First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

SOMERSET v WORCESTERSHIRE Played at Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare, August 15, 16, 17, 1923. Somerset won by 84 runs. (Points: Somerset 5, Worcestershire 0) SOMERSET 1 J.C.W.MacBryan lbw b Pearson 7 (2) c Ashton b Pearson 60 2 *J.Daniell b Root 0 (7) c Preece b Root 1 3 M.D.Lyon c Higgins b Root 10 (6) st MacLean b Pearson 19 4 †T.C.Lowry c Higgins b Root 1 lbw b Pearson 32 5 P.R.Johnson c M.K.Foster b Root 9 lbw b Pearson 2 6 A.Young b Pearson 39 (3) b Pearson 62 7 J.C.White c N.J.A.Foster b Pearson 18 (1) c Gale b Root 16 8 G.F.Earle c Higgins b Root 29 c Preece b Pearson 10 9 G.E.Hunt b Root 8 c and b Root 9 10 R.C.Robertson-Glasgow b Root 4 c Preece b Pearson 31 11 J.J.Bridges not out 9 not out 33 Extras lb 1 1 b 17, lb 7, nb 1 25 —— —— 135 300 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-17, 3-17, 4-21, 5-39, 6-75, 7-106, 8-119, 9-123, 10-135 FoW (2): 1-28, 2-135, 3-183, 4-184, 5-199, 6-210, 7-210, 8-228, 9-229, 10-300 WORCESTERSHIRE 1 J.B.Higgins c and b White 7 b Robertson-Glasgow 2 2 *M.K.Foster c White b Hunt 90 c Young b Bridges 2 3 W.V.Fox c Earle b White 42 b Bridges 5 4 G.Ashton c Daniell b Hunt 6 c Bridges b Robertson-Glasgow 6 5 †J.F.MacLean c Daniell b White 4 (8) c MacBryan b Hunt 9 6 C.R.Preece run out 13 (5) c White b Hunt 20 7 F.A.Pearson b White 15 (6) c and b White 11 8 N.J.A.Foster not out 11 (7) c Johnson b White 34 9 C.F.Root c Robertson-Glasgow b White 0 c Johnson b White 44 10 L.E.Gale st Lowry b White 0 b Hunt 1 11 C.V.Tarbox c Daniell b White 2 not out 5 Extras b 8, nb 1 9 b 8, lb 4, nb 1 13 —— —— 199 152 FoW (1): 1-24, 2-127, 3-137, 4-144, 5-170, 6-179, 7- , 8-191, 9-191, 10-199 FoW (2): 1-4, 2-5, 3-11, 4-17, 5-35, 6-63, 7-81, 8-107, 9-128, 10-152 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Root 20 1 90 7 36 10 119 3 Pearson 19.4 5 44 3 39.4 14 80 7 Preece (3) 11 3 35 0 Tarbox (4) 4 0 14 0 Gale (5) 5 0 27 0 1nb Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Robertson-Glasgow 6 0 25 0 1nb 5 1 11 2 1nb Bridges 7 0 29 0 8 1 36 2 White 26.1 9 60 7 17.5 5 44 3 Hunt 16 2 52 2 14 2 48 3 Earle 5 2 24 0 Umpires: A.J.Atfield and H.Bagshaw. Toss: Somerset Close of Play: 1st day: Worcestershire (1) 197-9 (N.J.A.Foster 10*, Tarbox 1*); 2nd day: Worcestershire (2) 63-6 (N.J.A.Foster 12*). 301