FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

MIDDLESEX v ESSEX Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, August 28, 29, 1946. Middlesex won by an innings and 129 runs. (Points: Middlesex 12, Essex 0) MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson lbw b Bailey 110 2 S.M.Brown c Bailey b Smith 9 3 W.J.Edrich st Wade b Vigar 26 4 D.C.S.Compton run out 76 5 *R.W.V.Robins c Crabtree b Bailey 102 6 A.W.Thompson run out 69 7 J.P.Mann lbw b Vigar 5 8 L.H.Compton not out 8 9 †W.F.F.Price 10 J.M.Sims 11 J.A.Young Extras b 8, lb 2, w 1 11 —— (7 wickets, declared) 416 FoW (1): 1-14, 2-80, 3-218, 4-230, 5-401, 6-402, 7-416 ESSEX 1 A.V.Avery b Young 9 c Thompson b Edrich 6 2 H.P.Crabtree st Price b Young 50 c Edrich b L.H.Compton 6 3 T.C.Dodds st Price b Young 19 c L.H.Compton b Young 10 4 T.E.Bailey st Price b Young 11 b Edrich 5 5 R.M.Taylor c and b Sims 5 lbw b Edrich 0 6 *T.N.Pearce c Price b Edrich 17 b Young 36 7 D.R.Wilcox b Edrich 9 c L.H.Compton b Young 0 8 R.Smith c Brown b Young 4 b Young 20 9 R.F.T.Paterson b Young 23 not out 5 10 F.H.Vigar c L.H.Compton b Sims 27 c Mann b Young 6 11 †T.H.Wade not out 4 b Young 0 Extras b 6, lb 3 9 b 5, lb 1 6 —— —— 187 100 FoW (1): 1-26, 2-81, 3-86, 4-99, 5-109, 6-128, 7-133, 8-137, 9-177, 10-187 FoW (2): 1-11, 2-21, 3-32, 4-32, 5-40, 6-48, 7-75, 8-92, 9-100, 10-100 Essex Bowling O M R W Smith 31 3 99 1 Bailey 20 1 84 2 Dodds 10 0 51 0 Vigar 29.5 1 142 2 Taylor 8 0 29 0 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Edrich 22 8 46 2 11 0 33 3 L.H.Compton 8 3 17 0 7 2 8 1 Young 40 25 34 6 10.5 3 27 6 D.C.S.Compton 6 0 20 0 Sims 20.2 1 46 2 (4) 7 0 26 0 Robins 5 0 13 0 Robertson 1 0 2 0 Umpires: E.Cooke and G.M.Lee. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 26-1 (Crabtree 15*, Dodds 0*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. 358