f9849 cc3890	Essex v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1921
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 14th, 16th, 17th May 1921 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 132 runs
Points	Essex 5; Worcestershire 0
Umpires	JH Board, B Brown
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 239/9 (Tarbox 9*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 47/1 (Pearson 13*, Higgins 29*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FH Gillingham	b Preece	10
CAG Russell	b Preece	22
+JR Freeman	b Preece	3
PA Perrin	b Preece	0
*JWHT Douglas	c Bullock b Preece	8
HM Morris	c Bullock b Preece	6
CD McIver	lbw b Greig	0
J O'Connor	run out	13
NH Saint	lbw b Greig	0
LC Eastman	not out	11
P Toone	b Preece	4
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 29.1 overs)	90
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-44, 3-44, 4-47, 5-59, 6-59, 7-59, 8-62, 9-78, 10-90 (29.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Greig	13	5	33	2	1	6
Preece	14.1	5	35	7	-	-
Byrne	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Bowley	lbw b Douglas	52
FA Pearson	c Eastman b Douglas	31
HL Higgins	c Perrin b Douglas	51
*MFS Jewell	c Perrin b Douglas	68
PG Bullock	lbw b Eastman	2
E Somers-Smith	b Eastman	2
CV Tarbox	b Eastman	10
GR Byrne	b Douglas	0
CR Preece	c Saint b Douglas	0
GGF Greig	c Freeman b Douglas	0
+CB Ponsonby	not out	3
Extras	(8 b, 13 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	26
Total	(all out, 91.3 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-93, 3-206, 4-211, 5-215, 6-237, 7-237, 8-237, 9-239, 10-245 (91.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Douglas	33	6	91	7	-	-
Eastman	30.3	11	38	3	-	-
Toone	13	3	39	0	1	4
Russell	9	2	22	0	-	-
O'Connor	3	0	18	0	-	-
Saint	3	1	11	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FH Gillingham	c Jewell b Pearson	53
CAG Russell	b Pearson	151		180	22	-
+JR Freeman	c Ponsonby b Pearson	93
PA Perrin	lbw b Tarbox	1
*JWHT Douglas	not out	123
HM Morris	lbw b Jewell	74
CD McIver	not out	32
J O'Connor	did not bat
NH Saint	did not bat
LC Eastman	did not bat
P Toone	did not bat
Extras	(21 b, 8 lb, 4 nb)	33
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 109 overs)	560
Fall of wickets:
1-105, 2-291, 3-304, 4-324, 5-461

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preece	27	2	113	0	-	-
Greig	14	0	96	0	-	2
Pearson	28	2	130	3	-	-
Byrne	6	0	37	0	-	-
Tarbox	18	1	83	1	-	2
Jewell	16	1	68	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Bowley	lbw b Douglas	2
FA Pearson	c Morris b Saint	63
HL Higgins	c Toone b Douglas	133			11	-
*MFS Jewell	c Russell b Saint	6
PG Bullock	c Gillingham b Douglas	0
E Somers-Smith	c Gillingham b Douglas	22
CV Tarbox	b Douglas	6
GR Byrne	b Douglas	1
+CB Ponsonby	c Freeman b Douglas	4
CR Preece	lbw b Toone	4
GGF Greig	not out	8
Extras	(14 b, 4 lb, 3 nb, 3 w)	24
Total	(all out, 94 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-165, 3-183, 4-188, 5-237, 6-249, 7-256, 8-262, 9-262, 10-273 (94 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Douglas	34	9	65	7	1	1
Toone	30	4	82	1	2	2
Eastman	6	1	10	0	-	-
Saint	10	3	33	2	-	-
Morris	5	0	24	0	-	-
Perrin	4	1	20	0	-	-
McIver	5	1	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 3 Lunch: Worcestershire (2) ?/? (Higgins 129*, [unknown] ?*)
--> J O'Connor made his debut in County Championship matches
--> J O'Connor made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PG Bullock made his debut in County Championship matches
--> PG Bullock made his debut in First-Class matches
--> E Somers-Smith made his debut in First-Class matches
--> E Somers-Smith made his debut in County Championship matches
--> CV Tarbox made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CV Tarbox made his debut in County Championship matches
--> MFS Jewell (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in County Championship matches
--> MFS Jewell (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 50
--> HM Morris (2) passed his previous highest score of 61 in County Championship matches
--> HM Morris (2) passed his previous highest score of 61 in First-Class matches
--> HL Higgins (2) passed his previous highest score of 64 in County Championship matches
--> HL Higgins (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> HL Higgins (2) passed his previous highest score of 64 in First-Class matches
--> HL Higgins (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> CR Preece achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 6-109)
--> CR Preece reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> CR Preece achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 6-109)
--> JWHT Douglas reached 1300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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