First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY v MIDDLESEX Played at Fenner’s, Cambridge, May 28, 29, 30, 1947. Middlesex won by 58 runs. MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson c Shuttleworth b Robins 6 b Mills 18 2 S.M.Brown c Lees b Datta 80 c Shuttleworth b Datta 112 3 W.H.Webster b Mills 43 lbw b Datta 42 4 A.W.Thompson lbw b Datta 20 st Insole b Datta 59 5 E.Crutchley run out 3 c and b Mills 14 6 J.T.Eaglestone c Johnson b Datta 61 c Anson b Mills 0 7 †L.H.Compton lbw b Mills 36 st Insole b Datta 24 8 J.M.Sims c and b Mills 6 not out 12 9 W.S.Ashmore not out 15 10 W.J.R.Harrington b Mills 0 11 R.A.Shaddick b Robins 10 Extras b 3 3 b 1, w 1 2 —— —— 283 (7 wickets, declared) 283 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-102, 3-139, 4-150, 5-159, 6-251, 7-258, 8-259, 9-259, 10-283 FoW (2): 1-36, 2-130, 3-201, 4-239, 5-245, 6-249, 7-283 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1 J.Pepper lbw b Shaddick 34 c Compton b Ashmore 4 2 S.N.Roberts b Sims 24 b Shaddick 18 3 G.F.Anson c Brown b Sims 4 c Thompson b Robertson 106 4 G.M.Shuttleworth c Brown b Sims 43 c Compton b Ashmore 61 5 G.W.Lees st Compton b Sims 15 lbw b Sims 0 6 P.L.Johnson b Shaddick 19 c and b Robertson 40 7 †D.J.Insole b Shaddick 58 b Robertson 14 8 J.M.Mills c Compton b Sims 4 not out 19 9 P.B.Datta c Crutchley b Shaddick 2 c Harrington b Shaddick 15 10 K.M.Woolley c Robertson b Sims 4 b Shaddick 0 11 G.L.Robins not out 0 b Shaddick 0 Extras b 9, lb 1 10 b 12, lb 2 14 —— —— 217 291 FoW (1): 1-37, 2-43, 3-95, 4-121, 5-134, 6-168, 7-177, 8-196, 9-217, 10-217 FoW (2): 1-5, 2-54, 3-167, 4-168, 5-218, 6-249, 7-252, 8-273, 9-275, 10-291 Cambridge University Bowling O M R W O M R W Woolley 12 0 51 0 4 1 5 0 Robins 21.1 6 60 2 17 2 44 0 Datta 48 15 98 3 35.3 4 136 4 Mills 39 10 71 4 28 2 96 3 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Ashmore 15 5 41 0 (2) 8 0 37 2 Harrington 7 1 30 0 (1) 9 1 26 0 Sims 33 8 90 6 (4) 29 4 107 1 Shaddick 24.4 6 46 4 (3) 14 1 54 4 Robertson (5) 21 8 53 3 Umpires: J.Clover and H.L.Palmer. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Cambridge University (1) 70-2 (Pepper 20*, Shuttleworth 17*); 2nd day: Middlesex (2) 264-6 (Compton 13*, Sims 4*). G.F.Anson’s 106 took 90 minutes and included 11 fours and 1 five. 159