f12278 cc5472	Worcestershire v Kent
	County Championship 1928
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 16th, 17th, 18th May 1928 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 3; Kent 5
Umpires	EF Field, JH King
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 76/9 (King 17*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 28/1 (Wright 11*, Gibbons 0*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HTW Hardinge	c Rogers b Root	52
WH Ashdown	c Williams b Root	22
FE Woolley	b Bowles	68
+LEG Ames	b Root	80
GC Collins	c Bowles b Tarbox	3
*GB Legge	b Root	11
LW Recordon	lbw b Root	0
LJ Todd	not out	20
AP Freeman	c Williams b Root	13
B Howlett	b Rogers	6
AC Wright	c Bowles b Root	3
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 70.2 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-105, 3-216, 4-234, 5-239, 6-239, 7-246, 8-266, 9-287, 10-290 (70.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	31.2	5	125	7	-	-
Tarbox	25	5	89	1	-	-
Rogers	10	0	51	1	-	-
Bowles	4	1	13	1	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JB Higgins	b Wright	17
L Wright	b Wright	6
HHIH Gibbons	b Wright	12
WV Fox	c Ames b Ashdown	4
JW King	not out	25
CV Tarbox	c Ames b Ashdown	1
RH Williams	b Ashdown	2
CF Root	c Wright b Ashdown	2
HO Rogers	lbw b Ashdown	1
JJ Bowles	b Wright	10
+FT Summers	b Wright	4
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 32.5 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-26, 3-35, 4-39, 5-42, 6-50, 7-56, 8-57, 9-76, 10-88 (32.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	13.5	3	28	5	-	-
Ashdown	15	1	50	5	-	-
Howlett	4	1	6	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Wright	b Wright	27
JW King	c Ames b Ashdown	16
HHIH Gibbons	b Howlett	140
WV Fox	c Todd b Collins	82
*JB Higgins	retired hurt	0
CV Tarbox	b Ashdown	5
RH Williams	c Ames b Wright	0
CF Root	st Ames b Woolley	107
JJ Bowles	b Freeman	1
HO Rogers	lbw b Freeman	10
+FT Summers	not out	11
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 117 overs)	408
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-117, 3-202, 4-215, 5-218, 6-347, 7-348, 8-378, 9-408 (117 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	31	4	79	2	-	-
Ashdown	19	2	48	2	-	-
Howlett	12	0	42	1	-	-
Collins	6	0	23	1	-	-
Woolley	16	2	50	1	-	-
Recordon	2	0	22	0	-	-
Freeman	28	4	124	2	-	-
Todd	3	1	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 3 Lunch: Worcestershire (2) ?/?
--> HO Rogers made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> HO Rogers made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HHIH Gibbons (2) passed his previous highest score of 86 in First-Class matches
--> HHIH Gibbons (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> HHIH Gibbons (2) passed his previous highest score of 86 in County Championship matches
--> HHIH Gibbons (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> CF Root (2) passed his previous highest score of 81 in First-Class matches
--> CF Root (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> CF Root (2) passed his previous highest score of 81 in County Championship matches
--> CF Root (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> CF Root (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 90
--> AP Freeman reached 1300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire second innings
--> JB Higgins retired hurt in the Worcestershire second innings having scored 0 (team had lost 3 wickets)

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