First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

WARWICKSHIRE v MIDDLESEX Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, May 17, 19, 20, 1947. Middlesex won by an innings and 9 runs. (Points: Warwickshire 0, Middlesex 12) WARWICKSHIRE 1 J.S.Ord c Young b Sims 74 b Edrich 12 2 W.A.Hill lbw b Edrich 3 b Young 7 3 K.A.Taylor b Young 10 not out 68 4 H.E.Dollery lbw b Young 15 c Compton b Young 116 5 *P.Cranmer b Shaddick 3 (6) c Mann b Young 5 6 J.J.Hossell lbw b Sims 24 (5) lbw b Sims 0 7 C.W.C.Grove c Edrich b Gray 25 c Sims b Young 11 8 T.L.Pritchard c Brown b Sims 10 b Young 9 9 †D.H.Robins not out 29 run out 10 10 V.H.D.Cannings b Young 5 b Sims 0 11 W.E.Hollies lbw b Sims 0 c Robertson b Young 0 Extras b 1, w 1 2 b 2, lb 3 5 —— —— 200 243 FoW (1): 1-7, 2-27, 3-57, 4-60, 5-99, 6-135, 7-152, 8-187, 9-195, 10-200 FoW (2): 1-18, 2-23, 3-185, 4-188, 5-201, 6-213, 7-223, 8-242, 9-242, 10-243 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson lbw b Grove 19 2 S.M.Brown c Cranmer b Cannings 50 3 W.J.Edrich b Grove 225 4 *F.G.Mann b Cannings 9 5 J.T.Eaglestone b Hollies 55 6 A.W.Thompson not out 52 7 †L.H.Compton not out 31 8 R.A.Shaddick 9 J.M.Sims 10 L.H.Gray 11 J.A.Young Extras b 4, lb 7 11 —— (5 wickets, declared) 452 FoW (1): 1-29, 2-121, 3-159, 4-290, 5-406 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Gray 16 4 36 1 19 6 33 0 Edrich 13 6 21 1 14 2 41 1 Young 22 9 53 3 36.3 12 58 6 Shaddick 7 1 26 1 (5) 7 0 25 0 Sims 17 1 62 4 (4) 37 9 81 2 Warwickshire Bowling O M R W Pritchard 39 4 134 0 Grove 37 6 140 2 Hollies 39 7 106 1 Cannings 26 7 61 2 Umpires: B.Flint and G.M.Lee. Toss: Warwickshire Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 159-2 (Edrich 76*, Mann 9*); 2nd day: Warwickshire (2) 52-2 (Taylor 9*, Dollery 24*). W.J.Edrich’s 225 took 350 minutes and included 23 fours and 1 six. 142