First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

WORCESTERSHIRE v SUSSEX Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, August 18, 20, 21, 1923. Worcestershire won by six wickets. (Points: Worcestershire 5, Sussex 0) SUSSEX 1 A.H.H.Gilligan c M.K.Foster b Pearson 6 b Root 29 2 E.H.Bowley c MacLean b Root 0 b Pearson 64 3 R.A.Young not out 54 c MacLean b Root 22 4 G.R.Cox c M.K.Foster b Pearson 7 lbw b Root 9 5 A.J.Holmes c and b Root 12 c N.J.A.Foster b Root 21 6 J.K.Mathews c MacLean b Root 1 b Tarbox 10 7 T.E.R.Cook b Root 0 c Tarbox b Root 9 8 †G.B.Street c MacLean b Root 5 not out 35 9 A.C.Watson c Higgins b Pearson 1 absent hurt 0 10 A.F.Wensley b Pearson 13 (9) c Higgins b Root 10 11 H.E.Roberts c MacLean b Pearson 0 (10) c Hopkins b Root 0 Extras b 6, lb 8 14 b 6, lb 5 11 —— —— 113 220 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-10, 3-24, 4-53, 5-59, 6-67, 7-73, 8-78, 9-113, 10-113 FoW (2): 1-55, 2-103, 3-123, 4-129, 5-163, 6-173, 7-190, 8-220, 9-220 WORCESTERSHIRE 1 J.B.Higgins c Street b Roberts 2 2 C.V.Tarbox b Roberts 11 3 C.R.Preece lbw b Roberts 3 4 G.E.B.Abell b Roberts 0 5 H.O.Hopkins b Roberts 7 (3) b Cox 78 6 F.A.Pearson c Watson b Gilligan 15 (4) not out 102 7 *M.K.Foster c Bowley b Wensley 48 (1) c Bowley b Cox 13 8 N.J.A.Foster b Roberts 13 (6) not out 9 9 G.Ashton c and b Roberts 3 (2) c Street b Roberts 0 10 †J.F.MacLean b Cox 1 11 C.F.Root not out 0 (5) st Street b Bowley 18 Extras b 2, lb 2, nb 1 5 b 5, lb 1, w 1, nb 1 8 —— —— 108 (4 wickets) 228 FoW (1): 1-8, 2-12, 3-12, 4-20, 5-31, 6-46, 7-101, 8-103, 9-108, 10-108 FoW (2): 1-13, 2-13, 3-180, 4-213 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Root 19 8 56 5 32.4 8 114 7 Pearson 19 4 43 5 27 9 77 1 Preece (3) 9 5 14 0 Tarbox (4) 4 1 4 1 Sussex Bowling O M R W O M R W Roberts 17.1 6 32 7 13 4 37 1 1nb Young 3 1 9 0 (6) 2 0 17 0 1w Wensley 3 0 10 1 (5) 5 0 24 0 Cox 19 11 17 1 (2) 31 15 56 2 Gilligan 2 1 12 1 1nb (3) 8 1 42 0 Bowley 6 0 23 0 (4) 11.5 1 44 1 Umpires: A.J.Atfield and W.A.J.West. Toss: Worcestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Worcestershire (1) 14-3 (Tarbox 6*, Hopkins 1*); 2nd day: Sussex (2) 105-2 (Bowley 51*, Cox 0*). F.A.Pearson’s 102 took 155 minutes. 311