f10648	Scotland v Wales
	Wales in Scotland 1923
Venue	North Inch, Perth on 21st, 23rd July 1923 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wales won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wales won by an innings and 111 runs
Umpires	J Blake, JH Board
Close of play day 1	Scotland (1) 6/2 (Watt 3*, Scobie 0*)
Articles	Scotland v Wales 21, 23 & 24 July 1923

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Wales first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NVH Riches	b Walker	15			1	-
WN Gemmill	c Sturgeon b Fergusson	74			10	-
WE Bates	c Fergusson b Scobie	49	70		5	-
D Davies	run out	33			3	-
JR Tait	b Mackay	2
TAL Whittington	c Kerr b Mackay	6
H Spencer	c Alexander b Walker	33			6	-
J Mercer	c Sturgeon b Mackay	0
JC Clay	b Scobie	30			4	-
FP Ryan	not out	52			5	-
+D Sullivan	c Alexander b Kerr	45			2	-
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb, 4 w)	18
Total	(all out, 88.4 overs)	357
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Riches), 2-96 (Bates), 3-180 (Gemmill), 4-182 (Davies), 5-187 (Tait), 6-190 (Whittington), 7-190 (Mercer), 8-235 (Spencer), 9-267 (Clay), 10-357 (Sullivan, 88.4 ov)

Scotland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Christie	17	2	66	0	-	-
Walker	16	2	72	2	-	-
Watt	12	1	33	0	3	-
Fergusson	16	1	63	1	-	-
Scobie	14	1	59	2	-	-
Mackay	12	2	35	3	1	-
Kerr	1.4	0	11	1	-	-

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Scotland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WN Walker	c Davies b Mercer	0
TD Watt	b Mercer	6
TM Lawson	c Tait b Mercer	1
CS Scobie	c Riches b Mercer	4
*J Kerr	c Spencer b Mercer	11	45		1	-
GWA Alexander	c Sullivan b Spencer	2
JA Fergusson	c Spencer b Mercer	17			3	-
DA Mackay	b Mercer	3
RE Batson	b Mercer	0
JC Christie	not out	0
+SM Sturgeon	b Mercer	0
Extras	(13 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 30.4 overs)	61
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Walker), 2-3 (Lawson), 3-13 (Watt), 4-16 (Scobie), 5-39 (Alexander), 6-51 (Kerr), 7-58 (Fergusson), 8-58 (Batson), 9-61 (Mackay), 10-61 (Sturgeon, 30.4 ov)

Wales bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mercer	15.4	6	24	9	-	-
Clay	9	6	9	0	1	1
Spencer	6	2	11	1	-	-

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Scotland second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*J Kerr	c Spencer b Ryan	60			7	-
GWA Alexander	c Riches b Ryan	23			3	-
DA Mackay	c and b Spencer	5
RE Batson	c Spencer b Clay	21			4	-
JA Fergusson	c Sullivan b Clay	0
WN Walker	lbw b Mercer	9			1	-
TM Lawson	b Mercer	22			2	-
CS Scobie	b Spencer	13			2	-
TD Watt	b Mercer	6
JC Christie	not out	11			2	-
+SM Sturgeon	b Mercer	1
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 76.5 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-71 (Alexander), 2-90 (Mackay), 3-114 (Batson), 4-118 (Fergusson), 5-124 (Kerr), 6-130 (Walker), 7-157, 8-164, 9-184, 10-185 (76.5 ov)

Wales bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mercer	27.5	10	62	4	-	-
Clay	19	5	38	2	1	2
Ryan	15	5	28	2	-	1
Spencer	13	5	32	2	-	-
Davies	1	0	4	0	-	-
Bates	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> RE Batson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JC Christie made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SM Sturgeon made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> FP Ryan (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> D Sullivan (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> TM Lawson (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches
--> D Davies made his debut for Wales in First-Class matches
--> J Kerr made his debut in Scotland in First-Class matches
--> D Davies made his debut in Scotland in First-Class matches
--> DA Mackay achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed JR Tait in the Wales first innings (previous best was 0-5)
--> J Mercer achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed J Kerr in the Scotland first innings (previous best was 4-28)
--> J Mercer achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Scotland first innings

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