First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

WORCESTERSHIRE v ESSEX Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, August 4, 6, 7, 1923. Essex won by 104 runs. (Points: Worcestershire 0, Essex 5) ESSEX 1 H.M.Morris b Root 8 b Pearson 12 2 J.R.Freeman c Fox b Root 0 c Coventry b Root 138 3 J.O’Connor c Tarbox b Root 12 c M.K.Foster b Root 2 4 C.A.G.Russell c M.K.Foster b Root 147 b Root 88 5 P.A.Perrin c N.J.A.Foster b Gilbert 122 6 *J.W.H.T.Douglas b Root 18 7 H.W.F.Franklin run out 9 (5) run out 12 8 †F.W.Gilligan c Crawley b Tarbox 18 (6) c Pearson b Root 0 9 L.C.Eastman lbw b Root 0 (7) b Tarbox 6 10 P.E.Morris c and b Root 7 (8) b Root 0 11 A.B.Hipkin not out 13 (9) not out 1 Extras b 29, lb 22, nb 2 53 b 10, lb 7, w 1, nb 2 20 —— —— 407 (8 wickets, declared) 279 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-13, 3-46, 4-302, 5-341, 6-351, 7-387, 8-387, 9-387, 10-407 FoW (2): 1-46, 2-55, 3-237, 4-260, 5-260, 6-274, 7-278, 8-279 WORCESTERSHIRE 1 *M.K.Foster c Gilligan b Douglas 97 c Gilligan b Douglas 149 2 C.V.Tarbox lbw b Eastman 18 (10) c Freeman b Douglas 0 3 F.A.Pearson c Douglas b Eastman 0 (2) lbw b Douglas 22 4 L.G.Crawley b Hipkin 34 (3) st Gilligan b Hipkin 85 5 W.V.Fox c Perrin b Eastman 29 (4) b Douglas 24 6 †G.E.B.Abell b Hipkin 1 (8) not out 6 7 N.J.A.Foster lbw b Hipkin 16 (6) c and b Hipkin 11 8 H.L.Higgins b Eastman 9 (9) c H.M.Morris b Douglas 0 9 J.B.Coventry not out 32 (5) c Gilligan b Douglas 6 10 C.F.Root b Douglas 11 (7) b Douglas 4 11 H.A.Gilbert b Hipkin 1 c Douglas b Hipkin 1 Extras b 14, lb 1 15 b 7, lb 4 11 —— —— 263 319 FoW (1): 1-18, 2-56, 3-70, 4-72, 5-92, 6-205, 7-207, 8-216, 9-237, 10-263 FoW (2): 1-42, 2-197, 3-248, 4-290, 5-299, 6-303, 7-317, 8-318, 9-318, 10-319 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Root 35.2 13 118 7 30 6 97 5 Pearson 26 8 79 0 23 11 39 1 1w Gilbert 26 3 80 1 2nb 22 3 66 0 2nb Tarbox 15 0 77 1 7 0 26 1 M.K.Foster (5) 2 0 25 0 Coventry (6) 3 0 6 0 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Douglas 21 7 49 2 23 3 89 7 Russell 8 2 19 0 (4) 10 0 50 0 Eastman 28 4 82 4 (2) 11 0 57 0 Hipkin 15.1 1 70 4 (3) 16.4 0 74 3 P.E.Morris 8 1 28 0 7 0 38 0 Umpires: H.Bagshaw and T.Flowers. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Worcestershire (1) 18-0 (M.K.Foster 7*, Tarbox 2*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 196-2 (Freeman 86*, Russell 82*). J.R.Freeman’s 138 included 21 fours. M.K.Foster’s 149 took 155 minutes and included 16 fours and 1 six. 279