f7846 cc2669	Worcestershire v Surrey
	County Championship 1909
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 26th, 27th, 28th August 1909 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 6 wickets
Points	Worcestershire -1; Surrey 1
Umpires	W Flowers, W Richards
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 328/9 (Lees 8*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 108/3 (HK Foster 8*, Cuffe 2*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TW Hayward	run out	74
JB Hobbs	b Burrows	58
EG Hayes	c HK Foster b Lyttelton	57
A Marshal	b Cuffe	60
*MC Bird	b Burrows	0
CTA Wilkinson	st Bale b Simpson-Hayward	9
GJW Platt	b Pearson	16
WC Smith	b Pearson	28
+H Strudwick	c Arnold b Simpson-Hayward	0
WS Lees	b Lyttelton	31
T Rushby	not out	58
Extras	(21 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	24
Total	(all out, 110 overs)	415
Fall of wickets:
1-85, 2-165, 3-205, 4-206, 5-227, 6-279, 7-320, 8-320, 9-328, 10-415 (110 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burrows	23	3	84	2	-	1
Lyttelton	14	1	66	2	-	-
Cuffe	18	2	47	1	-	-
Burns	15	2	66	0	-	-
Simpson-Hayward	25	2	77	2	-	-
Pearson	10	1	36	2	-	-
Arnold	5	0	15	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HK Foster	lbw b Rushby	0
FL Bowley	run out	1
FA Pearson	c Rushby b Smith	0
EG Arnold	run out	15
WB Burns	c Hobbs b Hayes	89
JA Cuffe	c and b Rushby	4
MK Foster	b Smith	5
GHT Simpson-Hayward	b Lees	15
CF Lyttelton	b Smith	0
RD Burrows	b Smith	1
+EW Bale	not out	6
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 39.1 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-1, 3-17, 4-17, 5-30, 6-53, 7-78, 8-85, 9-91, 10-140 (39.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rushby	12	1	55	2	-	2
Smith	18	6	45	4	-	-
Lees	8	1	33	1	-	-
Hayes	1.1	0	3	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HK Foster	c Marshal b Lees	88
FL Bowley	lbw b Smith	43
FA Pearson	c Strudwick b Rushby	0
EG Arnold	b Platt	45
WB Burns	b Rushby	1
JA Cuffe	b Hayes	35
MK Foster	b Smith	32
GHT Simpson-Hayward	not out	24
CF Lyttelton	c Marshal b Lees	1
RD Burrows	c Hayward b Smith	7
+EW Bale	c Strudwick b Lees	5
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 90.5 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-91, 3-103, 4-177, 5-178, 6-262, 7-266, 8-284, 9-293, 10-300 (90.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rushby	12	1	51	2	1	2
Smith	22	7	50	3	-	1
Lees	30.5	4	108	3	-	-
Hayes	19	5	56	1	-	-
Platt	3	1	6	1	-	-
Wilkinson	4	1	10	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Hobbs	c Burns b MK Foster	1
EG Hayes	lbw b Lyttelton	4
A Marshal	c Lyttelton b MK Foster	0
*MC Bird	b Lyttelton	6
CTA Wilkinson	not out	5
GJW Platt	not out	8
TW Hayward	did not bat
WC Smith	did not bat
+H Strudwick	did not bat
WS Lees	did not bat
T Rushby	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(4 wickets, 11.4 overs)	26
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-9, 3-12, 4-12

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lyttelton	5.4	2	7	2	-	-
MK Foster	6	1	17	2	-	-

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Notes
--> CTA Wilkinson made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JB Hobbs (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 52
--> EG Hayes (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 22
--> T Rushby (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in First-Class matches
--> T Rushby (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in County Championship matches
--> WB Burns (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 21
--> WB Burns (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 82
--> T Rushby reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings

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