First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

ESSEX v NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Played at Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea, August 18, 20, 21, 1923. Essex won by 263 runs. (Points: Essex 5, Northamptonshire 0) ESSEX 1 F.W.H.Nicholas c Bellamy b Murdin 5 c P.A.Wright b Walden 51 2 J.R.Freeman b Clark 57 c and b Thomas 18 3 J.O’Connor b Murdin 0 b Thomas 99 4 C.A.G.Russell b P.A.Wright 32 b Thomas 21 5 P.A.Perrin c Bellamy b Murdin 1 c Thomas b Murdin 14 6 C.T.Ashton c Bagnall b Clark 43 c R.L.Wright b Murdin 0 7 *J.W.H.T.Douglas c Bellamy b Thomas 15 8 †F.W.Gilligan c Bellamy b Clark 9 (7) not out 11 9 H.W.F.Franklin not out 2 (8) b Thomas 13 10 L.C.Eastman c Murdin b Clark 0 (9) not out 10 11 A.B.Hipkin b Clark 0 Extras b 9, lb 6, w 2 17 b 13, lb 3 16 —— —— 181 (7 wickets, declared) 253 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-12, 3-60, 4-66, 5-143, 6-164, 7-179, 8-179, 9-179, 10-181 FoW (2): 1-43, 2-97, 3-152, 4-192, 5-192, 6-229, 7-234 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 C.N.Woolley b Douglas 30 b Douglas 0 2 R.L.Wright c Hipkin b Douglas 25 b Ashton 0 3 H.F.Bagnall lbw b Douglas 1 b Douglas 12 4 R.A.Haywood c Gilligan b Ashton 11 lbw b Douglas 3 5 †B.W.Bellamy b Ashton 7 run out 4 6 F.I.Walden lbw b Douglas 20 b Douglas 9 7 W.Wells lbw b Ashton 0 b Douglas 0 8 A.E.Thomas b Douglas 13 c O’Connor b Ashton 1 9 P.A.Wright b Ashton 0 c Freeman b Ashton 8 10 J.V.Murdin b Ashton 8 not out 0 11 E.W.Clark not out 0 c Perrin b Douglas 4 Extras b 8, lb 3 11 lb 4 4 —— —— 126 45 FoW (1): 1-58, 2-64, 3-67, 4-79, 5-92, 6-92, 7-109, 8-120, 9-120, 10-126 FoW (2): 1-4, 2-4, 3-7, 4-20, 5-23, 6-23, 7-26, 8-40, 9-41, 10-45 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Murdin 21 5 67 3 1w 15 3 66 2 Thomas 28 14 32 1 23 7 70 4 P.A.Wright 18 12 24 1 4 1 29 0 Clark 12.3 3 41 5 1w 6 0 44 0 Walden (5) 4 0 19 1 Woolley (6) 8 3 9 0 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Douglas 19.2 3 55 5 8.4 5 14 6 Eastman 4 0 12 0 Ashton 15 5 48 5 (2) 8 1 27 3 Umpires: J.H.Board and L.C.Braund. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 70-4 (Freeman 24*, Ashton 4*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 192-3 (O’Connor 74*, Perrin 14*). 306