Saturday, April 11th, 2015

First Class Records Worcs V Yorks

First Class Records Worcs V Yorks

Worcestershire: Played: 138 Won: 21 Lost: 68 Drawn: 49 Abandoned: 1

Last meeting: Yorkshire won by six wickets at Scarborough – 11th-14th July 2011

Worcs 168 (GM Andrew 40, TT Bresnan 4-64) & 332 (GM Andrew 57, DKH Mitchell 55, RM Pyrah 4-91)

Yorks 367 (AW Gale 72, A Shahzad 70, A Richardson 3-66) & 135-4 (JE Root 52*)

Highest total – Worcestershire: 456-8 New Road 1904

Highest total – Yorkshire: 600-4 dec Scarborough 1995

Lowest total – Worcestershire: 24 Huddersfield 1903

Lowest total – Yorkshire: 62 Bradford 1907

Highest score – Worcestershire: D Kenyon 259 Kidderminster 1956

Highest score – Yorkshire: MD Moxon 274* New Road

1994 Best innings bowling – Worcs: JA Cuffe 9-38 Bradford 1907

Best innings bowling – Yorks: GH Hirst 9-41 New Road 1911

Best match bowling – Worcs: JA Cuffe 13-76 Bradford 1907

Best match bowling – Yorks: W Rhodes 14-211 New Road 1903

Most runs – Worcestershire: D Kenyon 2122 Ave: 42.44

Most runs – Yorkshire: M Leyland 1636 Ave: 56.41

Most wickets – Worcestershire: EG Arnold 93 Ave: 20.31

Most wickets – Yorkshire: W Rhodes 140 Ave: 15.19

Best partnerships for Worcestershire:

1st 176 FL Bowley FA Pearson New Road 1904

2nd 231 GM Turner PA Neale New Road 1981

3rd 317 VS Solanki MM Ali Headingley 2009

4th 243 M Nichol SH Martin New Road 1933

5th 144 D Kenyon MJ Horton Kidderminster 1956

6th 156 HK Foster RS Brinton New Road 1903

7th 205 GA Hick PJ Newport New Road 1988

8th 136 TS Curtis PJ Newport New Road 1992

9th 71* A Bird GHT Simpson-Hayward New Road 1904

10th 90 RD Burrows EW Bale New Road 1910

Best partnerships for Yorkshire:

1st 351 G Boycott MD Moxon New Road 1985

2nd 193 H Sutcliffe D Denton New Road 1920

3rd 237 JA Rudolph A McGrath Headingley 2009

4th 210* A Mitchell M Leyland New Road 1933

5th 169 W Watson AB Sellers New Road 1947

6th 233 MW Booth GH Hirst New Road 1911

7th 161 RG Lumb CM Old Bradford 1980

8th 163 GG Macaulay A Waddington Headingley 1927

9th 150 Azeem Rafiq MJ Hoggard New Road 2009

10th 109 A Shahzad RJ Sidebottom Scarborough 2011

Milestones (depending on selection)

Joe Leach needs 79 runs for a first-class career total of 1,000 runs

*Our grateful thanks for information provided by Phil Mellish