f16592 cc8144	Worcestershire v Surrey
	County Championship 1939
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 5th, 6th, 7th July 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Worcestershire won by 3 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 12; Surrey 0
Umpires	D Hendren, JJ Hills
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 210/7 (Garland-Wells 3*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (1) 226/6 (Palmer 82*, Blakey 31*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Gregory	lbw b Howorth	25
LB Fishlock	c Palmer b Howorth	46
EW Whitfield	st Abell b Howorth	53
HT Barling	c Abell b Martin	24
HS Squires	c Blakey b Howorth	15
JF Parker	lbw b Jackson	29
AJW McIntyre	c Palmer b Jackson	6
*HM Garland-Wells	c Perks b Jackson	3
EA Watts	c Abell b Howorth	13
+EWJ Brooks	lbw b Jackson	3
AR Gover	not out	31
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 4 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 84.1 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-90, 3-151, 4-151, 5-194, 6-205, 7-210, 8-211, 9-216, 10-259 (84.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	17	4	52	0	-	-
Jackson	20	4	52	4	-	-
Martin	16	0	46	1	-	-
Howorth	26.1	3	74	5	-	-
Jenkins	5	0	24	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Howorth	b Gover	11
E Cooper	lbw b Garland-Wells	46
BP King	lbw b Gover	4
HHIH Gibbons	c and b Squires	6
SH Martin	lbw b Gregory	9
CH Palmer	c Parker b Gover	84
*+GEB Abell	c Gover b Squires	26
GM Blakey	c Brooks b Gover	42
RO Jenkins	not out	22
RTD Perks	c and b Gover	11
PF Jackson	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 72.4 overs)	272
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-38, 3-49, 4-85, 5-85, 6-130, 7-229, 8-244, 9-272 (72.4 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	21.4	2	94	5	-	-
Watts	16	1	63	0	-	-
Squires	11	0	29	2	-	-
Parker	4	2	10	0	-	-
Garland-Wells	10	2	24	1	-	-
Gregory	10	1	41	1	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Gregory	lbw b Perks	0
LB Fishlock	lbw b Howorth	32
EW Whitfield	c Perks b Jenkins	60
HT Barling	c Cooper b Howorth	6
HS Squires	c King b Howorth	1
JF Parker	b Jackson	1
AJW McIntyre	st Abell b Jackson	2
*HM Garland-Wells	b Jackson	62
EA Watts	c Abell b Jackson	1
+EWJ Brooks	not out	1
AR Gover	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 41 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-48, 3-60, 4-64, 5-69, 6-77, 7-172, 8-174, 9-175 (41 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	7	1	35	1	-	-
Jackson	12	0	50	4	-	-
Martin	5	0	20	0	-	-
Howorth	12	3	40	3	-	-
Jenkins	5	0	21	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Howorth	c Fishlock b Gover	0
E Cooper	c Fishlock b Watts	20
BP King	lbw b Parker	30
HHIH Gibbons	run out	53
SH Martin	lbw b Gover	31
CH Palmer	run out	5
*+GEB Abell	b Gover	7
GM Blakey	not out	1
RTD Perks	not out	13
RO Jenkins	did not bat
PF Jackson	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(7 wickets, 25.3 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-35, 3-79, 4-134, 5-141, 6-142, 7-160

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	10	0	78	3	-	-
Watts	8.3	0	43	1	-	-
Parker	4	0	21	1	-	-
Garland-Wells	3	0	18	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GM Blakey made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GM Blakey made his debut in County Championship matches
--> EWJ Brooks made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> EWJ Brooks made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> GEB Abell made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> EW Whitfield (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 43
--> HT Barling (1) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> JF Parker (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> E Cooper (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> R Howorth reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Surrey first innings

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