Here are the records of the previous first class meetings between the two counties.
Worcestershire: Played 197 Won 72 Lost 68 Drawn 57 Abandoned 2
Last match played: Gloucestershire won by 6 wickets at New Road – 16th-18th September 2019
Worcs 221 (MH Wessels 72, RF Higgins 4-55) & 128 (RF Higgins 4-34) Gloucs 235 (DA Payne 43, EG Barnard 6-42) & 115-4 (J Shaw 38*)
Highest total – Worcestershire | 272-7 dec | Cheltenham College | 2008 |
Highest total – Gloucestershire | 625-6 dec | Dudley | 1934 |
Lowest total – Worcestershire | 35 | Cheltenham College | 1928 |
Lowest total – Gloucestershire | 55 | New Road | 1908 |
Highest score – Worcestershire | V S Solanki | 270 | Cheltenham College | 2008 |
Highest score – Gloucestershire | W R Hammond | 265* | Dudley | 1934 |
Best innings bowling – Worcestershire | A J Conway | 9-38 | Moreton-in-Marsh | 1914 |
Best innings bowling – Gloucestershire | T W J Goddard | 10-113 | Cheltenham College | 1937 |
Best match bowling – Worcestershire | A J Conway | 15-87 | Moreton-in-Marsh | 1914 |
Best match bowling – Gloucestershire | T W J Goddard | 16-99 | Bristol | 1939 |
Most runs – Worcestershire | G A Hick | 2597 | Ave: 54:10 |
Most runs – Gloucestershire | A E Dipper | 2173 | Ave: 37.47 |
Most wickets – Worcestershire | R T D Perks | 151 | Ave: 24.87 |
Most wickets – Gloucestershire | C W L Parker | 312 | Ave: 15.82 |
Best partnerships for Worcestershire:
1st | 306 | F L Bowley | F A Pearson | New Road | 1913 |
2nd | 316 | S C Moore | V S Solanki | Cheltenham College | 2008 |
3rd | 417 | G A Hick | B F Smith | New Road | 2004 |
4th | 191 | R G A Headley | B L D’Oliviera | New Road | 1965 |
5th | 345 | V S Solanki | S M Davies | Bristol | 2006 |
6th | 155 | J M Clarke | O B Cox | Bristol | 2016 |
155 | J M Clarke | O B Cox | New Road | 2016 | |
7th | 131 | D Kenyon | R Howorth | New Road | 1950 |
8th | 124 | S J Rhodes | S R Lampitt | Bristol | 1997 |
9th | 181 | J A Cuffe | R D Burrows | New Road | 1907 |
10th | 78* | N Gifford | A P Pridgeon | New Road | 1976 |
Best partnerships for Gloucestershire:
1st | 209 | A E Dipper | R A Sinfield | Bristol | 1927 |
2nd | 253 | C M Spearman | H J H Marshall | Bristol | 2006 |
3rd | 269 | B O Allen | W R Hammond | Cheltenham College | 1937 |
4th | 184 | D N Moore | C C R Dacre | New Road | 1930 |
5th | 245 | J F Crapp | A E Wilson | Dudley | 1953 |
6th | 222 | C G Taylor | S D Snell | New Road | 2008 |
7th | 162* | W R Hammond | R A Sinfield | Dudley | 1934 |
162 | C D J Dent | J M R Taylor | Bristol | 2016 | |
8th | 99 | G H Roderick | J K Fuller | New Road | 2013 |
9th | 106 | P T Mills | E G Dennett | New Road | 1923 |
10th | 137 | C N Miles | L C Norwell | Cheltenham College | 2017 |