First-Class Cricket Matches 1924

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE v WORCESTERSHIRE Played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, June 25, 26, 1924. Nottinghamshire won by eight wickets. (Points: Nottinghamshire 5, Worcestershire 0) WORCESTERSHIRE 1 F.A.Pearson c Barratt b Staples 29 c G.Gunn b Matthews 12 2 C.V.Tarbox c Carr b Matthews 0 b Matthews 2 3 H.L.Higgins b Matthews 0 lbw b Flint 52 4 *M.K.Foster c Staples b Barratt 9 (5) b Flint 28 5 H.O.Hopkins c Whysall b Staples 9 (4) b Matthews 137 6 J.C.Smith b Staples 0 st Lilley b J.R.Gunn 11 7 C.F.Root c Barratt b Flint 3 b Matthews 5 8 R.L.Brinton b Staples 4 c Carr b Staples 10 9 C.R.Preece b Staples 3 c Matthews b J.R.Gunn 34 10 †C.B.Ponsonby c Staples b Flint 3 c Lilley b Staples 5 11 J.N.Lang not out 3 not out 9 Extras lb 1, w 1, nb 1 3 b 13, lb 12, nb 1 26 —— —— 66 331 FoW (1): 1-3, 2-3, 3-24, 4-44, 5-49, 6-52, 7-56, 8-59, 9-60, 10-66 FoW (2): 1-13, 2-22, 3-168, 4-228, 5-260, 6-266, 7-270, 8-282, 9-288, 10-331 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 1 G.Gunn c Root b Pearson 82 2 W.W.Whysall c Higgins b Root 131 3 J.R.Gunn b Hopkins 39 4 *A.W.Carr c Tarbox b Preece 31 5 W.R.D.Payton not out 43 6 †B.Lilley (1) not out 22 7 T.L.Richmond (2) c Smith b Hopkins 1 8 F.Barratt (3) b Hopkins 23 9 S.J.Staples (4) not out 12 10 W.A.Flint 11 F.C.L.Matthews Extras b 9, lb 6 15 —— —— (4 wickets, declared) 341 (2 wickets) 58 FoW (1): 1-220, 2-222, 3-271, 4-341 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-37 Nottinghamshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Barratt 6 2 14 1 1w 12 0 39 0 Matthews 5 0 24 2 1nb 17 3 54 4 1nb Staples 8 0 18 5 (4) 16 4 70 2 Flint 7.2 3 7 2 (3) 19 2 73 2 Richmond (5) 11 0 62 0 J.R.Gunn (6) 5.3 2 7 2 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Root 33 9 112 1 Pearson 20 3 50 1 Preece 17 4 65 1 Lang 14 2 58 0 Brinton 3 0 14 0 (4) 2 0 8 0 Tarbox 3 0 13 0 (3) 3 0 12 0 Hopkins 6.1 3 14 1 (2) 5 1 23 2 Foster (1) 5 0 15 0 Umpires: B.Brown and G.P.Harrison. Toss: Worcestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Nottinghamshire (1) 282-3 (J.R.Gunn 22*, Payton 0*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. W.W.Whysall’s 131 took 145 minutes and included 20 fours and 1 six. H.O.Hopkins’s 137 included 22 fours.