First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

WORCESTERSHIRE v NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, August 11, 13, 14, 1923. Worcestershire won by nine wickets. (Points: Worcestershire 5, Northamptonshire 0) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 C.N.Woolley b Root 45 b Pearson 10 2 R.L.Wright c Foster b Root 17 c Gale b Root 10 3 R.A.Haywood b Root 2 b Pearson 1 4 W.W.Timms b Root 0 b Root 5 5 †B.W.Bellamy b Root 0 c Root b Rogers 13 6 F.I.Walden b Preece 61 c Root b Rogers 57 7 W.Wells c Fox b Pearson 36 c Crawley b Root 81 8 A.E.Thomas c and b Root 9 not out 64 9 *P.A.Wright b Higgins 5 b Preece 11 10 J.V.Murdin c Foster b Root 12 lbw b Preece 7 11 E.W.Clark not out 5 b Pearson 10 Extras b 4, lb 7, w 1 12 b 15, lb 6 21 —— —— 204 290 FoW (1): 1-25, 2-31, 3-33, 4-37, 5-106, 6-143, 7-168, 8-186, 9-189, 10-204 FoW (2): 1-17, 2-22, 3-23, 4-27, 5-75, 6-134, 7-225, 8-240, 9-248, 10-290 WORCESTERSHIRE 1 *M.K.Foster b Murdin 25 2 J.B.Higgins b Murdin 2 3 L.G.Crawley c R.L.Wright b Woolley 161 4 W.V.Fox not out 178 (1) not out 22 5 F.A.Pearson b R.L.Wright 7 6 G.B.Sanderson run out 16 7 †G.E.B.Abell b Clark 0 (3) not out 4 8 C.F.Root b Murdin 25 9 C.R.Preece c Murdin b Thomas 12 10 L.E.Gale st Bellamy b Thomas 0 (2) c Woolley b P.A.Wright 19 11 H.O.Rogers run out 4 Extras b 13, lb 4, w 1, nb 2 20 b 2 2 —— —— 450 (1 wicket) 47 FoW (1): 1-15, 2-34, 3-340, 4-351, 5-381, 6-387, 7-426, 8-441, 9-445, 10-450 FoW (2): 1-43 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Root 33.1 6 91 7 31 5 103 3 Pearson 30 14 47 1 24.2 8 60 3 Preece 8 1 23 1 (6) 14 6 38 2 Rogers 2 1 4 0 (5) 12 3 30 2 Gale 6 0 20 0 1w (3) 4 0 24 0 Higgins 5 2 7 1 (4) 3 0 14 0 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Murdin 23 1 104 3 1w R.L.Wright 7 4 18 1 Thomas 31 6 106 2 Clark 23 3 106 1 2nb Walden 5 0 29 0 Woolley 12 1 31 1 P.A.Wright 4 0 19 0 (1) 4.3 0 22 1 Wells 2 0 17 0 Timms (2) 4 0 23 0 Umpires: F.Parris and W.Phillips. Toss: Northamptonshire Close of Play: 1st day: Worcestershire (1) 105-2 (Crawley 46*, Fox 27*); 2nd day: Northamptonshire (2) 134-5 (Walden 57*, Wells 28*). L.G.Crawley’s 161 included 24 fours. W.V.Fox’s 178 took 300 minutes. 295