First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

WORCESTERSHIRE v COMBINED SERVICES Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, July 14, 15, 1948. Worcestershire won by an innings and 81 runs. COMBINED SERVICES 1 W.E.G.Payton c Maxwell b Blunt 0 c Whiting b Blunt 0 2 †R.J.L.Hammond b Blunt 9 b Jackson 24 3 M.L.Y.Ainsworth b Darks 8 (4) run out 12 4 B.E.W.McCall c Young b Darks 1 (5) c Jenkins b Blunt 6 5 B.C.Elgood b Blunt 15 (6) c Whiting b Jackson 6 6 E.G.Murphy lbw b Jenkins 11 (7) c Dews b Jackson 5 7 *A.C.Shirreff c Darks b Jenkins 5 (8) c Horton b Jackson 3 8 A.N.E.Waldron b Blunt 0 (9) b Jackson 4 9 R.G.Wilson c Darks b Jenkins 7 (10) st Maxwell b Jackson 1 10 A.G.Coomb b Jenkins 0 (11) not out 0 11 G.A.R.Lock not out 14 (3) b Darks 4 Extras b 4 4 b 4, lb 2 6 —— —— 74 71 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-74 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-71 WORCESTERSHIRE 1 D.M.Young c Hammond b Shirreff 9 2 N.H.Whiting c Hammond b Coomb 24 3 R.O.Jenkins c Waldron b Lock 56 4 L.F.Outschoorn b Wilson 28 5 G.Dews lbw b Lock 22 6 H.Horton c Ainsworth b Lock 4 7 †C.R.N.Maxwell c Elgood b Shirreff 26 8 W.R.Genders not out 19 9 G.C.Darks st Hammond b Lock 4 10 L.Blunt b Lock 0 11 P.F.Jackson b Shirreff 23 Extras b 6, lb 4, w 1 11 —— 226 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-226 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Blunt 17 5 34 4 11 5 17 2 Darks 9 4 19 2 6 2 19 1 Jenkins 7.5 3 17 4 (4) 11 5 13 0 Outschoorn (3) 1 0 3 0 Jackson (5) 7.4 1 10 6 Whiting (6) 1 0 3 0 Combined Services Bowling O M R W Shirreff 21.3 8 52 3 Coomb 15 1 37 1 Lock 22 6 59 5 Wilson 10 4 21 1 Waldron 12 2 46 0 Umpires: J.S.Buller and S.W.Styler. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Combined Services (2) 6-2 (Hammond 0*, Ainsworth 1*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. 288