FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

MIDDLESEX v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, May 8, 9, 10, 1946. Middlesex won by 65 runs. (Points: Middlesex 12, Leicestershire 0) MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson st Corrall b Riddington 88 c Sperry b Prentice 25 2 S.M.Brown c Watson b Prentice 65 b Jackson 48 3 W.J.Edrich c Udal b Riddington 10 not out 51 4 D.C.S.Compton st Corrall b Sperry 74 not out 13 5 †C.R.N.Maxwell c Corrall b Jackson 6 6 L.R.White not out 14 7 *R.W.V.Robins c Riddington b Jackson 4 8 J.M.Sims not out 4 9 J.A.Young 10 L.H.Gray 11 L.B.Thompson Extras b 7, lb 2, w 1 10 b 4, lb 1 5 —— —— (6 wickets, declared) 275 (2 wickets, declared) 142 FoW (1): 1-100, 2-138, 3-209, 4-237, 5-255, 6-268 FoW (2): 1-51, 2-113 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *G.L.Berry lbw b Robins 76 c Robertson b Young 14 2 G.S.Watson b Gray 3 b Gray 74 3 F.T.Prentice b Gray 7 run out 16 4 M.Tompkin lbw b Sims 3 b Sims 5 5 V.E.Jackson c Young b Sims 8 lbw b Young 6 6 A.Riddington lbw b Sims 6 b Robins 30 7 J.Howard run out 7 not out 38 8 J.E.Walsh c Compton b Sims 2 c Edrich b Gray 7 9 †P.Corrall not out 16 lbw b Gray 0 10 J.Sperry st Maxwell b Robins 0 b Sims 0 11 G.F.U.Udal c Thompson b Sims 1 c Edrich b Sims 1 Extras b 8, lb 2, w 3, nb 5 18 b 9, lb 2, nb 3 14 —— —— 147 205 FoW (1): 1-8, 2-16, 3-26, 4-72, 5-82, 6-105, 7-121, 8-142, 9-142, 10-147 FoW (2): 1-48, 2-105, 3-113, 4-120, 5-129, 6-180, 7-202, 8-202, 9-203, 10-205 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Sperry 21 3 74 1 3 0 24 0 Udal 2 1 13 0 Jackson 17 3 39 2 (2) 11.1 0 37 1 Prentice 21 3 51 1 (3) 9 0 21 1 Walsh 15 1 58 0 2 0 12 0 Riddington 21 5 30 2 (4) 15 0 43 0 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Thompson 6 3 8 0 (2) 6 1 13 0 Gray 11 2 26 2 (1) 21 5 46 3 Sims 25.4 7 53 5 18.5 1 69 3 Young 8 3 12 0 20 5 31 2 Robins 8 0 27 2 8 0 29 1 Compton 2 0 3 0 Edrich (6) 2 0 3 0 Umpires: F.Chester and J.J.Hills. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: No play; 2nd day: Leicestershire (1) 106-6 (Berry 58*, Walsh 0*). 96