K.A.Higgs c White b Robertson-Glasgow 4 run out 6 4 G.R.Cox b White 5 b White 57 5 A.J.Holmes b White 2 c White b Robertson-Glasgow 0 6 T.E.R.Cook c and b White 43 b White 27 7 *A.E.R.Gilligan b Earle 7 (8) c Lyon b Robertson-Glasgow 64 8 M.W.Tate c Earle b White 26 (9) not out 49 9 A.F.Wensley c Earle b White 11 (10) b Bridges 5 10 H.E.Roberts b Robertson-Glasgow 5 (11) c Johnson b Robertson-Glasgow 28 11 †W.L.Cornford not out 8 (7) b White 0 Extras lb 2, nb 2 4 b 5, lb 2, w 1, nb 3 11 —— —— 179 270 FoW (1): 1-21, 2-27, 3-38, 4-40, 5-95, 6-127, 7-133, 8-160, 9-169, 10-179 FoW (2): 1-7, 2-26, 3-35, 4-35, 5-92, 6-92, 7-161, 8-200, 9-214, 10-270 SOMERSET 1 *J.Daniell c Higgs b Tate 19 c Cox b A.E.R.Gilligan 0 2 T.C.Lowry b A.E.R.Gilligan 0 (4) b Bowley 77 3 †M.D.Lyon c Bowley b Tate 13 b Tate 31 4 J.C.W.MacBryan c Cornford b A.E.R.Gilligan 1 (2) not out 116 5 P.R.Johnson b Tate 59 c A.E.R.Gilligan b Bowley 1 6 A.Young lbw b Cox 26 not out 29 7 J.C.White b Tate 23 8 A.G.Marshall b Tate 0 9 G.F.Earle b Tate 13 10 R.C.Robertson-Glasgow c Cornford b A.E.R.Gilligan 14 11 J.J.Bridges not out 1 Extras b 11, lb 1 12 b 13, lb 4 17 —— —— 181 (4 wickets) 271 FoW (1): 1-2, 2-17, 3-20, 4-44, 5-109, 6-125, 7-125, 8-144, 9-179, 10-181 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-56, 3-177, 4-183 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Robertson-Glasgow 23.1 5 67 3 2nb 22.5 4 71 5 3nb Bridges 4 0 13 0 16 2 52 1 1w White 30 8 61 6 26 5 85 3 Earle 11 1 34 1 9 0 36 0 Young (5) 3 0 15 0 Sussex Bowling O M R W O M R W Tate 21 7 43 6 29 13 49 1 A.E.R.Gilligan 16 1 80 3 11 0 57 1 Cox 14 2 38 1 17 3 45 0 A.H.H.Gilligan 3 0 8 0 (6) 4 0 17 0 Roberts (4) 3 0 16 0 Bowley (5) 16 2 56 2 Higgs (7) 3.1 0 14 0 Umpires: T.Flowers and H.I.Young. Toss: Sussex Close of Play: 1st day: Somerset (1) 128-7 (White 7*, Earle 1*); 2nd day: Sussex (2) 269-9 (Tate 48*, Roberts 28*). J.C.W.MacBryan’s 116 took 180 minutes and included 10 fours. 269