FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

WORCESTERSHIRE v COMBINED SERVICES Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, July 31, August 1, 2, 1946. Combined Services won by five wickets. WORCESTERSHIRE 1 *A.P.Singleton lbw b Perks 20 c and b Shirreff 39 2 A.F.T.White b Perks 58 b Halliday 95 3 L.F.Outschoorn b Perks 3 c Harrison b Shirreff 9 4 C.H.Palmer b Perks 4 b Constable 24 5 N.O.Bennett b Shirreff 2 c Perks b Constable 8 6 J.Collinson lbw b Pollard 23 lbw b Halliday 1 7 †H.Yarnold c Parker b Pollard 27 c Kenyon b Pollard 39 8 G.M.Singleton b Pollard 3 b Pollard 23 9 R.O.Jenkins not out 69 lbw b Perks 12 10 L.Blunt c Perks b Constable 18 b Pollard 10 11 D.C.Good b Pollard 1 not out 6 Extras b 2, lb 1, nb 1 4 b 9, lb 3, w 1, nb 1 14 —— —— 232 280 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-232 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-280 COMBINED SERVICES 1 J.G.Dewes lbw b Good 10 b Blunt 14 2 H.Halliday b Blunt 4 b A.P.Singleton 35 3 D.Kenyon c A.P.Singleton b G.M.Singleton 107 lbw b G.M.Singleton 2 4 B.Constable lbw b A.P.Singleton 35 b A.P.Singleton 5 5 F.A.V.Parker lbw b Jenkins 6 b A.P.Singleton 0 6 D.B.Carr b Jenkins 66 not out 12 7 *A.C.Shirreff b Blunt 47 not out 14 8 †L.Harrison c Yarnold b Jenkins 20 9 M.L.Y.Ainsworth not out 50 10 R.T.D.Perks c Bennett b Jenkins 51 11 R.Pollard b Blunt 6 Extras b 17, lb 9, nb 1 27 b 1, lb 1 2 —— —— 429 (5 wickets) 84 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-429 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- Combined Services Bowling O M R W O M R W Perks 20 4 77 4 18 2 62 1 Pollard 16.5 1 70 4 19 1 80 3 Shirreff 15 3 47 1 4 1 20 2 Constable 6 1 34 1 (5) 12 3 35 2 Carr (4) 12 3 42 0 Halliday (6) 10 2 27 2 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Blunt 23 2 125 3 7 2 15 1 Good 15 3 60 1 2 0 15 0 Jenkins 32 10 108 4 3 0 10 0 G.M.Singleton 23 3 61 1 (5) 10.1 5 17 1 A.P.Singleton 14 4 36 1 (4) 9 3 25 3 Palmer 2 0 12 0 Umpires: M.F.S.Jewell and G.J.W.Platt. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Combined Services (1) 245-5 (Carr 32*, Shirreff 26*); 2nd day: Worcestershire (2) 280 all out. D.Kenyon’s 107 took 135 minutes. 294