f12009 cc5316	Worcestershire v Sussex
	County Championship 1927
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 25th, 27th June 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 10 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 0; Sussex 8
Umpires	JW Day, A Nash
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 169/7 (Hollingdale 57*, Cox 1*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CV Tarbox	c Gilligan b Wensley	6
L Wright	hit wkt b Wensley	2
AF Lane	b JH Parks	3
JW King	lbw b Wensley	24
CF Root	c Cornford b Cox	14
HO Rogers	c Gilligan b JH Parks	2
JJ Bowles	c Hollingdale b JH Parks	4
JB Coventry	c Snell b Wensley	15
AJ Wilkes	b JH Parks	12
DV Hill	c HW Parks b JH Parks	0
*+CB Ponsonby	not out	2
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 58 overs)	96
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-14, 3-18, 4-49, 5-57, 6-63, 7-78, 8-88, 9-89, 10-96 (58 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wensley	27	11	43	4	-	-
JH Parks	24	10	39	5	-	-
Cox	5	5	0	1	-	-
Hollingdale	2	1	2	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Bowley	c Wilkes b Root	8
JH Parks	c Ponsonby b Root	0
AF Wensley	b Root	28
TER Cook	b Root	4
E Snell	b Root	13
RA Hollingdale	b Root	57
*AHH Gilligan	b Tarbox	13
JK Mathews	b Bowles	32
GR Cox	b Bowles	3
HW Parks	not out	4
+WL Cornford	c Bowles b Root	6
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb, 2 w)	17
Total	(all out, 62.2 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-34, 3-43, 4-46, 5-73, 6-96, 7-168, 8-174, 9-174, 10-185 (62.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	24.2	7	62	7	-	-
Hill	12	1	39	0	-	-
Tarbox	15	3	42	1	-	-
Bowles	11	2	25	2	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CV Tarbox	c Bowley b Wensley	1
L Wright	run out	28
AF Lane	b Cox	32
JW King	c and b Wensley	20
CF Root	c and b Cox	2
HO Rogers	c Bowley b Wensley	11
JJ Bowles	b Wensley	0
JB Coventry	b JH Parks	26
*+CB Ponsonby	b JH Parks	8
AJ Wilkes	not out	3
DV Hill	c HW Parks b JH Parks	7
Extras	(5 b, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 61.1 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-61, 3-63, 4-65, 5-84, 6-84, 7-105, 8-129, 9-136, 10-144 (61.1 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wensley	26	7	63	4	-	-
JH Parks	15.1	3	31	3	-	-
Cox	15	6	32	2	-	-
Hollingdale	5	2	12	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Bowley	not out	33
JH Parks	not out	21
AF Wensley	did not bat
TER Cook	did not bat
E Snell	did not bat
RA Hollingdale	did not bat
*AHH Gilligan	did not bat
JK Mathews	did not bat
GR Cox	did not bat
HW Parks	did not bat
+WL Cornford	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(no wicket, 21.3 overs)	59

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	9	5	12	0	-	-
Hill	6	0	19	0	-	-
Tarbox	4.3	2	17	0	-	-
Coventry	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> E Snell made his debut in First-Class matches
--> E Snell made his debut in County Championship matches
--> AJ Wilkes made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AJ Wilkes made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> RA Hollingdale (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in County Championship matches
--> RA Hollingdale (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in First-Class matches
--> CF Root reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> AF Wensley reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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