Worcestershire CCC start their penultimate Specsavers County Championship match of the campaign today against Sussex at Hove.
Here are the records from the previous 156 first class meetings between the two clubs.
Worcestershire: Played: 156 Won: 39 Lost: 65 Drawn: 52
Last match played: Match Drawn at New Road – 15th-18th May 2016 Worcs 491 (BL D'Oliveira 99, SG Whittingham 3-86) Sussex 278 (BC Brown 55, EG Barnard 3-67, J Leach 3-73) & f/o 411-9 dec (EC Joyce 74, MJ Henry 4-122).
Highest total – Worcestershire: 491 New Road 2016
Highest total – Sussex: 620-9 dec New Road 2009
Lowest total – Worcestershire: 57 Horsham 1924
Lowest total – Sussex: 47 New Road 1903
Highest score – Worcestershire: GA Hick 186 Hove 1991
Highest score – Sussex: RR Relf 272* Eastbourne 1909
Best innings bowling – Worcs: JA Flavell 9-122 Hastings 1954
Best innings bowling – Sussex: MW Tate 8-18 Horsham 1924
Best match bowling – Worcs: RO Jenkins 15-122 Dudley 1953
Best match bowling – Sussex: M Ahmed 13-140 Hove 2004
Most runs – Worcestershire: D Kenyon 2198 Ave: 34.34
Most runs – Sussex: JM Parks 1948 Ave: 38.96
Most wickets – Worcestershire: JA Flavell 125 Ave: 19.09
Most wickets – Sussex: MW Tate 133 Ave: 13.73
Best partnerships for Worcestershire:
1st 181 CF Walters HHIH Gibbons Eastbourne 1933
2nd 243 VS Solanki GA Hick New Road 1998
3rd 215 JG Cameron MM Ali New Road 2010
4th 208 DKH Mitchell MM Ali New Road 2009
5th 181 PA Neale MJ Weston Kidderminster 1988
6th 219 DA Leatherdale SJ Rhodes New Road 1996
7th 151 PA Neale DJ Humphries Hove 1980
8th 89 EG Arnold WB Burns Eastbourne 1909
9th 95* N Gifford VA Holder New Road 1968
10th 76 RTD Perks ES Baker New Road 1934
Best partnerships for Sussex:
1st 212 MW Goodwin RR Montgomerie Horsham 2001
2nd 178 GD Mendis DK Standing New Road 1983
3rd 213 HW Parks G Cox New Road 1946
4th 282 LJ Wright BC Brown New Road 2015
5th 201 J Langridge AER Gilligan New Road 1928
6th 226 G Cox G Potter New Road 1954
7th 218 TER Cook AF Wensley Eastbourne 1933
8th 209 GA Stannard HE Roberts Hove 1920
9th 120 RSC Martin-Jenkins CJ Liddle Hove 2007
10th 68 AER Gilligan GB Street New Road 1922
*Thanks to Worcestershire analyst Phil Mellish for the above information.
