First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

WORCESTERSHIRE v YORKSHIRE Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, August 18, 19, 20, 1948. Match drawn. (Points: Worcestershire 4, Yorkshire 0) WORCESTERSHIRE 1 E.Cooper c Sutcliffe b Wardle 12 b Coxon 9 2 D.Kenyon c Wardle b Robinson 22 lbw b Wardle 13 3 C.H.Palmer b Aspinall 54 b Aspinall 5 4 R.E.S.Wyatt hit wkt b Robinson 13 c Wilson b Smailes 44 5 M.L.Y.Ainsworth c Sutcliffe b Coxon 85 b Coxon 32 6 R.O.Jenkins lbw b Robinson 18 not out 9 7 R.Howorth c Halliday b Wardle 4 not out 9 8 G.Dews c Coxon b Wardle 8 9 R.T.D.Perks b Robinson 0 10 †H.Yarnold b Robinson 2 11 P.F.Jackson not out 0 Extras b 2, lb 8, w 2, nb 1 13 b 5, lb 3, nb 4 12 —— —— 231 (5 wickets) 133 FoW (1): 1-21, 2-39, 3-65, 4-177, 5-217, 6-217, 7-221, 8-221, 9-229, 10-231 FoW (2): 1-16, 2-21, 3-51, 4-110, 5-110 YORKSHIRE 1 H.Halliday b Perks 0 2 W.Watson c Kenyon b Perks 10 3 J.V.Wilson b Perks 10 4 W.H.H.Sutcliffe b Palmer 25 5 T.F.Smailes b Perks 2 6 A.Coxon b Palmer 28 7 R.Aspinall c Yarnold b Palmer 6 8 *A.B.Sellers c Cooper b Jackson 79 9 J.H.Wardle c Yarnold b Jackson 9 10 E.P.Robinson c Jenkins b Palmer 4 11 †D.V.Brennan not out 30 Extras b 4, lb 9, nb 2 15 —— 218 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-19, 3-20, 4-26, 5-62, 6-77, 7-90, 8-107, 9-112, 10-218 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Coxon 14 6 21 1 1w 13 4 16 2 4nb Smailes 13 6 19 0 10 3 17 1 Aspinall 8 2 21 1 1w 5 1 20 1 Wardle 38.3 15 72 3 18 6 49 1 Robinson 44 16 70 5 16 9 19 0 Halliday 5 1 15 0 1w,1nb Worcestershire Bowling O M R W Perks 33 15 69 4 2nb Wyatt 8 2 17 0 Palmer 27 10 50 4 Howorth 15 5 23 0 Jenkins 9 2 20 0 Jackson 20.5 11 24 2 Umpires: H.Cruice and E.Robinson. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Yorkshire (1) 60-4 (Sutcliffe 25*, Coxon 13*); 2nd day: Worcestershire (2) 133-5 (Jenkins 9*, Howorth 9*). There was no play on the final day. 370