First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

MIDDLESEX v HAMPSHIRE Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, June 4, 5, 6, 1947. Middlesex won by an innings and 49 runs. (Points: Middlesex 12, Hampshire 0) MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson c sub b Knott 229 2 S.M.Brown c Harrison b Bailey 34 3 W.J.Edrich b Heath 31 4 D.C.S.Compton st Harrison b Arnold 88 5 *R.W.V.Robins c Bailey b Knott 12 6 W.H.Webster not out 8 7 †L.H.Compton run out 16 8 L.H.Gray 9 J.M.Sims 10 N.G.Hever 11 J.A.Young Extras b 9, lb 1, nb 1 11 —— (6 wickets, declared) 429 FoW (1): 1-87, 2-144, 3-337, 4-389, 5-406, 6-429 HAMPSHIRE 1 J.Arnold b Sims 6 b Edrich 14 2 N.H.Rogers c L.H.Compton b Gray 23 c Robertson b Gray 18 3 G.Hill b Hever 24 b D.C.S.Compton 26 4 J.Bailey run out 5 (5) c Hever b Edrich 23 5 †N.T.McCorkell c Gray b Hever 43 (4) c Edrich b D.C.S.Compton 66 6 *E.D.R.Eagar c Sims b Gray 20 c Edrich b Gray 5 7 G.W.Dawson b Gray 11 run out 20 8 L.Harrison b Hever 9 c Young b Hever 9 9 C.J.Knott not out 10 c Webster b Hever 0 10 G.E.M.Heath b Hever 1 c Gray b Hever 0 11 J.F.Godfrey b Hever 1 not out 25 Extras b 6, lb 4, nb 1 11 b 4, lb 5, nb 1 10 —— —— 164 216 FoW (1): 1-21, 2-49, 3-64, 4-67, 5-107, 6-123, 7-144, 8-152, 9-156, 10-164 FoW (2): 1-22, 2-45, 3-105, 4-148, 5-155, 6-157, 7-176, 8-176, 9-176, 10-216 Hampshire Bowling O M R W Godfrey 22 3 62 0 Heath 23 3 74 1 Knott 28 6 99 2 Bailey 26 7 80 1 Eagar 5 0 25 0 Hill 14 1 60 0 Arnold 2 0 18 1 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Edrich 13 1 28 0 22 3 58 2 Gray 20 6 39 3 (4) 13 7 21 2 Sims 17 2 55 1 6 0 19 0 Hever 13.1 4 26 5 (2) 18 4 46 3 Young 4 1 5 0 4 1 16 0 D.C.S.Compton (6) 18.4 5 46 2 Umpires: F.Chester and N.Harris. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Hampshire (1) 35-1 (Rogers 15*, Hill 8*); 2nd day: Hampshire (2) 131-3 (McCorkell 57*, Bailey 11*). J.D.B.Robertson’s 229 took 305 minutes and included 20 fours and 1 six. 178