First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

WORCESTERSHIRE v NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, July 30, 31, August 1, 1947. Worcestershire won by eight wickets. (Points: Worcestershire 12, Northamptonshire 0) WORCESTERSHIRE 1 E.Cooper c Bennett b Broderick 49 c Fiddling b Webster 8 2 D.Kenyon c Webster b Broderick 42 not out 17 3 L.F.Outschoorn c Clarke b Timms 29 (4) not out 6 4 R.E.S.Wyatt c Webster b Clarke 143 5 R.Howorth b Partridge 7 6 *A.F.T.White c Fiddling b Webster 79 7 R.O.Jenkins c Webster b Partridge 1 8 C.H.Palmer b Partridge 21 (3) c sub b Clarke 8 9 R.T.D.Perks b Clarke 10 10 †H.Yarnold b Partridge 2 11 P.F.Jackson not out 1 Extras b 10, lb 3, nb 1 14 b 5 5 —— —— 398 (2 wickets) 44 FoW (1): 1-75, 2-121, 3-139, 4-160, 5-355, 6-356, 7-365, 8-377, 9-383, 10-398 FoW (2): 1-15, 2-36 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 D.Brookes b Perks 8 b Jenkins 27 2 C.P.Davis b Jackson 20 c Jackson b Palmer 19 3 A.C.L.Bennett c Yarnold b Howorth 12 st Yarnold b Jenkins 33 4 J.E.Timms run out 11 b Howorth 2 5 V.Broderick b Jenkins 23 c Outschoorn b Howorth 0 6 J.Webster st Yarnold b Jenkins 9 hit wkt b Howorth 10 7 E.Davis c Palmer b Jenkins 17 b Perks 45 8 *A.W.Childs-Clarke lbw b Perks 42 c Outschoorn b Jenkins 0 9 C.B.Clarke lbw b Howorth 25 c and b Palmer 86 10 R.J.Partridge b Palmer 5 c Yarnold b Perks 8 11 †K.Fiddling not out 12 not out 6 Extras b 6, lb 5, w 1 12 b 3, lb 3, nb 1 7 —— —— 196 243 FoW (1): 1-23, 2-44, 3-48, 4-68, 5-82, 6-93, 7-126, 8-159, 9-168, 10-196 FoW (2): 1-37, 2-74, 3-77, 4-77, 5-89, 6-95, 7-96, 8-201, 9-235, 10-243 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Partridge 31.2 6 91 4 Webster 32 8 71 1 4 1 20 1 Timms 20 6 56 1 (1) 4 0 9 0 Broderick 45 14 84 2 (3) 2 1 2 0 Clarke 16 2 56 2 (4) 2.2 0 8 1 Childs-Clarke 11 1 26 0 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Perks 15 4 46 2 11 3 47 2 Wyatt 5 3 5 0 (6) 1 0 1 0 Palmer 11 5 25 1 (2) 12 4 32 2 Jackson 21 10 31 1 (3) 12 3 26 0 Howorth 18.2 10 32 2 18 3 48 3 Jenkins 12 2 45 3 (4) 21 2 82 3 Umpires: G.M.Lee and A.Mitchison. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Worcestershire (1) 378-8 (Palmer 4*, Yarnold 1*); 2nd day: Northamptonshire (2) 171-7 (E.Davis 35*, Clarke 38*). R.E.S.Wyatt’s 143 included 18 fours and 2 sixes. 317