f10587 cc4407	Worcestershire v Kent
	County Championship 1923
Venue	Tipton Road, Dudley on 23rd, 25th, 26th June 1923 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 1 wicket
Points	Worcestershire 0; Kent 5
Umpires	B Tremlin, WAJ West
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (2) 23/0 (JB Higgins 13*, Smith 10*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 94/3 (Hardinge 50*, Ashdown 4*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Higgins	b Capes	5
FA Pearson	b Freeman	27
JC Smith	b Capes	0
WV Fox	lbw b Collins	0
HL Higgins	c Hurst b Ashdown	28
E Suckling	c Seymour b Freeman	13
JB Coventry	b Freeman	5
*MK Foster	b Wright	13
+JF MacLean	not out	14
CF Root	b Wright	0
PT Corbett	b Wright	4
Extras	(4 lb, 2 w)	6
Total	(all out, 52.5 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-12, 3-12, 4-56, 5-75, 6-84, 7-97, 8-97, 9-97, 10-115 (52.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Collins	5	0	10	1	-	-
Capes	9	3	14	2	-	-
Wright	17.5	6	39	3	2	-
Hardinge	3	1	6	0	-	-
Freeman	14	6	27	3	-	-
Ashdown	4	1	13	1	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HTW Hardinge	c Smith b Root	2
GC Collins	lbw b Root	5
J Seymour	c JB Higgins b Root	6
+JC Hubble	b Root	11
WH Ashdown	b Root	0
*CS Hurst	b Root	29
SE Day	b Pearson	7
CJ Capes	b Root	4
SG Hearn	b Pearson	6
AP Freeman	c Suckling b Pearson	26
AC Wright	not out	2
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 39.3 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-12, 3-14, 4-14, 5-51, 6-58, 7-62, 8-66, 9-74, 10-101 (39.3 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	20	6	49	7	-	-
Pearson	19.3	2	49	3	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Higgins	b Freeman	22
JC Smith	c Ashdown b Freeman	15
FA Pearson	c Ashdown b Wright	20
HL Higgins	c Hubble b Wright	19
*MK Foster	b Freeman	48
JB Coventry	b Wright	22
WV Fox	lbw b Collins	54
E Suckling	st Hubble b Freeman	58
+JF MacLean	b Collins	42
CF Root	c Day b Wright	3
PT Corbett	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 92.1 overs)	317
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-38, 3-80, 4-91, 5-141, 6-161, 7-255, 8-314, 9-317, 10-317 (92.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	28.1	5	74	4	-	-
Capes	15	2	43	0	1	-
Freeman	32	4	122	4	-	-
Collins	10	1	36	2	-	-
Hardinge	4	0	17	0	-	-
Ashdown	3	0	11	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HTW Hardinge	st MacLean b Pearson	114		190	12	-
GC Collins	c MacLean b Pearson	5
J Seymour	c MacLean b Pearson	20
+JC Hubble	c MacLean b Pearson	11
WH Ashdown	b Root	68
*CS Hurst	b Pearson	6
SE Day	not out	45
CJ Capes	c Smith b Pearson	2
SG Hearn	b Pearson	4
AP Freeman	b Pearson	31
AC Wright	not out	9
Extras	(11 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	19
Total	(9 wickets, 119.5 overs)	334
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-52, 3-72, 4-216, 5-228, 6-240, 7-265, 8-267, 9-311

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	55	15	131	1	-	-
Pearson	52.5	10	127	8	-	-
JB Higgins	3	0	10	0	1	-
Corbett	3	0	13	0	-	-
Suckling	4	0	27	0	-	-
Coventry	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PT Corbett made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> PT Corbett made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> E Suckling (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> E Suckling (2) passed his previous highest score of 39 in First-Class matches
--> SE Day (2) passed his previous highest score of 26 in First-Class matches
--> SE Day (2) passed his previous highest score of 26 in County Championship matches
--> AP Freeman reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> GC Collins reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings
--> FA Pearson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent second innings
--> FA Pearson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent second innings

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