FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

GENTLEMEN v PLAYERS Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, July 17, 18, 1946. Players won by an innings and 140 runs. PLAYERS 1 C.Washbrook b Trapnell 105 2 L.B.Fishlock c Griffith b Knott 83 3 J.T.Ikin b Mallett 81 4 D.C.S.Compton b Davies 87 5 *J.Hardstaff c Griffith b Davies 15 6 H.E.Dollery not out 4 7 †T.G.Evans not out 0 8 E.P.Robinson 9 W.E.Hollies 10 L.H.Gray 11 R.Pollard Extras b 9, lb 14, w 1 24 —— (5 wickets, declared) 399 FoW (1): 1-173, 2-211, 3-335, 4-386, 5-399 GENTLEMEN 1 A.P.Singleton run out 15 c Evans b Gray 0 2 J.G.W.Davies c Evans b Pollard 9 c Ikin b Pollard 1 3 N.W.D.Yardley c Evans b Hollies 21 c Dollery b Pollard 0 4 *W.R.Hammond c Dollery b Pollard 70 b Robinson 0 5 M.P.Donnelly b Hollies 9 c Ikin b Robinson 29 6 B.H.Valentine lbw b Pollard 14 c Washbrook b Pollard 5 7 A.W.H.Mallett c Evans b Gray 0 c Ikin b Robinson 16 8 †S.C.Griffith c Dollery b Pollard 0 c Compton b Robinson 20 9 B.M.W.Trapnell not out 0 c Pollard b Hollies 14 10 J.N.Bartlett b Pollard 0 not out 17 11 C.J.Knott b Gray 3 c Evans b Pollard 12 Extras lb 3 3 lb 1 1 —— —— 144 115 FoW (1): 1-17, 2-29, 3-61, 4-95, 5-138, 6-141, 7-141, 8-141, 9-141, 10-144 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-9, 6-45, 7-51, 8-82, 9-98, 10-115 Gentlemen Bowling O M R W Mallett 28 3 85 1 Trapnell 18 5 58 1 Davies 24 6 80 2 Knott 32 7 72 1 Singleton 4 0 26 0 Bartlett 10 2 42 0 Yardley 3 0 12 0 Players Bowling O M R W O M R W Pollard 18 6 32 5 7.5 4 21 4 Gray 12.2 3 29 2 10 4 15 1 Hollies 27 5 53 2 (4) 9 2 33 1 Robinson 14 7 27 0 (3) 12 0 45 4 Umpires: G.Beet and F.Chester. Toss: Players Close of Play: 1st day: Players (1) 399-5 (Dollery 4*, Evans 0*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. C.Washbrook’s 105 took 185 minutes and included 11 fours. 260