First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY v FREE FORESTERS Played at Fenner’s, Cambridge, June 7, 9, 10, 1947. Cambridge University won by an innings and 20 runs. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1 *G.L.Willatt c Griffith b Rought-Rought 46 2 S.N.Roberts b Kaye 3 3 B.G.M.Cangley b Peebles 41 4 H.E.Watts lbw b Shaddick 74 5 T.E.Bailey b Shaddick 63 6 G.M.Shuttleworth b Peebles 0 7 †D.J.Insole c Wilcox b Shaddick 68 8 J.M.Mills b Peebles 30 9 R.D.Pearsall b G.O.B.Allen 0 10 M.R.G.Earls-Davis lbw b Peebles 1 11 W.H.Griffiths not out 0 Extras b 12, lb 2 14 —— 340 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-340 FREE FORESTERS 1 D.R.Wilcox c Insole b Earls-Davis 69 c Willatt b Bailey 7 2 A.W.Allen c Insole b Griffiths 0 b Griffiths 33 3 A.F.T.White b Pearsall 14 c Watts b Mills 0 4 J.H.Pawle b Pearsall 0 b Griffiths 0 5 R.A.A.Holt b Bailey 0 b Griffiths 0 6 G.O.B.Allen c Pearsall b Earls-Davis 18 c Pearsall b Bailey 40 7 †S.C.Griffith c Shuttleworth b Mills 13 b Pearsall 18 8 D.C.Rought-Rought c Insole b Pearsall 22 lbw b Mills 23 9 I.A.R.Peebles b Pearsall 0 absent hurt 0 10 M.A.C.P.Kaye not out 20 (9) b Bailey 26 11 R.A.Shaddick b Bailey 3 (10) not out 0 Extras b 3, lb 3, nb 1 7 b 3, lb 4 7 —— —— 166 154 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-166 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9-154 Free Foresters Bowling O M R W G.O.B.Allen 25 4 78 1 Rought-Rought 14 3 26 1 Kaye 14 4 32 1 Shaddick 29.4 6 87 3 Peebles 40 10 103 4 Cambridge University Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 19.5 7 31 2 9.2 3 22 3 Griffiths 18 4 39 1 15 4 29 3 Pearsall 23 10 51 4 12 5 26 1 Earls-Davis 19 7 33 2 8 4 12 0 Mills 6 2 5 1 18 0 58 2 Umpires: J.Clover and H.L.Palmer. Toss: Free Foresters Close of Play: 1st day: Cambridge University (1) 160-3 (Watts 34*, Bailey 25*); 2nd day: Free Foresters (1) 94-6 (Wilcox 42*, Rought-Rought 5*). 117 runs were added for the 4th wicket in the Cambridge University first innings. 183