First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

WORCESTERSHIRE v COMBINED SERVICES Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, May 10, 11, 1950. Worcestershire won by five wickets. COMBINED SERVICES 1 W.E.G.Payton st Yarnold b Darks 1 c Yarnold b Hughes 11 2 A.L.S.S.Thackara c Dews b Darks 19 b Hughes 2 3 M.L.Y.Ainsworth lbw b Darks 42 b Hughes 1 4 F.C.Boys c Yarnold b Jenkins 0 c Dews b Jackson 28 5 D.B.Close not out 92 st Yarnold b Jackson 60 6 *A.C.Shirreff lbw b Darks 1 (8) c Yarnold b Jenkins 6 7 †M.D.Fenner b Darks 16 b Jackson 0 8 J.M.Vernon lbw b Jackson 3 (9) c and b Jenkins 0 9 W.T.Greensmith c Jackson b Jenkins 6 (6) not out 26 10 J.H.G.Deighton c Yarnold b Jenkins 11 b Jackson 3 11 J.D.Sayer b Jenkins 0 b Jackson 5 Extras b 2 2 —— —— 193 142 FoW (1): 1-4, 2-52, 3-63, 4-63, 5-69, 6-107, 7-115, 8-136, 9-193, 10-193 FoW (2): 1-6, 2-14, 3-15, 4-81, 5-108, 6-108, 7-127, 8-129, 9-132, 10-142 WORCESTERSHIRE 1 D.Kenyon b Sayer 80 (2) b Deighton 53 2 N.H.Whiting c Ainsworth b Shirreff 6 (1) c Fenner b Shirreff 1 3 F.Cooper c Shirreff b Deighton 9 c and b Close 47 4 *R.E.Bird lbw b Greensmith 15 lbw b Close 9 5 P.E.Richardson lbw b Greensmith 11 c Payton b Close 5 6 G.Dews lbw b Greensmith 1 not out 50 7 R.O.Jenkins b Deighton 13 not out 6 8 †H.Yarnold c Ainsworth b Sayer 0 9 G.C.Darks not out 7 10 R.C.Hughes c Ainsworth b Sayer 4 11 P.F.Jackson c Deighton b Sayer 4 Extras b 13 13 b 1, lb 3, nb 1 5 —— —— 163 (5 wickets) 176 FoW (1): 1-18, 2-63, 3-89, 4-109, 5-115, 6-147, 7-147, 8-147, 9-158, 10-163 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-73, 3-109, 4-119, 5-127 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Darks 16 5 49 5 7 1 16 0 Hughes 6 1 18 0 9 0 38 3 Jackson 16 3 47 1 (4) 13 3 27 5 Jenkins 16 2 77 4 (3) 12 0 61 2 Combined Services Bowling O M R W O M R W Deighton 21 9 25 2 21 5 41 1 Shirreff 9 1 24 1 10 3 24 1 Sayer 14 3 38 4 2 0 16 0 Close 25 11 41 0 26 9 54 3 Greensmith 10 3 22 3 12 3 32 0 Vernon (6) 1.3 1 4 0 Umpires: M.F.S.Jewell and W.H.N.Shakespeare. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Worcestershire (1) 163 all out. The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. 127