First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

MIDDLESEX v NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, June 11, 12, 13, 1947. Middlesex won by seven wickets. (Points: Middlesex 12, Nottinghamshire 0) NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 1 W.W.Keeton c Hever b Gray 4 b Hever 5 2 C.B.Harris c Gray b Sims 65 lbw b Young 45 3 R.T.Simpson c Compton b Gray 27 c Price b Sims 20 4 J.Hardstaff lbw b Gray 35 b Gray 11 5 F.H.Winrow c Price b Gray 2 b Robins 10 6 F.W.Stocks c and b Sims 5 (7) lbw b Robins 0 7 T.B.Reddick b Sims 61 (6) c Price b Sims 43 8 *W.A.Sime b Robins 69 b Hever 14 9 H.J.Butler b Young 13 c Robins b Sims 4 10 A.Jepson b Sims 13 not out 9 11 †E.A.Meads not out 1 b Sims 1 Extras b 8, lb 13, nb 1 22 b 23, lb 2, nb 1 26 —— —— 317 188 FoW (1): 1-21, 2-72, 3-132, 4-142, 5-147, 6-158, 7-263, 8-286, 9-311, 10-317 FoW (2): 1-5, 2-42, 3-78, 4-106, 5-113, 6-129, 7-162, 8-175, 9-182, 10-188 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson lbw b Jepson 183 not out 21 2 S.M.Brown lbw b Winrow 155 b Butler 1 3 L.H.Compton c Keeton b Butler 7 lbw b Butler 0 4 A.W.Thompson c Jepson b Winrow 50 (5) not out 24 5 *R.W.V.Robins b Jepson 8 6 J.T.Eaglestone c Meads b Winrow 17 (4) b Butler 0 7 J.M.Sims not out 16 8 †W.F.F.Price b Stocks 7 9 J.A.Young b Jepson 1 10 L.H.Gray 11 N.G.Hever Extras b 5, lb 9 14 nb 2 2 —— —— (8 wickets, declared) 458 (3 wickets) 48 FoW (1): 1-310, 2-329, 3-366, 4-380, 5-432, 6-444, 7-451, 8-458 FoW (2): 1-6, 2-6, 3-10 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Gray 27 8 47 4 21 5 40 1 Hever 13 5 28 0 13 2 26 2 Compton 6 0 34 0 Sims 37 7 93 4 26.2 7 69 4 Young 28 4 53 1 2 0 6 1 Robertson 2 0 13 0 Robins 5 0 27 1 (3) 15 4 21 2 Nottinghamshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Butler 35 6 104 1 (2) 7 1 15 3 Jepson 29.3 5 100 3 (1) 8 2 18 0 Winrow 27 1 128 3 Sime 4 1 15 0 (3) 2 0 4 0 Stocks 9 0 55 1 Reddick 4 0 30 0 Harris 3 0 12 0 Hardstaff (4) 2 0 9 0 Umpires: H.Cruice and P.Holmes. Toss: Nottinghamshire Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 23-0 (Robertson 10*, Brown 9*); 2nd day: Nottinghamshire (2) 75-2 (Harris 27*, Hardstaff 11*). J.D.B.Robertson’s 183 took 250 minutes and included 14 fours, 1 five and 1 six. S.M.Brown’s 155 took 210 minutes and included 16 fours and 1 six. 197