worcestershire ccc return to first class action today when they take on local rivals warwickshire ccc in the bob willis trophy at New Road.
here are the first class records of the previous first class meetings between the two counties.
worcestershire: played 192 won 38 lost 52 drawn 102 abandoned 1
last match played: warwickshire won by an innings & 17 runs at new road – 14th-15th june 2015
worcs 243 (jm clarke 50, khd barker 4-65) & 80 (wb rankin 3-23) warks 340 (ir bell 111, jd shantry 5-92)
highest total – worcestershire: 633 new road 1906
highest total – warwickshire: 645-7 dec dudley 1914
lowest total – worcestershire: 60 new road 2012
lowest total – warwickshire: 66 edgbaston 1950
highest score – worcestershire: gm turner 311* new road 1982
highest score – warwickshire: fr foster 305* dudley 1914
best innings bowling – worcs: cf root 7-31 new road 1923
best innings bowling – warks: tl pritchard 8-20 dudley 1950
best match bowling – worcs: eg arnold 13-79 edgbaston 1903
best match bowling – warks: we hollies 13-131 dudley 1954
most runs – worcestershire: gm turner 2636 ave: 79.88
most runs – warwickshire: dl amiss 3599 ave: 55.37
most wickets – worcestershire: rtd perks 154 ave: 23.12
most wickets – warwickshire: we hollies 193 ave: 19.33
best partnerships for worcestershire:
1st 291 gm turner ja ormrod new road 1982
2nd 210* gm turner dn patel new road 1982
3rd 278 ja ormrod imran khan new road 1976
4th 250 hhih gibbons m nichol dudley 1929
5th 393 eg arnold wb burns edgbaston 1909
6th 166 wec hutchings wb burns new road 1906
7th 152 sj rhodes pj newport edgbaston 1993
8th 134 sj rhodes sr lampitt new road 1998
9th 141 wv fox cv tarbox edgbaston 1929
10th 92 h yarnold pf jackson new road 1949
best partnerships for warwickshire:
1st 272 ajw croom n kilner edgbaston 1934
2nd 228 dl amiss ta lloyd edgbaston 1978
3rd 216 s kinneir wg quaife new road 1909
4th 221 ai kallicharran rb kanhai new road 1975
5th 228 cs baker afa lilley new road 1907
6th 226 tr ambrose hh streak new road 2007
7th 166 fr foster ej smith dudley 1914
8th 228 ajw croom res wyatt dudley 1925
9th 114* cjc wright wb rankin edgbaston 2015
10th 141 af giles ta munton new road 1996
