First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

GLOUCESTERSHIRE v ESSEX Played at College Ground, Cheltenham, August 11, 13, 14, 1923. Essex won by six wickets. (Points: Gloucestershire 0, Essex 5) GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1 W.R.Hammond b Douglas 0 (5) b Ashton 19 2 A.E.Dipper lbw b Eastman 26 b Ashton 71 3 C.S.Barnett lbw b Douglas 0 b Ashton 8 4 B.H.Lyon c Eastman b Douglas 5 b Ashton 0 5 †B.S.Bloodworth c Gilligan b Eastman 6 (7) b Ashton 0 6 H.Smith st Gilligan b Russell 149 b Ashton 0 7 *P.F.C.Williams b Hipkin 44 (1) lbw b Hipkin 37 8 C.W.L.Parker c Gilligan b Hipkin 27 c Perrin b Ashton 9 9 P.T.Mills b Hipkin 40 c Douglas b Hipkin 21 10 J.G.W.T.Bessant not out 14 c Ashton b Hipkin 0 11 T.W.J.Goddard b Russell 0 not out 0 Extras b 7, lb 5, w 1 13 b 8 8 —— —— 324 173 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-4, 3-12, 4-31, 5-57, 6-135, 7-175, 8-273, 9-324, 10-324 FoW (2): 1-73, 2-92, 3-92, 4-140, 5-140, 6-140, 7-150, 8-159, 9-162, 10-173 ESSEX 1 J.R.Freeman lbw b Parker 19 b Parker 15 2 H.M.Morris st Bloodworth b Parker 3 3 J.O’Connor c and b Parker 128 b Hammond 5 4 C.A.G.Russell c Parker b Goddard 19 b Parker 6 5 P.A.Perrin c Goddard b Parker 1 not out 1 6 C.T.Ashton c Mills b Parker 4 not out 1 7 *J.W.H.T.Douglas not out 147 8 F.W.H.Nicholas b Hammond 7 (2) b Hammond 71 9 †F.W.Gilligan b Mills 32 10 L.C.Eastman lbw b Parker 0 11 A.B.Hipkin b Parker 1 Extras b 7, lb 14, nb 1 22 b 11, lb 7, nb 1 19 —— —— 383 (4 wickets) 118 FoW (1): 1-12, 2-33, 3-60, 4-61, 5-75, 6-281, 7-298, 8-372, 9-373, 10-383 FoW (2): 1-40, 2-72, 3-105, 4-105 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Douglas 20 3 95 3 5 1 19 0 Eastman 12 1 51 2 9 1 35 0 Russell 21.5 6 61 2 Hipkin 18 1 69 3 (3) 17.1 4 46 3 Ashton 5 2 22 0 1w (4) 14 1 51 7 Morris 3 0 13 0 (5) 3 0 14 0 Gloucestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Bessant 17 4 62 0 Parker 73.1 33 126 7 (1) 17 5 47 2 1nb Goddard 34 9 77 1 1nb (2) 4 1 10 0 Mills 30 14 54 1 Hammond 19 4 42 1 (3) 13 4 42 2 Umpires: W.A.Buswell and H.R.Butt. Toss: Gloucestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 51-2 (O’Connor 12*, Russell 12*); 2nd day: Gloucestershire (2) 19-0 (Dipper 10*, Williams 9*). H.Smith’s 149 took 210 minutes and included 22 fours. 289