First-Class Cricket Matches 1924

ESSEX v WORCESTERSHIRE Played at County Ground, Leyton, June 7, 9, 10, 1924. Essex won by five wickets. (Points: Essex 5, Worcestershire 0) WORCESTERSHIRE 1 F.A.Pearson c and b Hipkin 20 c Freeman b Louden 11 2 C.V.Tarbox c Russell b Hipkin 20 lbw b Hipkin 40 3 C.R.Preece c Douglas b Hipkin 0 lbw b Hipkin 2 4 H.L.Higgins lbw b Louden 3 lbw b Hipkin 45 5 *M.K.Foster b O’Connor 14 (6) b Hipkin 14 6 J.B.Coventry b Hipkin 0 (5) c Freeman b Louden 0 7 C.F.Root c Freeman b Louden 62 c Russell b Louden 2 8 E.H.Bryant b Louden 63 b Louden 0 9 †C.B.Ponsonby c Perrin b Louden 4 b Hipkin 2 10 H.O.Rogers hit wkt b Hipkin 18 not out 1 11 G.C.Wilson not out 1 c Perrin b Hipkin 0 Extras b 16, lb 4 20 b 5, lb 5 10 —— —— 225 127 FoW (1): 1-43, 2-43, 3-48, 4-58, 5-60, 6-79, 7-147, 8-200, 9-223, 10-225 FoW (2): 1-30, 2-36, 3-80, 4-81, 5-104, 6-107, 7-107, 8-124, 9-127, 10-127 ESSEX 1 C.A.G.Russell lbw b Root 12 c Pearson b Root 14 2 F.H.Gillingham c and b Pearson 25 c Wilson b Pearson 6 3 †J.R.Freeman c Coventry b Wilson 73 (4) b Root 3 4 J.O’Connor c Root b Wilson 63 (5) not out 46 5 P.A.Perrin b Root 4 (6) c and b Root 12 6 H.M.Morris c Foster b Root 26 7 *J.W.H.T.Douglas c and b Pearson 25 not out 0 8 A.S.Moule c Bryant b Root 2 9 P.E.Morris c Tarbox b Root 7 10 G.M.Louden b Pearson 6 11 A.B.Hipkin not out 1 (3) c Foster b Root 0 Extras b 13, lb 10 23 b 2, lb 3 5 —— —— 267 (5 wickets) 86 FoW (1): 1-30, 2-50, 3-170, 4-183, 5-219, 6-229, 7-250, 8-252, 9-263, 10-267 FoW (2): 1-20, 2-20, 3-24, 4-24, 5-86 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Louden 23.2 5 63 4 (6) 21 4 37 4 H.M.Morris 4 1 10 0 (1) 4 0 19 0 Hipkin 24 5 74 5 (2) 20.5 6 46 6 O’Connor 8 3 17 1 3 0 7 0 P.E.Morris 12 2 41 0 1 0 1 0 Russell (3) 6 3 7 0 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Root 38 9 83 5 18 5 53 4 Pearson 28 6 69 3 17 3 28 1 Wilson 25 3 74 2 Preece 9 5 16 0 Rogers 5 3 2 0 Umpires: J.Moss and W.A.J.West. Toss: Worcestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 124-2 (Freeman 33*, O’Connor 41*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 20-2 (Gillingham 5*).