First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

WORCESTERSHIRE v COMBINED SERVICES Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, June 4, 5, 6, 1952. Match drawn. WORCESTERSHIRE 1 D.Kenyon b Wilson 37 c and b Mortimore 51 2 N.H.Whiting b Illingworth 10 c Carter b Mortimore 19 3 L.F.Outschoorn c Wilson b Shirreff 68 c Illingworth b Smith 54 4 *R.E.Bird c Heath b Illingworth 9 not out 42 5 R.G.Broadbent c Heath b Illingworth 18 6 L.N.Devereux b Shirreff 22 7 M.J.Horton c Mortimore b Carter 37 8 †J.C.Scholey c Smith b Shirreff 0 9 J.W.E.Spilsbury c Heath b Carter 16 10 L.M.Rudge run out 1 11 M.E.Bradley not out 0 Extras b 1, lb 7, nb 3 11 lb 2 2 —— —— 229 (3 wickets) 168 FoW (1): 1-25, 2-65, 3-87, 4-126, 5-171, 6-176, 7-180, 8-217, 9-225, 10-229 FoW (2): 1-59, 2-83, 3-168 COMBINED SERVICES 1 D.M.W.Heath c Scholey b Bradley 149 2 *A.C.Shirreff c Kenyon b Whiting 54 3 J.E.Manners c Spilsbury b Whiting 103 4 J.M.Parks not out 103 5 R.G.Wilson c Whiting b Devereux 67 6 R.Illingworth not out 42 7 J.M.Vernon 8 †K.V.Andrew 9 C.S.Smith 10 J.B.Mortimore 11 R.G.Carter Extras b 24, lb 2, w 4 30 —— (4 wickets, declared) 548 FoW (1): 1-100, 2-260, 3-369, 4-469 Combined Services Bowling O M R W O M R W Carter 10.3 1 33 2 7 0 27 0 Illingworth 22 7 40 3 (4) 7 2 19 0 Mortimore 8 1 23 0 (7) 10 4 20 2 Smith 10 2 35 0 (2) 11 2 25 1 Wilson 13 0 55 1 Parks 3 1 3 0 7 1 22 0 Shirreff 14 3 29 3 (3) 11 1 40 0 Vernon (5) 2 0 13 0 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W Spilsbury 15 2 86 0 Rudge 12 2 36 0 Horton 13 2 51 0 Outschoorn 5 0 29 0 Bradley 21 3 117 1 Devereux 29 7 126 1 Whiting 13 2 62 2 Bird 2 0 11 0 Umpires: J.S.Buller and S.W.Styler. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Combined Services (1) 187-1 (Heath 68*, Manners 57*); 2nd day: Worcestershire (2) 168-3 (Bird 42*). There was no play on the final day. D.M.W.Heath’s 149 took 250 minutes. J.E.Manners’s 103 took 115 minutes. J.M.Parks’s 103 took 125 minutes. 206