f10560 cc4388	Worcestershire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1923
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 13th, 14th, 15th June 1923 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 0; Lancashire 2
Umpires	W Reeves, TM Russell
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 419 all out
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 63/2 (GE Tyldesley 42, Green 6)

Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JWH Makepeace	st MacLean b Gilbert	203		285	22	-
GH Rogerson	c Coventry b Root	11
GE Tyldesley	c Pearson b Root	0
L Green	c Root b Suckling	61
*JS Sharp	c Foster b Suckling	20
FB Watson	lbw b Suckling	54
RK Tyldesley	c Pearson b Gilbert	5
+G Duckworth	run out	4
CH Parkin	c sub b Suckling	43
WE Hickmott	b Gilbert	0
LW Cook	not out	2
Extras	(7 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 120.1 overs)	419
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-25, 3-142, 4-181, 5-359, 6-365, 7-370, 8-390, 9-393, 10-419 (120.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	29	8	104	2	-	-
Pearson	30	8	79	0	-	-
Gilbert	34	7	83	3	-	1
JB Higgins	3	0	10	0	-	-
Suckling	11.1	0	71	4	-	-
Preece	7	0	23	0	-	-
Coventry	6	0	33	0	1	-

Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Higgins	c GE Tyldesley b RK Tyldesley	71
FA Pearson	c Duckworth b Hickmott	29
HL Higgins	b Cook	74
WV Fox	lbw b Parkin	27
*MK Foster	c Cook b Parkin	6
+JF MacLean	b Cook	10
JB Coventry	c RK Tyldesley b Hickmott	38
CF Root	c Makepeace b Hickmott	1
E Suckling	lbw b Cook	14
CR Preece	b Cook	8
HA Gilbert	not out	1
Extras	(13 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 101.1 overs)	299
Fall of wickets:
1-95, 2-107, 3-168, 4-174, 5-195, 6-266, 7-274, 8-274, 9-298, 10-299 (101.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Parkin	29	4	100	2	-	-
Cook	22.1	5	60	4	-	-
Hickmott	19	8	35	3	-	1
RK Tyldesley	25	8	75	1	-	-
Watson	6	2	9	0	-	-

Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GH Rogerson	b Root	0
JWH Makepeace	lbw b Pearson	8
GE Tyldesley	c Fox b Pearson	45
L Green	not out	36
*JS Sharp	b Root	15
FB Watson	not out	9
RK Tyldesley	did not bat
+G Duckworth	did not bat
CH Parkin	did not bat
WE Hickmott	did not bat
LW Cook	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb)	8
Total	(4 wickets, 54 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-24, 3-74, 4-93

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pearson	22	10	39	2	-	-
Root	22	7	50	2	-	-
Gilbert	7	1	22	0	-	-
Suckling	3	1	2	0	-	-

Notes
--> JWH Makepeace (1) passed his previous highest score of 173 in First-Class matches
--> JWH Makepeace (1) passed his previous highest score of 173 in County Championship matches
--> JWH Makepeace (1) passed 16000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 87
--> JB Higgins (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in First-Class matches
--> JB Higgins (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in County Championship matches
--> L Green (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> E Suckling made his debut for Worcestershire in County Championship matches
--> E Suckling made his debut for Worcestershire in First-Class matches
--> E Suckling achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 0-12)
--> E Suckling achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 0-12)