First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

GLOUCESTERSHIRE v WORCESTERSHIRE Played at Fry’s Ground, Bristol, August 8, 9, 10, 1923. Gloucestershire won by five wickets. (Points: Gloucestershire 5, Worcestershire 0) GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1 W.R.Hammond c Higgins b Root 0 c Humpherson b Root 0 2 A.E.Dipper b Preece 171 b Preece 47 3 †H.Smith c Jewell b Preece 85 (6) not out 41 4 B.H.Lyon c Root b Preece 13 b Preece 0 5 B.S.Bloodworth c Fox b Preece 5 c Humpherson b Preece 9 6 R.F.P.Holloway b Tarbox 9 (7) not out 0 7 *P.F.C.Williams c Abell b Root 11 (3) c Jewell b Preece 4 8 C.W.L.Parker c Fox b Preece 12 9 W.R.Gouldsworthy c and b Tarbox 4 10 P.T.Mills not out 12 11 J.G.W.T.Bessant c Root b Tarbox 3 Extras b 20, lb 5, w 1, nb 2 28 b 8, lb 1 9 —— —— 353 (5 wickets) 110 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-167, 3-197, 4-215, 5-244, 6-290, 7-320, 8-327, 9-346, 10-353 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-7, 3-11, 4-45, 5-104 WORCESTERSHIRE 1 *M.K.Foster c Hammond b Parker 49 c Dipper b Gouldsworthy 121 2 W.V.Fox c Smith b Parker 2 (3) lbw b Parker 43 3 M.F.S.Jewell run out 3 (9) not out 18 4 J.B.Higgins hit wkt b Mills 29 (5) c Holloway b Parker 5 5 J.E.S.Walford st Smith b Parker 6 (6) c Hammond b Mills 11 6 †G.E.B.Abell b Parker 11 (7) c Smith b Parker 50 7 Lord Somers st Smith b Parker 15 (4) st Smith b Parker 0 8 C.F.Root c Bloodworth b Parker 29 c Bessant b Parker 5 9 C.V.Tarbox c and b Mills 0 (10) run out 4 10 C.R.Preece not out 31 (2) lbw b Parker 0 11 V.W.Humpherson c Bessant b Parker 0 run out 0 Extras b 10 10 b 9, lb 7, w 1, nb 1 18 —— —— 185 275 FoW (1): 1-35, 2-44, 3-73, 4-97, 5-103, 6-108, 7-135, 8-150, 9-180, 10-185 FoW (2): 1-8, 2-141, 3-153, 4-161, 5-181, 6-220, 7-243, 8-257, 9-275, 10-275 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Root 29 11 71 2 11.2 2 43 1 Humpherson 10 5 18 0 Jewell 9 0 38 0 Preece 26 8 72 5 1w (2) 15 4 32 4 Tarbox 25.4 0 93 3 2nb (3) 4 0 26 0 Higgins 9 3 33 0 Gloucestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Holloway 3 0 19 0 Parker 26.5 9 72 7 (1) 45 20 78 6 Gouldsworthy 15 3 37 0 (2) 19 3 58 1 Mills 10 0 47 2 (3) 15 3 60 1 1nb Bessant (4) 17 4 61 0 1w Umpires: H.Bagshaw and B.Brown. Toss: Gloucestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Worcestershire (1) 43-1 (Foster 34*, Jewell 3*); 2nd day: Worcestershire (2) 243-7 (Abell 42*). M.K.Foster’s 121 included 16 fours and 1 six. 283