Worcestershire revert back to Specsavers County Championship action today when they take on Lancashire at Southport.
Here are the records of the previous first class meetings between the two counties.
Worcestershire: Played: 160 Won: 31 Lost: 64 Drawn: 65 Abandoned: 1
Last match played: Worcestershire won by 202 runs at New Road – 20th-23rd June 2018
Worcs 247 (DKH Mitchell 118, JM Mennie 4-43) & 484-7 dec (DKH Mitchell 163, MJ Guptill 111, J Clark 3-96)
Lancs 130 (KK Jennings 55, EG Barnard 5-34) & 399 (KK Jennings 177, EG Barnard 4-95)
Highest total – Worcestershire: 591 Old Trafford 1994
Highest total – Lancashire: 592-4 dec New Road 1929
592-9 dec Stourbridge 1909
Lowest total – Worcestershire: 41 Old Trafford 1912
Lowest total – Lancashire: 55 New Road 1965
Highest score – Worcestershire: GA Hick 215 Old Trafford 1994
Highest score – Lancashire: JT Tyldesley 248 Liverpool 1903
Best innings bowling – Worcs: CF Root 9-23 New Road 1931
Best innings bowling – Lancs: J Briggs 10-55 Old Trafford 1900
Best match bowling – Worcs: Imran Khan 13-99 New Road 1976
Best match bowling – Lancs: JL Hopwood 15-112 Blackpool 1934
Most runs – Worcestershire: GA Hick 1655 Ave: 45.97
Most runs – Lancashire: JT Tyldesley 2295 Ave: 58.85
Most wickets – Worcestershire: N Gifford 95 Ave: 20.84
Most wickets – Lancashire: RK Tyldesley 100 Ave: 14.00
Highest partnerships for Worcestershire:
1st 225 CF Walters HHIH Gibbons New Road 1933
225 TS Curtis P Bent Blackpool 1991
2nd 182 HK Foster FA Pearson New Road 1905
3rd 250 GA Hick TM Moody New Road 1995
4th 265 GA Hick TM Moody Old Trafford 1994
5th 167 HK Foster GW Gaukrodger Liverpool 1903
6th 226 DB D’Oliveira SJ Rhodes Old Trafford 1990
7th 146 DJ Humphries HL Alleyne Stourport 1980
8th 115 SJ Rhodes RW Price New Road 2004
9th 92 GF Wheldon A Bird New Road 1902
10th 57 RG Broadbent JA Flavell Old Trafford 1955
Highest partnerships for Lancashire:
1st 270 JWH Makepeace C Hallows New Road 1922
2nd 336 FB Watson GE Tyldesley New Road 1929
3rd 279* GE Tyldesley J Iddon New Road 1932
4th 243 NH Fairbrother J Abrahams Old Trafford 1986
5th 183 CH Lloyd BW Reidy New Road 1978
6th 260 AC MacLaren R Whitehead New Road 1910
7th 175* BW Reidy J Simmons Old Trafford 1980
8th 123 ID Austin NH Fairbrother Kidderminster 1990
123 KW Hogg G Chapple New Road 2009
9th 124 JL Hopwood G Duckworth Old Trafford 1928
10th 89 J Simmons I Folley Old Trafford 1988
*Thanks to Worcestershire CCC analyst Phil Mellish for the above information.
