FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE v NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, July 20, 22, 23, 1946. Nottinghamshire won by seven wickets. (Points: Nottinghamshire 12, Northamptonshire 0) NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 1 W.W.Keeton c Greenwood b Partridge 123 lbw b Clark 4 2 C.B.Harris b Clark 64 lbw b Nevell 9 3 R.T.Simpson c Partridge b Nevell 8 c Whitfield b Partridge 3 4 T.B.Reddick c Partridge b Nevell 38 not out 61 5 *G.F.H.Heane not out 47 6 F.W.Stocks c Greenwood b Partridge 14 7 G.L.Willatt b Partridge 0 (5) not out 18 8 H.J.Butler lbw b Partridge 0 9 A.Jepson b A.G.Robinson 5 10 †E.A.Meads b Clark 5 11 F.G.Woodhead Extras b 13, lb 13, w 4 30 b 1, lb 2 3 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 334 (3 wickets) 98 FoW (1): 1-201, 2-211, 3-232, 4-269, 5-298, 6-298, 7-298, 8-315, 9-334 FoW (2): 1-8, 2-11, 3-28 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 *P.E.Murray-Willis b Jepson 4 (6) b Jepson 27 2 C.P.Davis c Meads b Jepson 27 (1) b Jepson 2 3 †H.W.Greenwood c Meads b Jepson 14 run out 25 4 J.E.Timms lbw b Jepson 7 b Jepson 129 5 W.Barron c Jepson b Heane 22 b Butler 0 6 E.W.Whitfield c Meads b Butler 52 (2) b Jepson 0 7 R.G.Robinson c Woodhead b Heane 5 b Jepson 0 8 R.J.Partridge b Woodhead 9 not out 34 9 W.T.Nevell b Jepson 8 b Butler 2 10 A.G.Robinson c Butler b Jepson 6 b Butler 22 11 E.W.Clark not out 9 b Butler 1 Extras b 4, lb 7, w 1 12 b 10, lb 3 13 —— —— 175 255 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-41, 3-59, 4-60, 5-88, 6-100, 7-129, 8-143, 9-157, 10-175 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-5, 3-76, 4-79, 5-143, 6-145, 7-226, 8-229, 9-253, 10-255 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Clark 29.4 13 50 2 17.5 5 45 1 Nevell 29 4 100 2 (3) 13 1 29 1 A.G.Robinson 24 5 64 1 (4) 3 0 8 0 Timms 6 0 27 0 R.G.Robinson 6 1 17 0 Partridge 16 1 46 4 (2) 11 4 13 1 Nottinghamshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Butler 20.1 6 48 1 27.3 4 76 4 Jepson 28 9 65 6 20 4 52 5 Harris 7 1 18 0 9 2 26 0 Heane 8 3 16 2 15 2 40 0 Woodhead 7 3 16 1 22 6 35 0 Reddick (6) 3 0 13 0 Umpires: H.Elliott and C.V.Tarbox. Toss: Nottinghamshire Close of Play: 1st day: Northamptonshire (1) 25-1 (Davis 12*, Greenwood 3*); 2nd day: Northamptonshire (2) 228-7 (Partridge 30*, Nevell 2*). J.E.Timms’s 129 took 185 minutes. R.J.Partridge took a hat-trick in the Nottinghamshire first innings (Stocks, Willatt, Butler). It is not known if the umpire was Harry Elliott or Harold Elliott. 271