FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

MIDDLESEX v KENT Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, August 14, 15, 16, 1946. Kent won by an innings and 14 runs. (Points: Middlesex 0, Kent 12) KENT 1 L.J.Todd b Compton 162 2 J.G.W.Davies c Robertson b Thompson 128 3 L.E.G.Ames not out 114 4 *B.H.Valentine b Compton 9 5 †T.G.Evans b Young 2 6 H.A.Pawson hit wkt b Compton 8 7 I.P.Campbell not out 0 8 A.W.H.Mallett 9 D.V.P.Wright 10 R.R.Dovey 11 F.Ridgway Extras b 7, lb 5, nb 1 13 —— (5 wickets, declared) 436 FoW (1): 1-219, 2-390, 3-408, 4-421, 5-436 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson b Davies 104 st Evans b Wright 21 2 S.M.Brown b Ridgway 13 b Ridgway 12 3 W.J.Edrich c Ames b Wright 45 c Valentine b Davies 26 4 D.C.S.Compton b Wright 9 c Todd b Wright 53 5 *R.W.V.Robins b Davies 24 c Ridgway b Davies 23 6 J.P.Mann c Ames b Wright 10 c Ames b Davies 0 7 A.W.Thompson c and b Davies 9 st Evans b Wright 7 8 †W.F.F.Price b Dovey 17 lbw b Wright 7 9 J.M.Sims c Ridgway b Dovey 2 c Evans b Wright 1 10 J.A.Young b Dovey 4 c Evans b Davies 17 11 L.H.Gray not out 0 not out 8 Extras b 3, lb 2 5 b 4, lb 1 5 —— —— 242 180 FoW (1): 1-34, 2-125, 3-139, 4-183, 5-208, 6-210, 7-236, 8-236, 9-241, 10-242 FoW (2): 1-28, 2-53, 3-63, 4-135, 5-135, 6-139, 7-149, 8-151, 9-164, 10-180 Middlesex Bowling O M R W Gray 12 1 60 0 Young 46 10 104 1 Sims 26 1 78 0 Compton 20 1 61 3 Thompson 11 1 37 1 Robins 15 1 47 0 Robertson 10 1 36 0 1nb Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Ridgway 8 0 25 1 8 0 35 1 Mallett 10 1 25 0 4 0 8 0 Wright 23 2 69 3 (4) 23 8 43 5 Dovey 27.2 6 65 3 (5) 7 1 8 0 Davies 26 7 53 3 (3) 29.1 4 75 4 Todd (6) 6 3 6 0 Umpires: C.A.R.Coleman and N.Kilner. Toss: Kent Close of Play: 1st day: Kent (1) 436-5 (Ames 114*, Campbell 0*); 2nd day: Middlesex (2) 135-5 (Compton 50*). L.J.Todd’s 162 took 320 minutes and included 10 fours. J.G.W.Davies’s 128 took 220 minutes. J.D.B.Robertson’s 104 took 205 minutes. 326