First-Class Cricket Matches 1924

WORCESTERSHIRE v SOMERSET Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, June 28, 30, 1924. Somerset won by nine wickets. (Points: Worcestershire 0, Somerset 5) SOMERSET 1 J.C.W.MacBryan c Tarbox b Root 58 not out 34 2 A.Young b Root 5 st Ponsonby b Jewell 22 3 S.G.U.Considine c Foster b Root 18 not out 3 4 C.A.Winter c Higgins b Root 6 5 *P.R.Johnson c Ponsonby b Root 39 6 J.C.White b Pearson 21 7 W.F.Q.Shuldham b Root 25 8 G.F.Earle b Pearson 24 9 G.E.Hunt c Tarbox b Root 23 10 †F.E.Spurway c Foster b Preece 29 11 J.J.Bridges not out 4 Extras b 2, lb 7 9 b 1 1 —— —— 261 (1 wicket) 60 FoW (1): 1-8, 2-64, 3-90, 4-93, 5-141, 6-157, 7-195, 8-203, 9-238, 10-261 FoW (2): 1-57 WORCESTERSHIRE 1 C.V.Tarbox c Johnson b Bridges 2 c Johnson b White 0 2 H.O.Hopkins c and b White 13 (4) st Spurway b Bridges 2 3 H.L.Higgins b Bridges 6 (5) lbw b Bridges 15 4 *M.K.Foster b White 12 (6) b Bridges 125 5 J.B.Coventry b White 0 (7) b Bridges 0 6 F.A.Pearson b Bridges 9 (3) c Hunt b White 9 7 G.C.Wilson run out 15 (10) b Bridges 30 8 C.F.Root b Bridges 2 b Hunt 13 9 C.R.Preece b White 1 (11) not out 11 10 M.F.S.Jewell c Young b White 1 (9) b Hunt 9 11 †C.B.Ponsonby not out 4 (2) lbw b White 6 Extras b 4, lb 6 10 b 12, lb 12 24 —— —— 75 244 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-25, 3-35, 4-43, 5-52, 6-55, 7-64, 8-68, 9-68, 10-75 FoW (2): 1-3, 2-16, 3-17, 4-22, 5-49, 6-49, 7-68, 8-96, 9-225, 10-244 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Root 35 10 106 7 4 0 12 0 Pearson 33 3 136 2 Wilson 1 0 6 0 (2) 4 0 34 0 Preece 0.4 0 4 1 (3) 1 0 9 0 Jewell (4) 0.5 0 4 1 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Bridges 19 9 34 4 23.3 3 55 5 Winter 1 0 4 0 (6) 3 0 22 0 White 17.3 7 27 5 (2) 11.4 2 30 3 Hunt (3) 19 2 52 2 Young (4) 9 0 58 0 Earle (5) 3 2 3 0 Umpires: J.Moss and B.Tremlin. Toss: Somerset Close of Play: 1st day: Worcestershire (1) 49-4 (Pearson 7*, Wilson 5*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. M.K.Foster’s 125 took 135 minutes and included 17 fours. M.K.Foster retired hurt in the Worcestershire first innings having scored 9 and later returned.