Tuesday, September 5th, 2017

First Class Records Worcs V Notts 2017

Worcestershire take on Nottinghamshire from today in a Specsavers County Championship promotion clash at Trent Bridge.

Here are the first class records of previous meetings between the two counties.

Worcestershire:  Played: 128  Won: 35  Lost: 45  Drawn: 47  Tied: 1

Last match played:  Nottinghamshire won by 5 wickets at New Road – 7th-10th August 2015

Worcs 269 (APR Gidman 71, OB Cox 56, HF Gurney 3-47) & 292 (RA Whiteley 78, JM Clarke 61, JT Ball 4-67)

Notts 330 (CMW Read 90, AD Hales 85, CAJ Morris 3-48) & 234-5 (MH Wessels 88, JWA Taylor 66)

Highest total – Worcestershire:                 493-9 dec             New Road           1996

Highest total – Nottinghamshire:              540                         Worksop             1934

Lowest total – Worcestershire:                  53                           Trent Bridge       1922

Lowest total – Nottinghamshire:               73                           Trent Bridge       1962

Highest score – Worcestershire:               GA Hick              227*       New Road           1986

Highest score – Nottinghamshire:            RT Simpson        243*       Trent Bridge       1950

Best innings bowling – Worcs:                    NV Radford        8-55       Kidderminster   1987

Best innings bowling – Notts:                     B Dooland           8-20       Trent Bridge      1956

Best match bowling – Worcs:                      HA Gilbert           13-116   New Road         1921

Best match bowling – Notts:                       H Larwood          13-76     New Road          1932

Most runs – Worcestershire:                       GA Hick               2012       Ave: 55.89

Most runs – Nottinghamshire:                    DW Randall        2176       Ave: 38.86

Most wickets – Worcestershire:                 N Gifford             122         Ave: 20.54

Most wickets – Nottinghamshire:              H Larwood          110         Ave: 10.11

Best partnerships for Worcestershire:

1st          203         D Kenyon                            LF Outschoorn                   New Road           1959

2nd        229*       GM Turner                          PA Neale                             New Road           1979

3rd         230*       PA Neale                             EJO Hemsley                      New Road           1979

4th         281         JA Ormrod                          Younis Ahmed                  Trent Bridge         1979

5th         142         MM Ali                                 SM Davies                           New Road          2009

6th         220         PA Neale                             RK Illingworth                   New Road            1990

7th         256         DA Leatherdale                SJ Rhodes                            Trent Bridge       2002

8th         120         WPC Weston                     SR Lampitt                          New Road           2001

9th         116         SR Lampitt                          RK Illingworth                   New Road           1996

10th       103         K Ali                                    GD McGrath                        New Road           2000

Best partnerships for Nottinghamshire:

1st          220         G Gunn                               WW Whysall                      Trent Bridge       1924

2nd        176         WW Keeton                       W Walker                            Worksop              1934

3rd         183         BC Broad                              P Johnson                          Trent Bridge       1990

4th         157         JWA Taylor                         MH Wessels                       New Road           2015

5th         187         P Johnson                           DW Randall                        New Road           1990

6th         270         RT Simpson                        A Jepson                              Trent Bridge       1950

7th         139         CJ Poole                               B Dooland                           New Road           1956

8th         92           KP Pietersen                      DS Lucas                               New Road           2001

9th         80           G Goonesena                     RT Simpson                        Kidderminster     1953

10th       152         U Afzaal                               AJ Harris                              Trent Bridge       2000

*Thanks to Worcestershire CCC analyst Phil Mellish for the above information