f20821 cc10343	Warwickshire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 11th, 12th, 13th May 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Warwickshire 0; Worcestershire 4
Umpires	WT Jones, N Oldfield
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 127/2 (Dews 16*, Devereux 0*)
Close of play day 2	Warwickshire (2) 171/4 (Spooner 62*, Townsend 2*)

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	c Kenyon b Berry	40
NF Horner	c Broadbent b Perks	51
AVG Wolton	c Outschoorn b Perks	0
+RT Spooner	b Perks	6
*HE Dollery	c Broadbent b Berry	4
A Townsend	b Berry	5
RE Hitchcock	c Devereux b Berry	20
RT Weeks	b Horton	0
JD Bannister	c Berry b Horton	0
TL Pritchard	c Jenkins b Perks	12
WE Hollies	not out	0
Extras	(4 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 73.1 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-92, 2-92, 3-98, 4-102, 5-105, 6-110, 7-113, 8-117, 9-142, 10-142 (73.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	23.1	9	55	4	-	-
Whitehead	4	2	6	0	-	-
Berry	30	16	49	4	-	-
Horton	16	7	28	2	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c Townsend b Hollies	74
LF Outschoorn	c Gardner b Hollies	31
G Dews	b Hollies	17
LN Devereux	c Horner b Pritchard	33
RG Broadbent	c Gardner b Hollies	1
JP Whitehead	c Gardner b Weeks	19
MJ Horton	b Hollies	5
RO Jenkins	lbw b Weeks	1
+H Yarnold	b Hollies	14
*RTD Perks	b Hollies	17
R Berry	not out	1
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 117 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-104, 2-127, 3-132, 4-134, 5-179, 6-181, 7-182, 8-188, 9-222, 10-223 (117 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bannister	20	5	49	0	-	-
Pritchard	18	5	43	1	-	-
Hollies	49	20	69	7	-	-
Weeks	30	13	52	2	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	lbw b Perks	9
NF Horner	b Perks	7
AVG Wolton	b Berry	35
+RT Spooner	not out	62
*HE Dollery	c Yarnold b Horton	47
A Townsend	not out	2
RE Hitchcock	did not bat
RT Weeks	did not bat
JD Bannister	did not bat
TL Pritchard	did not bat
WE Hollies	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(4 wickets, 74 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-24, 3-68, 4-161

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	17	2	47	2	-	-
Whitehead	7	0	32	0	-	-
Berry	28	17	23	1	-	-
Horton	19	4	47	1	-	-
Jenkins	3	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> NF Horner (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 45
--> RT Spooner (2) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 41
--> R Berry made his debut for Worcestershire in County Championship matches
--> WE Hollies reached 2000 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> MJ Horton reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Warwickshire second innings

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