FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

YORKSHIRE v NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Played at The Circle, Hull, July 31, August 1, 2, 1946. Yorkshire won by an innings and 23 runs. (Points: Yorkshire 12, Northamptonshire 0) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 D.Brookes lbw b Bowes 80 b Coxon 1 2 C.P.Davis b Bowes 6 c Smailes b Coxon 13 3 E.W.Whitfield b Bowes 27 b Coxon 2 4 J.E.Timms b Robinson 34 lbw b Coxon 0 5 W.Barron b Bowes 3 b Bowes 66 6 †H.W.Greenwood b Robinson 13 c Hutton b Leyland 31 7 *J.Webster b Coxon 4 b Hutton 1 8 W.E.Merritt c Gibb b Coxon 0 not out 16 9 W.T.Nevell lbw b Robinson 1 b Coxon 1 10 R.J.Partridge not out 7 c Robinson b Bowes 3 11 E.W.Clark b Coxon 1 b Bowes 1 Extras b 1, lb 6 7 lb 3 3 —— —— 183 138 FoW (1): 1-21, 2-93, 3-126, 4-136, 5-160, 6-169, 7-173, 8-173, 9-174, 10-183 FoW (2): 1-5, 2-7, 3-7, 4-20, 5-83, 6-88, 7-124, 8-132, 9-133, 10-138 YORKSHIRE 1 L.Hutton not out 171 2 †P.A.Gibb c Greenwood b Partridge 42 3 W.Barber b Clark 4 4 M.Leyland b Webster 41 5 H.Beaumont c Webster b Merritt 36 6 T.F.Smailes b Webster 34 7 *A.B.Sellers not out 5 8 W.E.Bowes 9 E.P.Robinson 10 A.Coxon 11 A.Booth Extras b 4, lb 7 11 —— (5 wickets, declared) 344 FoW (1): 1-80, 2-85, 3-164, 4-253, 5-330 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Bowes 25 4 45 4 15.5 5 26 3 Smailes 15 1 46 0 (3) 4 0 15 0 Coxon 16.3 3 30 3 (2) 18 5 33 5 Booth 5 2 12 0 12 6 19 0 Robinson 15 4 43 3 (7) 3 0 7 0 Leyland (5) 6 2 21 1 Hutton (6) 4 1 14 1 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W Clark 19 7 28 1 Partridge 25 3 60 1 Nevell 25 1 72 0 Webster 31 4 74 2 Merritt 17 1 70 1 Timms 9 1 29 0 Umpires: C.A.R.Coleman and A.Skelding. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Yorkshire (1) 62-0 (Hutton 25*, Gibb 36*); 2nd day: Northamptonshire (2) 112-6 (Barron 61*, Merritt 3*). L.Hutton’s 171 took 380 minutes and included 8 fours. 295