f12475 cc5628	Worcestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1928
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 4th, 6th, 7th August 1928 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 3; Essex 5
Umpires	J Moss, TW Oates
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 393/8 (Douglas 1*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (1) 343/8 (Root 40*, Summers 11*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LG Crawley	c Hill b Root	31
JA Cutmore	c Summers b Root	16
J O'Connor	b Root	94
CAG Russell	b Root	153
MS Nichols	c Wright b Tarbox	58
HWF Franklin	b Gilbert	0
CT Ashton	c Gilbert b Root	20
RCG Joy	b Wright	8
*JWHT Douglas	b Root	6
+FW Gilligan	b Hill	33
HJ Palmer	not out	1
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb, 6 w)	20
Total	(all out, 157.5 overs)	440
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-56, 3-288, 4-325, 5-326, 6-351, 7-377, 8-393, 9-434, 10-440 (157.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	65	30	104	6	-	-
Hill	15.5	1	48	1	-	-
Tarbox	36	3	141	1	-	-
Gilbert	30	5	84	1	-	-
Bowles	6	1	24	0	-	-
Wright	4	1	11	1	-	-
Quaife	1	0	8	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Wright	c Russell b Ashton	34
JB Higgins	lbw b Ashton	28
BW Quaife	c and b Palmer	76
WV Fox	c Gilligan b Ashton	25
HHIH Gibbons	b Palmer	56
CF Root	st Gilligan b Palmer	47
JJ Bowles	c Ashton b Palmer	0
CV Tarbox	b Franklin	45
*DV Hill	b O'Connor	0
+FT Summers	b Palmer	12
HA Gilbert	not out	1
Extras	(14 b, 11 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	30
Total	(all out, 119.1 overs)	354
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-91, 3-153, 4-234, 5-247, 6-247, 7-320, 8-325, 9-345, 10-354 (119.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	26	2	64	0	-	-
Douglas	4	1	7	0	-	-
Palmer	33.1	12	80	5	-	-
Joy	13	5	27	0	-	-
Franklin	18	0	60	1	-	-
Ashton	16	2	60	3	-	-
O'Connor	9	1	26	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LG Crawley	b Wright	55
JA Cutmore	c Gibbons b Gilbert	69
J O'Connor	b Gilbert	60
MS Nichols	b Wright	4
HWF Franklin	not out	37
CT Ashton	b Gilbert	21
CAG Russell	did not bat
RCG Joy	did not bat
*JWHT Douglas	did not bat
+FW Gilligan	did not bat
HJ Palmer	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 3 nb)	4
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 64.3 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-85, 2-173, 3-177, 4-191, 5-250 (64.3 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	20	7	62	0	-	-
Hill	2	0	10	0	-	-
Tarbox	13	0	58	0	-	-
Gilbert	19.3	6	66	3	-	-
Wright	10	3	50	2	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Wright	not out	57
JB Higgins	not out	33
BW Quaife	did not bat
WV Fox	did not bat
HHIH Gibbons	did not bat
CF Root	did not bat
JJ Bowles	did not bat
CV Tarbox	did not bat
*DV Hill	did not bat
+FT Summers	did not bat
HA Gilbert	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(no wicket, 21 overs)	97

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Joy	4	0	22	0	-	-
Franklin	7	1	25	0	-	-
Ashton	4	0	14	0	-	-
Cutmore	4	0	18	0	-	-
Crawley	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> J O'Connor (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 62
--> MS Nichols (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 41
--> CF Root (1) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 9
--> L Wright (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 16
--> L Wright (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 23
--> CF Root reached 950 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> HJ Palmer reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> HJ Palmer reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> HA Gilbert reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex second innings

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