f13439	Worcestershire v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in British Isles 1931
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 20th, 21st, 22nd May 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealanders won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	J Hardstaff, JH King
Close of play day 1	New Zealanders (1) 30/1 (Dempster 7*, Kerr 4*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 112/7 (Nichol 48*; 64.5 overs)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+BW Quaife	c Lowry b Matheson	29
CH Bull	b Merritt	8
M Nichol	c Page b Merritt	39
HHIH Gibbons	run out	118
SH Martin	lbw b Matheson	4
*CF Walters	c Vivian b Page	23
FD Ahl	run out	26
TL Winwood	c Merritt b Allcott	5
CF Root	b Matheson	5
GW Brook	st James b Merritt	2
RTD Perks	not out	14
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 116.3 overs)	286
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-72, 3-84, 4-105, 5-140, 6-193, 7-202, 8-223, 9-226, 10-286 (116.3 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allcott	19	9	42	1	-	-
Vivian	31	16	52	0	-	-
Merritt	30	3	98	3	-	-
Page	11.3	4	19	1	-	-
Matheson	22	5	54	3	-	-
Talbot	3	0	8	0	-	-

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New Zealanders first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Dempster	c Quaife b Root	16
JE Mills	lbw b Perks	19
JL Kerr	b Ahl	42
ML Page	c Ahl b Brook	24
HG Vivian	c Root b Perks	49
RO Talbot	b Martin	26
*TC Lowry	c Quaife b Root	10
CFW Allcott	b Root	8
+KC James	lbw b Martin	2
WE Merritt	c Ahl b Perks	6
AM Matheson	not out	2
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 83.4 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-47, 3-87, 4-117, 5-180, 6-193, 7-199, 8-201, 9-207, 10-215 (83.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	29	9	60	3	-	-
Perks	16.4	6	27	3	-	-
Martin	19	6	31	2	-	-
Brook	11	1	53	1	-	-
Ahl	6	1	18	1	-	-
Nichol	2	0	15	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+BW Quaife	c Lowry b Vivian	37
CH Bull	b Merritt	6
M Nichol	not out	48
FD Ahl	st James b Vivian	4
*CF Walters	b Merritt	5
TL Winwood	run out	5
HHIH Gibbons	c and b Merritt	0
RTD Perks	c Lowry b Merritt	0
SH Martin	did not bat
CF Root	did not bat
GW Brook	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(7 wickets, 64.5 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-81, 3-91, 4-100, 5-105, 6-108, 7-112 (64.5 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Matheson	2	0	8	0	-	-
Talbot	13	7	15	0	-	-
Merritt	29.5	13	52	4	-	-
Allcott	9	4	9	0	-	-
Vivian	11	4	21	2	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> FD Ahl made his debut in First-Class matches

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