FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v MIDDLESEX Played at County Ground, Northampton, August 7, 8, 9, 1946. Middlesex won by an innings and 201 runs. (Points: Northamptonshire 0, Middlesex 12) MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson c Nevell b Merritt 64 2 S.M.Brown c Barron b Merritt 92 3 W.J.Edrich not out 222 4 D.C.S.Compton c Barron b Merritt 38 5 *R.W.V.Robins lbw b Merritt 0 6 A.W.Thompson c Merritt b Whitfield 77 7 †W.F.F.Price run out 1 8 J.M.Sims not out 8 9 L.H.Gray 10 J.A.Young 11 R.A.Shaddick Extras b 5, lb 5, w 1, nb 1 12 —— (6 wickets, declared) 514 FoW (1): 1-141, 2-180, 3-258, 4-260, 5-481, 6-501 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 D.Brookes c Price b Edrich 6 b Gray 24 2 C.P.Davis b Edrich 28 b Edrich 2 3 E.W.Whitfield c Robertson b Edrich 6 c Robins b Young 7 4 J.E.Timms c Compton b Edrich 7 c Shaddick b Young 2 5 W.Barron c Price b Edrich 2 b Shaddick 25 6 †H.W.Greenwood c Price b Edrich 13 c Robertson b Young 5 7 *J.Webster c Compton b Gray 24 b Young 0 8 W.E.Merritt run out 73 c Gray b Young 0 9 R.J.Partridge c Young b Edrich 4 not out 30 10 W.T.Nevell b Gray 9 b Shaddick 19 11 E.W.Clark not out 0 run out 15 Extras b 2, lb 1, nb 2 5 b 6, lb 1 7 —— —— 177 136 FoW (1): 1-14, 2-28, 3-45, 4-49, 5-50, 6-67, 7-159, 8-162, 9-177, 10-177 FoW (2): 1-2, 2-32, 3-36, 4-37, 5-55, 6-55, 7-55, 8-85, 9-107, 10-136 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W Clark 15 1 53 0 Partridge 10 0 59 0 Webster 19 0 90 0 Nevell 17 1 87 0 Merritt 26 1 134 4 Timms 3 0 15 0 Whitfield 9 0 39 1 Davis 4 0 25 0 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Gray 15.2 4 28 2 (2) 9 0 30 1 Edrich 26 6 69 7 (1) 9 0 23 1 Shaddick 3 0 5 0 (5) 9 1 28 2 Sims 10 3 28 0 Young 4 1 8 0 (3) 13 3 38 5 Robins 3 1 18 0 Compton 3 0 16 0 (4) 4 2 10 0 Umpires: Harry Elliott and J.J.Hills. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 514-6 (Edrich 222*, Sims 8*); 2nd day: Northamptonshire (1) 169-8 (Partridge 3*, Nevell 3*). W.J.Edrich’s 222 took 210 minutes and included 23 fours and 4 sixes. J.A.Young took a hat-trick in the Northamptonshire second innings (Greenwood, Webster, Merritt). 310