First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

GLOUCESTERSHIRE v SOMERSET Played at Fry’s Ground, Bristol, August 4, 6, 7, 1923. Somerset won by an innings and 70 runs. (Points: Gloucestershire 0, Somerset 5) SOMERSET 1 J.C.W.MacBryan b Gouldsworthy 50 2 *J.Daniell lbw b Parker 29 3 †M.D.Lyon c Hammond b Bessant 136 4 T.C.Lowry c Williams b Mills 30 5 P.R.Johnson c Mills b Parker 53 6 A.Young c Hammond b Parker 16 7 G.F.Earle c Hammond b Parker 111 8 J.C.White st Smith b Parker 13 9 S.G.U.Considine not out 53 10 R.C.Robertson-Glasgow c Hammond b Parker 11 11 J.J.Bridges Extras b 18, lb 9, nb 3 30 —— (9 wickets, declared) 532 FoW (1): 1-88, 2-96, 3-149, 4-287, 5-331, 6-333, 7-388, 8-497, 9-532 GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1 A.E.Dipper run out 48 c Johnson b Robertson-Glasgow 1 2 W.R.Hammond b Robertson-Glasgow 3 lbw b White 47 3 †H.Smith c Lyon b Robertson-Glasgow 15 c Bridges b Robertson-Glasgow 1 4 B.H.Lyon c Lowry b White 28 c Earle b Robertson-Glasgow 50 5 B.S.Bloodworth c and b Robertson-Glasgow 15 b White 1 6 L.J.Corbett c Daniell b White 6 c Robertson-Glasgow b White 55 7 *P.F.C.Williams c MacBryan b Robertson-Glasgow 9 c Earle b Robertson-Glasgow 6 8 C.W.L.Parker c Earle b Robertson-Glasgow 3 run out 2 9 P.T.Mills c MacBryan b Robertson-Glasgow 8 run out 0 10 W.R.Gouldsworthy run out 5 not out 65 11 J.G.W.T.Bessant not out 7 c Daniell b Robertson-Glasgow 50 Extras b 6, lb 7, nb 1 14 b 16, lb 6, w 1 23 —— —— 161 301 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-38, 3-99, 4-105, 5-114, 6-135, 7-139, 8-140, 9-151, 10-161 FoW (2): 1-5, 2-17, 3-57, 4-61, 5-145, 6-152, 7-170, 8-170, 9-170, 10-301 Gloucestershire Bowling O M R W Bessant 26 4 81 1 Gouldsworthy 29 7 109 1 Parker 63 10 231 6 2nb Mills 28 9 62 1 1nb Corbett 2 0 19 0 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Robertson-Glasgow 19 2 60 6 1nb 21.4 4 87 5 Bridges 15 6 32 0 (3) 11 0 55 0 White 22.3 9 47 2 (2) 30 7 87 3 Earle 4 2 8 0 7 0 28 0 Lowry (5) 1 0 5 0 1w Young (6) 2 0 16 0 Umpires: B.Brown and T.M.Russell. Toss: Somerset Close of Play: 1st day: Somerset (1) 439-7 (Earle 76*, Considine 13*); 2nd day: Gloucestershire (2) 117-4 (Lyon 36*, Corbett 24*). M.D.Lyon’s 136 took 165 minutes and included 20 fours and 1 six. 274