FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v KENT Played at County Ground, Northampton, May 22, 23, 24, 1946. Match drawn. (Points: Northamptonshire 4, Kent 0) KENT 1 L.J.Todd b Merritt 27 b Nevell 15 2 P.J.M.Nelson b Clark 3 b Clark 0 3 *L.E.G.Ames b Nevell 15 c and b Nevell 14 4 T.W.Spencer not out 46 b Nevell 77 5 T.A.Pearce b Merritt 0 (6) c Nevell b Partridge 106 6 †T.G.Evans b Clark 6 (5) b Nevell 52 7 D.G.Clark b Merritt 2 lbw b Merritt 14 8 D.V.P.Wright b Clark 0 not out 56 9 N.W.Harding lbw b Merritt 3 not out 1 10 C.Lewis b Clark 0 11 J.W.Martin b Nevell 34 Extras b 1, lb 6, nb 1 8 b 17, lb 7, nb 1 25 —— —— 144 (7 wickets, declared) 360 FoW (1): 1-6, 2-34, 3-58, 4-58, 5-69, 6-76, 7-77, 8-82, 9-83, 10-144 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-28, 3-41, 4-158, 5-173, 6-229, 7-349 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 D.Brookes b Martin 0 (2) b Todd 0 2 C.P.Davis c Evans b Lewis 118 (1) not out 33 3 E.W.Whitfield c Evans b Wright 12 c Evans b Harding 4 4 J.E.Timms c Martin b Harding 23 lbw b Harding 10 5 W.Barron c Evans b Todd 3 not out 10 6 †H.W.Greenwood c Spencer b Lewis 54 7 R.J.Partridge b Nelson 1 8 W.E.Merritt b Wright 11 9 W.T.Nevell b Wright 1 10 *P.E.Murray-Willis not out 9 11 E.W.Clark b Harding 16 Extras b 7, lb 8, nb 8 23 nb 1 1 —— —— 271 (3 wickets) 58 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-22, 3-84, 4-93, 5-225, 6-226, 7-238, 8-244, 9-245, 10-271 FoW (2): 1-2, 2-11, 3-31 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Clark 19 7 39 4 23 5 54 1 Partridge 12 3 21 0 20 1 60 1 Merritt 23 3 65 4 (4) 23 3 96 1 Nevell 9.1 4 11 2 (3) 35 6 100 4 Davis (5) 3 0 7 0 Timms (6) 10 4 18 0 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Martin 19 5 46 1 Harding 19.2 3 58 2 (1) 12 2 28 2 Wright 37 13 60 3 8 1 25 0 Lewis 20 5 41 2 Todd 18 7 34 1 (2) 4 2 4 1 Nelson 5 0 9 1 Umpires: C.Bentley and G.M.Lee. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Northamptonshire (1) 135-4 (Davis 67*, Greenwood 16*); 2nd day: Kent (2) 254-6 (Pearce 48*, Wright 13*). C.P.Davis’s 118 took 285 minutes. T.A.Pearce’s 106 took 165 minutes and included 12 fours. 121