f10696 cc4495	Worcestershire v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1923
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 11th, 13th, 14th August 1923 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 9 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 5; Northamptonshire 0
Umpires	F Parris, W Phillips
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 105/2 (Crawley 46*, Fox 27*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 134/5 (Walden 57*, Wells 28*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CN Woolley	b Root	45
RL Wright	c Foster b Root	17
RA Haywood	b Root	2
WW Timms	b Root	0
+BW Bellamy	b Root	0
FI Walden	b Preece	61
W Wells	c Fox b Pearson	36
AE Thomas	c and b Root	9
*PA Wright	b Higgins	5
JV Murdin	c Foster b Root	12
EW Clark	not out	5
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 84.1 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-31, 3-33, 4-37, 5-106, 6-143, 7-168, 8-186, 9-189, 10-204 (84.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	33.1	6	91	7	-	-
Pearson	30	14	47	1	-	-
Preece	8	1	23	1	-	-
Rogers	2	1	4	0	-	-
Gale	6	0	20	0	1	-
Higgins	5	2	7	1	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MK Foster	b Murdin	25
JB Higgins	b Murdin	2
LG Crawley	c RL Wright b Woolley	161			24	-
WV Fox	not out	178		300
FA Pearson	b RL Wright	7
GB Sanderson	run out	16
+GEB Abell	b Clark	0
CF Root	b Murdin	25
CR Preece	c Murdin b Thomas	12
LE Gale	st Bellamy b Thomas	0
HO Rogers	run out	4
Extras	(13 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 107 overs)	450
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-34, 3-340, 4-351, 5-381, 6-387, 7-426, 8-441, 9-445, 10-450 (107 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Murdin	23	1	104	3	1	-
RL Wright	7	4	18	1	-	-
Thomas	31	6	106	2	-	-
Clark	23	3	106	1	-	2
Walden	5	0	29	0	-	-
Woolley	12	1	31	1	-	-
PA Wright	4	0	19	0	-	-
Wells	2	0	17	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CN Woolley	b Pearson	10
RL Wright	c Gale b Root	10
RA Haywood	b Pearson	1
WW Timms	b Root	5
+BW Bellamy	c Root b Rogers	13
FI Walden	c Root b Rogers	57
W Wells	c Crawley b Root	81
AE Thomas	not out	64
*PA Wright	b Preece	11
JV Murdin	lbw b Preece	7
EW Clark	b Pearson	10
Extras	(15 b, 6 lb)	21
Total	(all out, 88.2 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-22, 3-23, 4-27, 5-75, 6-134, 7-225, 8-240, 9-248, 10-290 (88.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	31	5	103	3	-	-
Pearson	24.2	8	60	3	-	-
Gale	4	0	24	0	-	-
Higgins	3	0	14	0	-	-
Rogers	12	3	30	2	-	-
Preece	14	6	38	2	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WV Fox	not out	22
LE Gale	c Woolley b PA Wright	19
+GEB Abell	not out	4
*MK Foster	did not bat
JB Higgins	did not bat
LG Crawley	did not bat
FA Pearson	did not bat
GB Sanderson	did not bat
CF Root	did not bat
CR Preece	did not bat
HO Rogers	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 8.3 overs)	47
Fall of wickets:
1-43 (Gale)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
PA Wright	4.3	0	22	1	-	-
Timms	4	0	23	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GB Sanderson made his debut in County Championship matches
--> GB Sanderson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GB Sanderson made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> LG Crawley (1) passed his previous highest score of 91 in County Championship matches
--> LG Crawley (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> LG Crawley (1) passed his previous highest score of 91 in First-Class matches
--> LG Crawley (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> WV Fox (1) passed his previous highest score of 82 in County Championship matches
--> WV Fox (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> WV Fox (1) passed his previous highest score of 82 in First-Class matches
--> WV Fox (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> LE Gale (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in County Championship matches
--> LE Gale (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> GB Sanderson made his debut for Worcestershire in First-Class matches
--> CR Preece reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings

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