f10635 cc4442	Northamptonshire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1923
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 14th, 16th, 17th July 1923 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Worcestershire 2
Umpires	AJ Atfield, LC Braund
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 101/3 (Fox 24*, Hopkins 1*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 191/3 (Gifford 56*, Walden 29*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CN Woolley	b Root	0
RL Wright	c Pearson b Root	30
+BW Bellamy	b Pearson	45
GC Gifford	b Gilbert	7
AE Thomas	b Gilbert	2
FI Walden	c Gilbert b Root	28
CH Tyler	b Root	8
PA Wright	b Lang	17
*AH Bull	b Lang	9
JV Murdin	c and b Root	1
EW Clark	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 10 lb, 1 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 62.1 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-48, 3-67, 4-75, 5-120, 6-136, 7-157, 8-159, 9-169, 10-169 (62.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	26.1	5	70	5	-	-
Pearson	15	6	39	1	-	-
Lang	10	4	21	2	-	-
Gilbert	11	5	17	2	-	1

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FA Pearson	b Thomas	24
HL Higgins	b Clark	16
JES Walford	c Gifford b Clark	31
WV Fox	b PA Wright	49
HO Hopkins	b Clark	23
JB Coventry	c Woolley b PA Wright	8
*MK Foster	c RL Wright b Clark	51
CF Root	lbw b PA Wright	2
+CB Ponsonby	b Clark	19
JN Lang	c Thomas b Clark	0
HA Gilbert	not out	2
Extras	(8 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 87.2 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-41, 3-99, 4-137, 5-152, 6-181, 7-191, 8-231, 9-231, 10-236 (87.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
PA Wright	26	7	70	3	-	3
Murdin	26	3	77	0	-	-
Thomas	12	5	28	1	-	-
Clark	17.2	7	35	6	-	-
Woolley	6	2	15	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CN Woolley	b Root	0
RL Wright	c Ponsonby b Root	47
+BW Bellamy	b Gilbert	36
GC Gifford	lbw b Pearson	98
FI Walden	b Root	40
PA Wright	b Root	0
*AH Bull	b Root	12
CH Tyler	not out	31
AE Thomas	c Coventry b Pearson	13
JV Murdin	b Pearson	0
EW Clark	b Pearson	0
Extras	(22 b, 9 lb, 2 nb)	33
Total	(all out, 142.2 overs)	310
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-49, 3-122, 4-219, 5-223, 6-241, 7-269, 8-302, 9-310, 10-310 (142.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	37	17	64	5	-	-
Pearson	38.2	13	95	4	-	-
Lang	26	10	39	0	-	-
Gilbert	38	13	68	1	-	2
Walford	3	0	11	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JES Walford	b Thomas	10
FA Pearson	c Tyler b Thomas	53
WV Fox	not out	67
*MK Foster	c Tyler b Clark	1
HO Hopkins	c Murdin b Clark	2
HL Higgins	c Bellamy b Thomas	1
JB Coventry	b Murdin	12
CF Root	not out	7
+CB Ponsonby	did not bat
JN Lang	did not bat
HA Gilbert	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(6 wickets, 80 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-99, 3-100, 4-103, 5-104, 6-123

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clark	19	3	50	2	-	-
Thomas	26	12	31	3	-	-
Murdin	16	5	53	1	-	-
PA Wright	10	5	12	0	-	1
Woolley	4	4	0	0	-	-
Walden	3	1	5	0	-	-
RL Wright	2	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GC Gifford made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GC Gifford made his debut in County Championship matches
--> FI Walden (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> JES Walford (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in County Championship matches
--> JES Walford (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in First-Class matches
--> WV Fox (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> HA Gilbert reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> CF Root reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> CF Root reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> EW Clark achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 5-55)
--> PA Wright reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> EW Clark reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> EW Clark achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 5-55)
--> PA Wright achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 2-47)

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