A Collection Of WCCC First-Class Records

By Ben Woodall
September 26 2002

Here you will find a wide range of first-class records concerning Worcestershire County Cricket Club.Records include best batting and bowling performances and record partnerships.

First-Class Records

TEAM

Highest Total by Worcestershire: 670-7dec v Somerset at Worcester 1995
Highest Total against Worcestershire: 701-4dec by Leicestershire at Worcester 1906
Lowest Total by Worcestershire: 24 v Yorkshire at Huddersfield 1903
Lowest Total against Worcestershire: 30 by Hampshire at Worcester 1903

BATTING

Highest Individual Innings: 405* GA Hick v Somerset at Taunton 1988
Most Runs in a Season: 2654 HHI Gibbons in 1934
Most Runs in Career: 34490 D Kenyon 1946-1967


Best Partnership for each wicket:
1st 309 FL Bowley and HK Foster v Derbyshire at Derby 1901
2nd 300 WPC Weston and GA Hick v Indians at Worcester 1996
3rd 438* GA Hick and TM Moody v Hampshire at Southampton 1997
4th 281 JA Ormrod and Younis Ahmed v Nottinghamshire at Nottingham 1979
5th 393 EG Arnold and WB Burns v Warwickshire at Birmingham 1909
6th 265 GA Hick and SJ Rhodes v Somerset at Taunton 1988
7th 205 GA Hick and PJ Newport v Yorkshire at Worcester 1988
8th 184 SJ Rhodes and SR Lampitt v Derbyshire at Kidderminster 1991
9th 181 JA Cuffe and RD Burrows v Gloucestershire at Worcester 1907
10th 119 WB Burns and GA Wilson v Somerset at Worcester 1906


BOWLING

Best Bowling for Worcestershire: 9-23 CF Root v Lancashire at Worcester 1931
Best Match Bowling for Worcestershire: 15-87 AJ Conway v Gloucestershire at Moreton-in-Marsh 1914
Most Wickets in a Season: 207 CF Root in 1925
Most Wickets in Career: 2143 RTD Perks 1930-1955