First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

ESSEX v WORCESTERSHIRE Played at County Ground, Leyton, May 19, 21, 1923. Worcestershire won by an innings and 11 runs. (Points: Essex 0, Worcestershire 5) ESSEX 1 C.J.H.Treglown c MacLean b Pearson 4 (2) b Root 9 2 C.A.G.Russell st MacLean b Pearson 19 (3) lbw b Root 5 3 J.R.Freeman b Root 4 (4) b Root 13 4 P.A.Perrin c Smith b Root 0 (5) not out 55 5 *J.W.H.T.Douglas c Crawley b Root 3 (1) c Smith b Root 41 6 J.O’Connor c Jagger b Pearson 43 c MacLean b Jagger 0 7 H.M.Morris b Root 0 c Crawley b Jagger 8 8 L.C.Eastman lbw b Pearson 1 absent hurt 0 9 P.E.Morris c Crawley b Pearson 9 (8) b Jagger 3 10 G.M.Louden b Pearson 1 (9) b Root 6 11 †C.V.Jenkinson not out 0 (10) c Crawley b Root 0 Extras b 12, lb 1 13 b 10, lb 1 11 —— —— 97 151 FoW (1): 1-16, 2-27, 3-31, 4-37, 5-41, 6-55, 7-56, 8-77, 9-96, 10-97 FoW (2): 1-21, 2-29, 3-57, 4-96, 5-101, 6-111, 7-116, 8-135, 9-151 WORCESTERSHIRE 1 F.A.Pearson b Louden 13 2 J.C.Smith b Louden 2 3 *M.K.Foster b Louden 29 4 L.G.Crawley c and b Douglas 39 5 W.V.Fox lbw b Douglas 10 6 H.L.Higgins b Louden 17 7 C.V.Tarbox lbw b Douglas 4 8 †J.F.MacLean b Douglas 48 9 C.F.Root not out 53 10 S.T.Jagger c Russell b Douglas 18 11 C.R.Preece b P.E.Morris 3 Extras b 16, lb 6, nb 1 23 —— 259 FoW (1): 1-8, 2-44, 3-57, 4-96, 5-107, 6-113, 7-151, 8-200, 9-238, 10-259 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Root 16 3 32 4 32 11 63 6 Pearson 15.2 2 52 6 17 7 37 0 Preece (3) 4 0 15 0 Jagger (4) 10 3 25 3 Essex Bowling O M R W Louden 22 1 97 4 Douglas 22 3 107 5 P.E.Morris 10.3 1 27 1 Eastman 2 0 5 0 Umpires: T.Flowers and A.Warren. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (2) 19-0 (Treglown 9*, Douglas 5*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. 89