First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

WORCESTERSHIRE v COMBINED SERVICES Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, August 31, September 1, 2, 1949. Combined Services won by 44 runs. COMBINED SERVICES 1 A.H.Parnaby b Darks 0 b Howorth 12 2 A.L.S.S.Thackara b Perks 7 b Howorth 42 3 P.B.H.May c Darks b Howorth 97 c Yarnold b Perks 175 4 M.L.Y.Ainsworth c Yarnold b Jenkins 46 b Palmer 11 5 W.T.Greensmith c Outschoorn b Perks 10 c Yarnold b Jenkins 0 6 J.M.Vernon c Yarnold b Jenkins 11 c Richardson b Jenkins 13 7 J.H.G.Deighton c Yarnold b Jenkins 0 st Yarnold b Jenkins 0 8 A.C.Shirreff c and b Jenkins 7 c Kenyon b Jenkins 0 9 R.G.Wilson st Yarnold b Jenkins 0 b Perks 42 10 †W.R.Ford c Howorth b Jenkins 6 b Howorth 17 11 P.I.Bedford not out 0 not out 6 Extras b 3, lb 1 4 b 10, lb 6, w 2, nb 1 19 —— —— 188 337 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-188 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7-132, 8- , 9- , 10-337 WORCESTERSHIRE 1 F.Cooper b Deighton 3 (6) hit wkt b Wilson 52 2 D.Kenyon c Greensmith b Deighton 68 (1) c Shirreff b Vernon 21 3 L.F.Outschoorn c May b Deighton 3 c Ford b Shirreff 14 4 P.E.Richardson c Ford b Wilson 10 c Shirreff b Deighton 7 5 C.H.Palmer c and b Wilson 45 b Wilson 11 6 N.H.Whiting c Vernon b Deighton 56 (2) b Deighton 1 7 G.C.Darks b Wilson 4 run out 20 8 R.O.Jenkins b Shirreff 46 b Wilson 33 9 R.Howorth b Deighton 4 c Ford b Wilson 1 10 †H.Yarnold c Vernon b Deighton 29 not out 1 11 R.T.D.Perks not out 0 lbw b Wilson 0 Extras b 12, lb 5, nb 1 18 b 26, lb 4, nb 4 34 —— —— 286 195 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-286 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-195 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Perks 15 3 48 2 22.4 8 37 2 Darks 8 1 36 1 8 0 30 0 Jenkins 19.2 0 65 6 (4) 32 4 122 4 Howorth 18 7 25 1 (5) 34 13 70 3 Palmer 4 0 10 0 (3) 22 8 59 1 Combined Services Bowling O M R W O M R W Deighton 23 5 64 6 15 5 35 2 Shirreff 21.2 10 45 1 22 9 46 1 Wilson 22 4 68 3 15.3 1 41 5 Greensmith 7 2 27 0 (5) 5 1 14 0 Bedford 7 0 53 0 Vernon 3 1 11 0 (4) 7 2 25 1 Umpires: L.Blunt and J.S.Buller. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Worcestershire (1) 225-6 (Whiting 53*, Jenkins 22*); 2nd day: Combined Services (2) 337-9 (May 175*, Bedford 6*). P.B.H.May’s 175 took 270 minutes and included 19 fours.. 64 runs were added for the 7th wicket in the Worcestershire second innings. 379