First-Class Cricket Matches 1924

WORCESTERSHIRE v ESSEX Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, August 2, 4, 5, 1924. Worcestershire won by five wickets. (Points: Worcestershire 5, Essex 0) ESSEX 1 J.R.Freeman c Coventry b Root 6 (2) c Tarbox b Pearson 49 2 C.A.G.Russell c Abell b Root 25 (6) b Root 0 3 J.O’Connor b Root 20 b Wilson 10 4 H.M.Morris c Abell b Root 0 lbw b Pearson 8 5 P.A.Perrin b Root 0 c Preece b Pearson 30 6 C.T.Ashton b Root 5 (1) c Root b Wilson 31 7 *J.W.H.T.Douglas b Root 12 c Foster b Root 9 8 H.W.F.Franklin lbw b Root 2 c and b Tarbox 6 9 †F.W.Gilligan not out 26 not out 15 10 A.B.Hipkin c and b Wilson 5 b Root 5 11 H.J.Palmer b Root 0 b Root 0 Extras b 4, lb 5 9 b 8, lb 11 19 —— —— 110 182 FoW (1): 1-23, 2-47, 3-47, 4-49, 5-64, 6-65, 7-69, 8-86, 9-109, 10-110 FoW (2): 1-74, 2-94, 3-110, 4-123, 5-128, 6-149, 7-155, 8-175, 9-182, 10-182 WORCESTERSHIRE 1 C.V.Tarbox b Douglas 0 b Hipkin 20 2 *M.K.Foster c Ashton b Russell 1 (6) not out 27 3 H.O.Hopkins c Ashton b Douglas 10 b Hipkin 38 4 Lord Somers b Douglas 18 (5) b Douglas 7 5 G.Ashton b Douglas 7 (4) b Hipkin 4 6 F.A.Pearson c O’Connor b Palmer 47 (2) lbw b Palmer 22 7 C.F.Root c Ashton b Palmer 3 not out 3 8 J.B.Coventry b Douglas 42 9 †G.E.B.Abell lbw b Russell 7 10 C.R.Preece b Palmer 15 11 G.C.Wilson not out 3 Extras b 11 11 b 8, lb 2 10 —— —— 164 (5 wickets) 131 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-3, 3-27, 4-38, 5-39, 6-56, 7-125, 8-144, 9-146, 10-164 FoW (2): 1-41, 2-67, 3-75, 4-84, 5-128 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Root 29.3 11 40 9 30 10 68 4 Pearson 22 5 51 0 31 17 41 3 Preece 4 1 10 0 (4) 3 2 5 0 Wilson 3 3 0 1 (3) 17 6 45 2 Tarbox (5) 4 1 4 1 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Douglas 20 2 56 5 13 3 37 1 Russell 8 1 26 2 3 0 11 0 Palmer 11 0 41 3 10 3 21 1 Hipkin 10 0 30 0 (5) 13.4 5 28 3 Ashton (4) 3 0 24 0 Umpires: W.A.Buswell and A.Warren. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Worcestershire (1) 85-6 (Pearson 22*, Coventry 16*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 137-5 (Perrin 21*, Douglas 1*).