First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

YORKSHIRE v WORCESTERSHIRE Played at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, May 21, 23, 24, 1949. Worcestershire won by 186 runs. (Points: Yorkshire 0, Worcestershire 12) WORCESTERSHIRE 1 E.Cooper c Brennan b Wardle 50 st Brennan b Wardle 59 2 N.H.Whiting lbw b Close 18 lbw b Close 5 3 D.Kenyon hit wkt b Wardle 13 c Lester b Robinson 44 4 *R.E.Bird b Close 116 not out 59 5 L.F.Outschoorn st Brennan b Wardle 7 (6) b Wardle 20 6 G.Dews c Hutton b Close 11 (7) c Lester b Wardle 19 7 R.Howorth lbw b Close 2 (8) c Watson b Wardle 0 8 R.O.Jenkins c Watson b Wardle 25 (9) not out 10 9 R.T.D.Perks c Robinson b Wardle 0 (5) c Watson b Wardle 0 10 †H.Yarnold run out 4 11 P.F.Jackson not out 0 Extras b 6, lb 11 17 lb 4, w 1, nb 2 7 —— —— 263 (7 wickets, declared) 223 FoW (1): 1-32, 2-53, 3-100, 4-110, 5-131, 6-145, 7-210, 8-212, 9-253, 10-263 FoW (2): 1-7, 2-105, 3-120, 4-120, 5-162, 6-190, 7-195 YORKSHIRE 1 L.Hutton not out 78 c Howorth b Perks 23 2 F.A.Lowson c Yarnold b Howorth 25 hit wkt b Howorth 6 3 †D.V.Brennan c Jenkins b Howorth 5 (11) c Bird b Howorth 1 4 H.Halliday b Jenkins 1 (5) c Yarnold b Jenkins 1 5 *N.W.D.Yardley c and b Jenkins 9 (3) c Jenkins b Perks 1 6 W.Watson hit wkt b Jenkins 0 c Yarnold b Jenkins 5 7 E.I.Lester c Bird b Jenkins 17 (4) c Yarnold b Perks 2 8 D.B.Close c Outschoorn b Jenkins 0 (7) b Perks 14 9 J.H.Wardle run out 5 (8) c Outschoorn b Jenkins 70 10 R.Aspinall c Jenkins b Perks 3 not out 17 11 E.P.Robinson b Outschoorn 4 (9) c and b Perks 6 Extras b 4, lb 2 6 nb 1 1 —— —— 153 147 FoW (1): 1-42, 2-59, 3-61, 4-83, 5-83, 6-109, 7-109, 8-121, 9-140, 10-153 FoW (2): 1-20, 2-21, 3-23, 4-24, 5-34, 6-47, 7-90, 8-106, 9-143, 10-147 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Aspinall 9 4 16 0 Close 39.3 14 81 4 (1) 20 4 29 1 Wardle 46 12 93 5 (4) 32 12 76 5 Robinson 39 18 46 0 (2) 50 12 86 1 Halliday 4 1 8 0 7 2 19 0 Yardley 2 1 2 0 (3) 4 1 6 0 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Perks 23 10 26 1 19 7 30 5 Outschoorn 8.4 0 39 1 4 1 6 0 Howorth 20 8 24 2 8.4 2 20 2 Jenkins 21 4 39 5 12 1 66 3 Jackson 9 3 19 0 4 0 24 0 Umpires: E.Cooke and A.Lockett. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Yorkshire (1) 42-1 (Hutton 13*, Brennan 0*); 2nd day: Worcestershire (2) 140-4 (Bird 13*, Outschoorn 12*). R.E.Bird’s 116 took 245 minutes and included 14 fours. 142