First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

GLOUCESTERSHIRE v SURREY Played at Fry’s Ground, Bristol, May 9, 10, 11, 1923. Match drawn. (Points: Gloucestershire 2, Surrey 0) GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1 A.E.Dipper c Fender b Harrison 99 c Hitch b Fender 38 2 W.R.Hammond b Abel 110 st Strudwick b Lowe 92 3 †H.Smith lbw b Fender 7 c Peach b Lowe 41 4 B.S.Bloodworth lbw b Hitch 20 lbw b Lowe 2 5 *P.F.C.Williams b Fender 58 c Strudwick b Peach 22 6 H.A.Reed b Lowe 18 b Sandham 4 7 P.T.Mills run out 0 not out 5 8 C.W.L.Parker not out 16 9 T.W.J.Goddard b Lowe 0 10 E.G.Dennett b Lowe 8 11 J.G.W.T.Bessant b Lowe 0 Extras b 11, lb 8, nb 4 23 b 4, lb 2, nb 3 9 —— —— 359 (6 wickets, declared) 213 FoW (1): 1-180, 2-199, 3-251, 4-271, 5-332, 6-334, 7-336, 8-337, 9-359, 10-359 FoW (2): 1-74, 2-149, 3-157, 4-184, 5-206, 6-213 SURREY 1 J.B.Hobbs st Smith b Bessant 39 b Parker 5 2 A.Sandham run out 3 lbw b Goddard 57 3 A.Ducat b Parker 9 c Bloodworth b Parker 14 4 T.F.Shepherd c Smith b Bessant 3 lbw b Goddard 27 5 J.W.Hitch lbw b Goddard 57 c and b Parker 27 6 *P.G.H.Fender c Dennett b Goddard 21 (7) not out 124 7 H.S.Harrison not out 16 (6) run out 5 8 W.J.Abel b Goddard 0 run out 1 9 H.A.Peach b Goddard 10 not out 27 10 †H.Strudwick b Goddard 8 11 R.F.Lowe lbw b Dennett 0 Extras lb 6, nb 2 8 lb 2, w 2, nb 1 5 —— —— 174 (7 wickets) 292 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-34, 3-47, 4-77, 5-140, 6-141, 7-141, 8-157, 9-173, 10-174 FoW (2): 1-12, 2-40, 3-96, 4-121, 5-129, 6-151, 7-188 Surrey Bowling O M R W O M R W Hitch 24 7 66 1 2nb 5 0 22 0 Lowe 28 10 48 4 (3) 34 9 98 3 Fender 35 5 90 2 2nb (4) 14 2 32 1 3nb Peach 16 5 26 0 (2) 18 8 30 1 Abel 23 6 67 1 6 1 19 0 Shepherd 6 1 11 0 Harrison 7 0 28 1 Ducat (6) 1 0 2 0 Sandham (7) 0.4 0 1 1 Gloucestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Bessant 20 2 61 2 21 3 74 0 2w Parker 22 8 52 1 2nb 35 15 65 3 1nb Dennett 14 2 34 1 27 2 53 0 Goddard 11 4 19 5 14 1 46 2 Mills (5) 12 3 28 0 Hammond (6) 5 0 21 0 Umpires: H.R.Butt and A.Warren. Toss: Gloucestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Gloucestershire (1) 332-4 (Williams 56*, Reed 18*); 2nd day: Gloucestershire (2) 103-1 (Hammond 46*, Smith 13*). W.R.Hammond’s 110 took 270 minutes and included 13 fours and 2 sixes. P.G.H.Fender’s 124 took 150 minutes. 71