First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

SOMERSET v ESSEX Played at County Ground, Taunton, August 22, 23, 24, 1923. Match drawn. (Points: Somerset 2, Essex 0) ESSEX 1 F.W.H.Nicholas c White b Bridges 33 2 J.R.Freeman c MacBryan b Bridges 13 3 J.O’Connor c White b Bridges 4 4 C.A.G.Russell c MacBryan b Bridges 46 5 P.A.Perrin c Robertson-Glasgow b Bridges 0 6 C.T.Ashton c MacBryan b Robertson-Glasgow 20 7 *J.W.H.T.Douglas c Young b Bridges 1 8 †F.W.Gilligan c Johnson b White 12 9 H.W.F.Franklin lbw b White 0 10 L.C.Eastman c Johnson b White 0 11 A.B.Hipkin not out 2 Extras b 13, lb 4, nb 5 22 —— 153 FoW (1): 1-30, 2-40, 3-71, 4-71, 5-108, 6-130, 7-147, 8-150, 9-150, 10-153 SOMERSET 1 J.C.W.MacBryan st Gilligan b Hipkin 101 2 *J.Daniell b Eastman 4 3 A.Young run out 4 4 †T.C.Lowry b Russell 5 5 P.R.Johnson c Hipkin b Russell 4 6 J.C.White lbw b Hipkin 4 7 R.A.Ingle c Russell b Eastman 54 8 G.F.Earle lbw b Hipkin 0 9 G.E.Hunt not out 6 10 R.C.Robertson-Glasgow lbw b Hipkin 0 11 J.J.Bridges b Hipkin 0 Extras b 7 7 —— 189 FoW (1): 1-11, 2-32, 3-49, 4-57, 5-65, 6-161, 7-162, 8-189, 9-189, 10-189 Somerset Bowling O M R W Robertson-Glasgow 18 2 48 1 5nb Bridges 30 10 50 6 White 14.4 7 26 3 Hunt 2 1 7 0 Essex Bowling O M R W Douglas 17 5 41 0 Eastman 17 2 52 2 Russell 14 3 26 2 Hipkin 15.5 3 47 5 Ashton 5 1 16 0 Umpires: J.Blake and A.Warren. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 105-4 (Russell 24*, Ashton 18*); 2nd day: Somerset (1) 24-1 (MacBryan 17*, Young 3*). J.C.W.MacBryan’s 101 took 195 minutes and included 8 fours. 316