Worcestershire CCC launch their 2018 campaign with tomorrow’s Specsavers County Championship match against Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl.
Here are the first class records of the previous meetings between the two counties.
Worcestershire: Played 154 Won 39 Lost 52 Drawn 63 Abandoned 2
Last match played: Worcestershire won by innings and 33 runs – New Road – July 6th-9th 2015
Worcs 478 (DKH Mitchell 206, JM Clarke 70) Hants 183 (JM Vince 56, Saeed Ajmal 5-28) & 262 (JS Gatting 59, JD Shantry 5-51)
Highest total – Worcestershire: 547 Soton (NR) 1903
Highest total – Hampshire: 500-9 dec Soton (RB) 2013
Lowest total – Worcestershire: 68 Dudley 1961
Lowest total – Hampshire: 30 New Road 1903
Highest score – Worcestershire: GA Hick 303* Soton (NR) 1997
Highest score – Hampshire: CP Mead 235 New Road 1922
Best innings bowling – Worcs: CF Root 8-46 New Road 1926
Best innings bowling – Hants: MD Marshall 8-71 Soton (NR) 1982
Best match bowling – Worcs: A Bird 14-109 Soton (NR) 1901
Best match bowling – Hants: CB Llewellyn 14-171 Soton (NR) 1901
Most runs – Worcestershire: FL Bowley 2799 Ave: 43.06
Most runs – Hampshire: CP Mead 3391 Ave: 54.69
Most wickets – Worcestershire: RTD Perks 150 Ave: 19.70
Most wickets – Hampshire: AS Kennedy 195 Ave: 17.54
Best partnerships for Worcestershire:
1st 274 HK Foster FL Bowley Portsmouth 1907
2nd 276 TS Curtis GA Hick New Road 1988
3rd 438* GA Hick TM Moody Soton (NR) 1997
4th 256 CF Walters M Nichol Bournemouth 1933
5th 207* HHIH Gibbons SH Martin New Road 1939
6th 186 WW Lowe GF Wheldon Bournemouth 1900
7th 181 GN Foster WB Burns New Road 1905
8th 106 RK Illingworth SM McEwan Bournemouth 1989
9th 78 R Howorth RTD Perks Soton (NR) 1951
10th 82 GF Wheldon GA Wilson Soton (NR) 1899
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Best partnerships for Hampshire:
1st 204 G Brown HAW Bowell Portsmouth 1920
2nd 221 JG Greig EM Sprot New Road 1905
3rd 238 MCJ Nicholas TE Jesty New Road 1984
4th 248 HAW Bowell CP Mead New Road 1926
5th 209 J Bailey NH Rogers Soton (NR) 1946
6th 161 WHB Evans AJL Hill New Road 1904
7th 159 CB Fry EM Sprot Bournemouth 1910
8th 178 CP Mead CP Brutton Bournemouth 1925
9th 111 AC Johnston WT Langford Soton (NR) 1904
10th 192 HAW Bowell WH Livsey Bournemouth 1921
*Thanks to Worcestershire CCC first team scorer-analyst Phil Mellish for the above information.
