Monday, July 4th, 2016

First Class Records Worcs V Leics

First Class Records Worcs V Leics

Worcestershire are currently in Specsavers County Championship action against Leicestershire at New Road.

Here are the first class records for matches between the two counties.

Worcestershire: Played: 143 Won: 46 Lost: 39 Drawn: 58

Last match played: Worcestershire won by 7 wickets at Leicester – 22nd-24th May 2016

Leics 316 (PJ Horton 89, J Leach 5-99) & 43 (J Leach 4-10, MJ Henry 4-27), Worcs 274 (MJ Henry 49*, OB Cox 49) & 88-3 (AN Kervezee 29*)

Highest total – Worcestershire: 561 Leicester 1901

Highest total – Leicestershire: 701-4 dec New Road 1906

Lowest total – Worcestershire: 40 New Road 1971

Lowest total – Leicestershire: 43 Leicester 2016

Highest score – Worcestershire: D Kenyon 253* New Road 1954

Highest score – Leicestershire: AE Knight 229* New Road 1903

Best innings bowling – Worcs: N Gifford 8-85 Leicester 1969

Best innings bowling – Leics: G Geary 8-20 Leicester 1931

Best match bowling – Worcs: CF Root 13-107 Leicester 1931

Best match bowling – Leics: FW Stocks 13-120 Leicester 1899

Most runs – Worcestershire: D Kenyon 2265 Ave: 38.39

Most runs – Leicestershire: GL Berry 1889 Ave: 33.14

Most wickets – Worcestershire: RTD Perks 148 Ave: 21.26

Most wickets – Leicestershire: G Geary 124 Ave: 15.99

Best partnerships for Worcestershire:

1st 278* CF Walters HHIH Gibbons New Road 1934

2nd 200 FL Bowley EG Arnold New Road 1906

3rd 269* GR Cass TJ Yardley Leicester 1975

4th 217 FL Bowley EG Arnold Stourbridge 1905

5th 167 WPC Weston DA Leatherdale Leicester 1998

6th 212 SM Davies GJ Batty Leicester 2006

7th 190 RES Wyatt RO Jenkins New Road 1949

8th 113 CJ Lyttelton JS Buller Loughborough 1938

9th 85 GW Gaukrodger RD Burrows Leicester 1904

10th 61 GHT Simpson-Hayward CB Ponsonby New Road 1911

Best partnerships for Leicestershire:

1st 380 CJB Wood H Whitehead New Road 1906

2nd 209 JC Balderstone NE Briers Leicester 1981

3rd 194* JC Balderstone BF Davison Leicester 1975

4th 183 H Whitehead VFS Crawford Leicester 1906

5th 320 JJ Whitaker A Habib Leicester 1996

6th 146 VE Jackson JE Walsh Leicester 1952

7th 123 NF Armstrong G Geary Kidderminster 1929

8th 120 WE Astill HA Smith New Road 1937

9th 160 RT Crawford WW Odell Leicester 1902

10th 122 NE Briers ARK Pierson New Road 1995

*Thanks to Worcestershire analyst Phil Mellish who supplied the above information.