worcestershire will play their last specsavers county championship match before switching to royal london one-day cup duty when they do battle with essex at New Road today.
here are the first class records of previous meetings between the two counties.
worcestershire: played: 148 won: 34 lost: 46 drawn: 68
last match played: essex won by an innings and 161 runs – chelmsford – 31st august-2nd september 2016
worcs 230 (ob cox 63, dd masters 7-52) & 210 (gh rhodes 41, gr napier 5-59)
essex 601-5 dec (t westley 254, rn ten doeschate 109*)
highest total – worcestershire: 650-7 dec chelmsford 2006
highest total – essex: 601-5 dec chelmsford 2016
lowest total – worcestershire: 49 leyton 1922
lowest total – essex: 65 chelmsford 1947
65 chelmsford 1973
highest score – worcestershire: pa jaques 244 chelmsford 2006
highest score – essex: t westley 254 chelmsford 2016
best innings bowling -worcs: cf root 9-40 new road 1924
best innings bowling – essex: w mead 8-35 leyton 1911
best match bowling – worcs: rtd perks 15-106 new road 1937
best match bowling – essex: k farnes 14-119 new road 1938
most runs – worcestershire: d kenyon 2587 ave: 40.42
most runs – essex: j o’connor 2037 ave: 39.17
most wickets – worcestershire: rtd perks 157 ave: 24.42
most wickets – essex: tpb smith 135 ave: 23.53
best partnerships for worcestershire:
1st 279 cf walters hhih gibbons chelmsford 1934
2nd 264* ts curtis tm moody ilford 1991
3rd 333 sc moore bf smith new road 2005
4th 271 tw graveney bl d’oliveira new road 1966
5th 203 mj horton g dews leyton 1959
6th 169 g dews r booth new road 1960
7th 126 ga hick dn catterall chelmsford 1999
8th 145* f chester wh taylor new road 1914
9th 142 da leatherdale rk illingworth chelmsford 1993
10th 72 ro jenkins pf jackson chelmsford 1947
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best partnerships for essex:
1st 214 ga gooch jp stephenson southend on sea 1986
2nd 237* ha carpenter cag russell new road 1914
3rd 232 j o’connor cag russell new road 1928
4th 298 av avery r horsfall clacton on sea 1948
5th 185 sg law sd peters kidderminster 2000
6th 170 dr wilcox lc eastman new road 1933
7th 171 te bailey br knight leyton 1959
8th 183 dj insole r smith new road 1951
9th 121 cp mcgahey w reeves leyton 1920
10th 97 rs bopara d gough chelmsford 2006
*thanks to worcestershire analyst-first team scorer phil mellish for the above information.
