f7746 cc2586	Worcestershire v Kent
	County Championship 1909
Venue	War Memorial Ground, Amblecote on 5th, 6th, 7th July 1909 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by an innings and 33 runs
Points	Worcestershire -1; Kent 1
Umpires	BW Mason, JE West
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 360 all out
Close of play day 2	Kent (1) 439/9 (Woolley 136*, Fielder 67*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HG Bache	b Fielder	22
FL Bowley	lbw b Fielder	37
FA Pearson	c Huish b Fairservice	161		225	23	-
*HK Foster	run out	4
EG Arnold	c Seymour b Fairservice	1
JA Cuffe	b Blythe	57
MK Foster	c Huish b Fielder	15
WB Burns	c Seymour b Woolley	14
RE Turner	c Seymour b Woolley	6
WH Taylor	not out	13
+G Gaukrodger	b Fairservice	10
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 6 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 98.5 overs)	360
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-66, 3-85, 4-87, 5-209, 6-258, 7-287, 8-303, 9-345, 10-360 (98.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fielder	26	4	95	3	-	6
Blythe	20	3	67	1	-	-
Fairservice	29.5	6	103	3	-	-
Woolley	23	5	75	2	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EW Dillon	b Burns	0
E Humphreys	c Burns b Cuffe	37
J Seymour	b Burns	4
KL Hutchings	c Taylor b Cuffe	61
FE Woolley	c HK Foster b Arnold	185		285	24	1
HTW Hardinge	lbw b Arnold	30
LHW Troughton	b Taylor	46
WJ Fairservice	b Cuffe	1
+FH Huish	b Taylor	23
C Blythe	c Cuffe b Taylor	0
A Fielder	not out	112		140	14	-
Extras	(34 b, 14 lb, 8 w)	56
Total	(all out, 128 overs)	555
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-4, 3-107, 4-133, 5-181, 6-192, 7-276, 8-320, 9-320, 10-555 (128 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burns	20	1	87	2	-	-
Cuffe	50	10	157	3	-	-
Pearson	14	0	82	0	-	-
Arnold	21	5	61	2	4	-
Taylor	20	0	93	3	4	-
Turner	3	0	19	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HG Bache	b Blythe	10
FL Bowley	c Huish b Blythe	1
FA Pearson	b Blythe	43
*HK Foster	c Seymour b Blythe	8
EG Arnold	b Blythe	12
JA Cuffe	b Fielder	1
MK Foster	c Huish b Fielder	30
WB Burns	c Dillon b Blythe	3
RE Turner	c Hutchings b Blythe	19
WH Taylor	c Huish b Fielder	5
+G Gaukrodger	not out	8
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb, 10 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 61.5 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-21, 3-29, 4-57, 5-68, 6-122, 7-122, 8-134, 9-154, 10-162 (61.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fielder	25	7	67	3	1	10
Blythe	24.5	10	44	7	-	-
Fairservice	6	1	19	0	-	-
Woolley	6	3	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RE Turner made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RE Turner made his debut in County Championship matches
--> FA Pearson (1) passed his previous highest score of 139 in County Championship matches
--> FA Pearson (1) passed his previous highest score of 139 in First-Class matches
--> FA Pearson (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 122
--> FE Woolley (1) passed his previous highest score of 152 in County Championship matches
--> FE Woolley (1) passed his previous highest score of 152 in First-Class matches
--> LHW Troughton (1) equalled his previous highest score of 46 in County Championship matches
--> A Fielder (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in County Championship matches
--> A Fielder (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> A Fielder (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in First-Class matches
--> A Fielder (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> A Fielder (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 96
--> WH Taylor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 1-24)
--> JA Cuffe reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> WH Taylor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings
--> C Blythe reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings
--> A Fielder reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings
--> FE Woolley retired hurt in the Kent first innings having scored 19 (team had lost 3 wickets) - he returned when the score was 192/6

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