f16533 cc8102	Worcestershire v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1939
Venue	Tipton Road, Dudley on 10th, 12th, 13th June 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 4; Northamptonshire 0
Umpires	J Hardstaff, E Robinson
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 546/6 (Gibbons 212*, White 10*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (1) 183/7 (James 32*, Merritt 1*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BP King	lbw b Timms	6
R Howorth	c O'Brien b Merritt	54
E Cooper	b Herbert	21
HHIH Gibbons	not out	212
SH Martin	c Nelson b Herbert	46
CH Palmer	b Timms	132
*CJ Lyttelton	b Herbert	54
AFT White	not out	10
RO Jenkins	did not bat
RTD Perks	did not bat
+H Yarnold	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 102 overs)	546
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-64, 3-88, 4-192, 5-453, 6-527

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Partridge	19	0	104	0	-	-
Timms	15	0	85	2	-	-
Herbert	27	6	101	3	-	-
Merritt	15	0	114	1	-	-
Nelson	18	1	82	0	-	-
O'Brien	4	0	28	0	-	-
Davis	4	0	21	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HW Greenwood	b Perks	4
CP Davis	c Yarnold b Martin	45
D Brookes	b Perks	12
JE Timms	c Martin b Howorth	51
*RP Nelson	c and b Howorth	10
+KC James	c Yarnold b Howorth	57
FP O'Brien	c and b Howorth	8
MEF Dunkley	lbw b Howorth	10
WE Merritt	lbw b Jenkins	71
RJ Partridge	not out	18
EJ Herbert	run out	7
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	18
Total	(all out, 79.2 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-47, 3-71, 4-122, 5-130, 6-145, 7-182, 8-254, 9-296, 10-311 (79.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	22	3	71	2	-	-
Martin	18	3	44	1	-	-
Jenkins	13	2	41	1	-	-
Palmer	4	0	24	0	-	-
Howorth	18.2	1	79	5	-	-
Lyttelton	4	0	34	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HW Greenwood	c Yarnold b Martin	7
CP Davis	c Lyttelton b Perks	18
D Brookes	not out	111
JE Timms	b Perks	12
+KC James	b Perks	3
WE Merritt	c Howorth b Jenkins	21
FP O'Brien	c and b Jenkins	26
*RP Nelson	not out	15
MEF Dunkley	did not bat
RJ Partridge	did not bat
EJ Herbert	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(6 wickets, 55 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-25, 3-40, 4-44, 5-93, 6-178

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	14	0	64	3	-	-
Martin	11	2	30	1	-	-
Jenkins	16	1	62	2	-	-
Palmer	2	0	8	0	-	-
Howorth	10	1	33	0	-	-
Lyttelton	2	0	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HHIH Gibbons (1) passed his previous highest score of 183 in County Championship matches
--> HHIH Gibbons (1) passed his previous highest score of 200 in First-Class matches
--> CH Palmer (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in First-Class matches
--> CH Palmer (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> CH Palmer (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in County Championship matches
--> CH Palmer (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> WE Merritt (1) passed his previous highest score of 68 in County Championship matches
--> HW Greenwood (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> D Brookes (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32

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