f12289 cc5483	Worcestershire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1928
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 23rd, 24th, 25th May 1928 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by an innings and 35 runs
Points	Worcestershire 0; Middlesex 8
Umpires	WR Cuttell, J Moss
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 156/6 (Root 41*, Jewell 15*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 344/4 (Hendren 53*, Bettington 37*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Wright	c Powell b Haig	3
HHIH Gibbons	lbw b Haig	60
JW King	b Durston	1
WV Fox	lbw b Bettington	19
CV Tarbox	b Hearne	8
RH Williams	c Price b Durston	1
CF Root	c Durston b Haig	49
*MFS Jewell	not out	44
EA Argent	c Lee b Haig	3
JJ Bowles	c Wheatley b Bettington	1
+FT Summers	lbw b Hearne	24
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 102.4 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-18, 3-70, 4-83, 5-124, 6-125, 7-168, 8-172, 9-180, 10-225 (102.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	41	19	59	4	-	-
Durston	25	6	51	2	-	-
Bettington	25	3	88	2	-	-
Hearne	11.4	3	15	2	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HW Lee	b Root	143
GE Hart	st Summers b Bowles	24
JW Hearne	c Bowles b Root	51
EH Hendren	not out	101
*NE Haig	c Fox b Bowles	29
RHB Bettington	c Williams b Root	41
RH Hill	c and b Root	14
JB Wheatley	b Root	11
FJ Durston	not out	4
+WFF Price	did not bat
JA Powell	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 7 lb)	18
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 134.2 overs)	436
Fall of wickets:
1-86, 2-221, 3-226, 4-275, 5-366, 6-396, 7-422

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	44	15	129	5	-	-
Tarbox	41.2	11	98	0	-	-
Jewell	9	0	48	0	-	-
Bowles	23	2	96	2	-	-
Gibbons	9	4	17	0	-	-
Argent	8	1	30	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MFS Jewell	lbw b Hearne	93
L Wright	st Price b Hearne	24
HHIH Gibbons	c Price b Hearne	3
JW King	lbw b Haig	7
WV Fox	b Hearne	9
RH Williams	b Durston	16
CF Root	c Durston b Hearne	5
CV Tarbox	lbw b Bettington	16
JJ Bowles	b Bettington	0
EA Argent	not out	0
+FT Summers	b Bettington	0
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 71.5 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-49, 3-68, 4-87, 5-107, 6-129, 7-176, 8-176, 9-176, 10-176 (71.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	18	5	29	1	-	-
Durston	10	3	14	1	-	-
Bettington	14.5	1	44	3	-	-
Hearne	26	4	76	5	-	-
Powell	3	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> EA Argent made his debut in First-Class matches
--> EA Argent made his debut in County Championship matches
--> FT Summers (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in County Championship matches
--> FT Summers (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches
--> EH Hendren (1) passed 21000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 92
--> RHB Bettington (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in County Championship matches
--> CF Root reached 900 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings

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