First-Class Cricket Matches 1924

WORCESTERSHIRE v SUSSEX Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, May 21, 22, 23, 1924. Match drawn. (Points: Worcestershire 1, Sussex 3) SUSSEX 1 A.H.H.Gilligan c Foster b Root 18 2 E.H.Bowley b Pearson 2 3 A.J.Holmes run out 27 4 G.R.Cox c Foster b Root 0 5 T.E.R.Cook c Foster b Tarbox 49 6 *A.E.R.Gilligan c Foster b Tarbox 43 7 M.W.Tate c Somers b Root 41 8 A.C.Watson c Tarbox b Pearson 4 9 J.K.Mathews c J.B.Higgins b Tarbox 7 10 H.E.Roberts b Tarbox 0 11 †W.L.Cornford not out 0 Extras b 5, lb 5 10 —— 201 FoW (1): 1- , 2-35, 3-35, 4-79, 5-143, 6-172, 7- , 8-193, 9- , 10-201 WORCESTERSHIRE 1 F.A.Pearson b A.E.R.Gilligan 0 b Tate 1 2 C.V.Tarbox b Cox 14 b Roberts 12 3 J.B.Higgins c Roberts b Tate 1 4 H.L.Higgins b Tate 22 (5) not out 0 5 *M.K.Foster b Tate 1 (6) not out 0 6 C.F.Root c A.H.H.Gilligan b A.E.R.Gilligan 4 7 Lord Somers c Bowley b Tate 8 8 †J.F.MacLean b Tate 0 9 M.F.S.Jewell b Tate 20 10 C.R.Preece c Mathews b Cox 11 (3) c and b A.H.H.Gilligan 15 11 L.E.Gale not out 0 (4) b A.H.H.Gilligan 9 Extras b 4, lb 4 8 b 1 1 —— —— 89 (4 wickets) 38 FoW (1): 1-2, 2- , 3- , 4-28, 5- , 6-51, 7-68, 8-68, 9-89, 10-89 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-25, 3-37, 4-38 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W Root 27.1 5 67 3 Pearson 21 9 38 2 Preece 7 2 29 0 Gale 3 0 18 0 Jewell 3 0 14 0 Tarbox 5 0 25 4 Sussex Bowling O M R W O M R W A.E.R.Gilligan 19 6 30 2 Tate 24.2 15 24 6 5 2 8 1 Cox 10 3 13 2 (4) 1 1 0 0 Bowley 3 1 4 0 A.H.H.Gilligan 3 0 10 0 (3) 3.1 1 6 2 Roberts (1) 8 1 23 1 Umpires: W.Reeves and W.A.J.West. Toss: Worcestershire Close of Play: 1st day: No play; 2nd day: Worcestershire (1) 51-5 (H.L.Higgins 16*, Somers 8*).