f12504 cc5655	Gloucestershire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1928
Venue	College Ground, Cheltenham on 18th, 20th August 1928 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by an innings and 168 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 8; Worcestershire 0
Umpires	W Bestwick, HI Young
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 281/5 (Smith 2*, Neale 6*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JB Higgins	b Hammond	2
L Wright	st Smith b Hammond	8
BW Quaife	c Hammond b Parker	2
WV Fox	c Lyon b Hammond	1
HHIH Gibbons	c Stephens b Hammond	4
CF Root	c Seabrook b Hammond	0
CV Tarbox	b Hammond	6
JW King	not out	0
JJ Bowles	c Lyon b Hammond	4
DV Hill	c Parker b Hammond	0
+FT Summers	b Hammond	0
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 20.2 overs)	35
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-15, 3-19, 4-19, 5-19, 6-24, 7-31, 8-35, 9-35, 10-35 (20.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hammond	10.2	2	23	9	-	-
Sinfield	2	1	3	0	-	-
Parker	8	7	1	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Dipper	c Quaife b Wright	77
RA Sinfield	c Hill b Wright	30
WR Hammond	c Summers b Wright	80
*BH Lyon	b Tarbox	38
FJ Seabrook	b Hill	29
+H Smith	lbw b Hill	6
WL Neale	not out	51
CJ Barnett	not out	34
EJ Stephens	did not bat
CWL Parker	did not bat
PT Mills	did not bat
Extras	(15 b, 9 lb, 1 nb)	25
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 124 overs)	370
Fall of wickets:
1-116, 2-117, 3-225, 4-266, 5-272, 6-290

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	37	10	82	0	-	-
Hill	20	1	71	2	-	-
Bowles	17	3	49	0	-	-
Tarbox	30	5	88	1	-	-
Wright	20	4	55	3	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JB Higgins	c Lyon b Parker	35
L Wright	b Parker	1
BW Quaife	c Seabrook b Hammond	19
WV Fox	c Lyon b Hammond	1
HHIH Gibbons	c Lyon b Parker	9
CF Root	lbw b Hammond	1
CV Tarbox	c Barnett b Hammond	29
JW King	c Seabrook b Hammond	4
JJ Bowles	hit wkt b Parker	20
DV Hill	st Smith b Hammond	17
+FT Summers	not out	0
Extras	(21 b, 10 lb)	31
Total	(all out, 66.3 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-67, 3-69, 4-73, 5-78, 6-116, 7-117, 8-137, 9-167, 10-167 (66.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hammond	33.3	5	105	6	-	-
Parker	33	22	31	4	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> WR Hammond (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 53
--> WV Fox (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> WR Hammond achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 6-32)
--> WR Hammond reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> WR Hammond achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 6-59)
--> WR Hammond reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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