The ESMBA has written to all English counties inviting registered bowlers to have their say in how inter county competitions should be staged in the future. A copy of their communication is set out below. This is a great chance to have your say, – Let us take advantage of the opportunity.
This was the county’s final inter county match for this season with a home fixture on the 4th December and the away fixture at Oxford on the 5th.
The home squad had a successful day with both singles winning their match. There was one win and one loss in the triples, a win and a draw in the pairs. Both fours teams lost.
Overall Worcestershire won this encounter by 15 points to 9, scoring 101 shots to Oxfordshire’s 76 – four wins and one draw from the eight individual matches played.
The away squad drew their encounter with Oxfordshire 12-12 which was sufficient to ensure that Worcestershire was second to West Midlands in group 4 of the inter county competition.. There was one win in the singles, two wins in the triples, and one win in the pairs. Both fours teams lost.
Worcestershire now look forward to competing in the quarter finals of the inter county knockout series in February next year.
The ESMBA have invited Worcestershire to host a match against an England Under 21’s Squad on Sunday 27th February 2022 – this will take place at Bromsgrove from 1000am to 4.00pm. It will be the season’s last match for the Under 21’s before they go on to play Wales.
Worcestershire have previously hosted a match against England Under 21’s on the 29th November 2015. That match was won by the Under 21’s by 35 points to 28 – with the Under 21’s scoring 278 shots and Worcestershire scoring 262 shots.
A report on this match can be found in the ” December 2015 Archive list” – scroll down to page 2.
