First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

MIDDLESEX v GLOUCESTERSHIRE Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, May 14, 15, 1947. Middlesex won by an innings and 178 runs. (Points: Middlesex 12, Gloucestershire 0) GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1 C.J.Barnett c L.H.Compton b Gray 20 c Brown b Edrich 7 2 *B.O.Allen c Shaddick b Gray 10 c L.H.Compton b Gray 2 3 W.L.Neale c D.C.S.Compton b Gray 43 b Edrich 6 4 J.F.Crapp c D.C.S.Compton b Edrich 0 c L.H.Compton b Edrich 19 5 G.M.Emmett c Edrich b Gray 28 b Edrich 4 6 B.H.Lyon lbw b Gray 0 b Sims 33 7 †A.E.Wilson c D.C.S.Compton b Young 10 c L.H.Compton b Edrich 4 8 C.J.Scott b Sims 2 b Gray 2 9 G.E.E.Lambert b Sims 4 b Edrich 0 10 T.W.J.Goddard not out 2 run out 2 11 C.Cook b Edrich 0 not out 2 Extras lb 2, w 1 3 b 3, lb 4 7 —— —— 122 88 FoW (1): 1-26, 2-33, 3-34, 4-88, 5-90, 6-106, 7-109, 8-119, 9-121, 10-122 FoW (2): 1-9, 2-15, 3-15, 4-19, 5-68, 6-75, 7-84, 8-84, 9-85, 10-88 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson c Allen b Lambert 128 2 S.M.Brown c Wilson b Barnett 34 3 W.J.Edrich c and b Cook 40 4 D.C.S.Compton c Crapp b Scott 22 5 *F.G.Mann c Emmett b Goddard 88 6 A.W.Thompson st Wilson b Cook 53 7 †L.H.Compton c and b Cook 4 8 J.M.Sims b Goddard 5 9 J.A.Young lbw b Cook 4 10 R.A.Shaddick c Crapp b Goddard 1 11 L.H.Gray not out 0 Extras b 7, lb 2 9 —— 388 FoW (1): 1-100, 2-194, 3-222, 4-232, 5-332, 6-344, 7-373, 8-382, 9-388, 10-388 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Gray 16 4 35 5 13 3 16 2 Edrich 11 2 26 2 12 2 28 6 Sims 22 3 43 2 (4) 4 0 13 1 Shaddick 3 0 7 0 (3) 4 0 24 0 Young 10 5 8 1 Gloucestershire Bowling O M R W Lambert 13 2 51 1 Scott 11 0 56 1 Barnett 11 1 39 1 Cook 40 8 132 4 Goddard 39.5 4 101 3 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and E.Cooke. Toss: Gloucestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 198-2 (Robertson 119*, D.C.S.Compton 0*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. J.D.B.Robertson’s 128 took 185 minutes and included 10 fours, 1 five and 2 sixes. 130