f19584	Worcestershire v Combined Services
	Other First-Class matches in England 1952
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 4th, 5th, 6th June 1952 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JS Buller, SW Styler
Close of play day 1	Combined Services (1) 187/1 (Heath 68*, Manners 57*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 168/3 (Bird 42*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	b Wilson	37
NH Whiting	b Illingworth	10
LF Outschoorn	c Wilson b Shirreff	68
*RE Bird	c Heath b Illingworth	9
RG Broadbent	c Heath b Illingworth	18
LN Devereux	b Shirreff	22
MJ Horton	c Mortimore b Carter	37
+JC Scholey	c Smith b Shirreff	0
JWE Spilsbury	c Heath b Carter	16
LM Rudge	run out	1
ME Bradley	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 80.3 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-65, 3-87, 4-126, 5-171, 6-176, 7-180, 8-217, 9-225, 10-229 (80.3 ov)

Combined Services bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Carter	10.3	1	33	2	-	-
Illingworth	22	7	40	3	-	-
Mortimore	8	1	23	0	-	-
Smith	10	2	35	0	-	-
Wilson	13	0	55	1	-	-
Parks	3	1	3	0	-	-
Shirreff	14	3	29	3	-	-

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Combined Services first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DMW Heath	c Scholey b Bradley	149		250
*AC Shirreff	c Kenyon b Whiting	54
JE Manners	c Spilsbury b Whiting	103		115
JM Parks	not out	103		125
RG Wilson	c Whiting b Devereux	67
R Illingworth	not out	42
JM Vernon	did not bat
+KV Andrew	did not bat
CS Smith	did not bat
JB Mortimore	did not bat
RG Carter	did not bat
Extras	(24 b, 2 lb, 4 w)	30
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 110 overs)	548
Fall of wickets:
1-100, 2-260, 3-369, 4-469

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spilsbury	15	2	86	0	-	-
Rudge	12	2	36	0	-	-
Horton	13	2	51	0	-	-
Outschoorn	5	0	29	0	-	-
Bradley	21	3	117	1	-	-
Devereux	29	7	126	1	-	-
Whiting	13	2	62	2	-	-
Bird	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c and b Mortimore	51
NH Whiting	c Carter b Mortimore	19
LF Outschoorn	c Illingworth b Smith	54
*RE Bird	not out	42
RG Broadbent	did not bat
LN Devereux	did not bat
MJ Horton	did not bat
+JC Scholey	did not bat
JWE Spilsbury	did not bat
LM Rudge	did not bat
ME Bradley	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(3 wickets, 55 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-83, 3-168 (55 ov)

Combined Services bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Carter	7	0	27	0	-	-
Smith	11	2	25	1	-	-
Shirreff	11	1	40	0	-	-
Illingworth	7	2	19	0	-	-
Vernon	2	0	13	0	-	-
Parks	7	1	22	0	-	-
Mortimore	10	4	20	2	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> JWE Spilsbury made his debut in First-Class matches
--> LM Rudge made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RG Wilson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JM Vernon made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JWE Spilsbury made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> LM Rudge made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DMW Heath (1) passed his previous highest score of 54 in First-Class matches
--> DMW Heath (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> AC Shirreff (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> JE Manners (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> D Kenyon (2) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> RE Bird (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> R Illingworth achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 0-1)

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