First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

MIDDLESEX v YORKSHIRE Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, June 14, 16, 17, 1947. Match drawn. (Points: Middlesex 4, Yorkshire 0) YORKSHIRE 1 L.Hutton c Robertson b Gray 5 c and b D.C.S.Compton 57 2 W.Watson b Young 77 c Edrich b Young 18 3 H.Halliday c Edrich b Robins 20 c Edrich b Sims 17 4 N.W.D.Yardley c Edrich b Young 1 not out 40 5 *A.B.Sellers c Robertson b Young 0 c L.H.Compton b Robins 11 6 T.F.Smailes b Young 8 not out 0 7 A.Coxon lbw b D.C.S.Compton 34 8 J.H.Wardle lbw b Robins 4 9 †D.V.Brennan b Robins 17 10 E.P.Robinson b Robins 2 11 W.E.Bowes not out 11 Extras b 3, lb 4, w 1 8 b 3, lb 1 4 —— —— 187 (4 wickets) 147 FoW (1): 1-6, 2-21, 3-21, 4-37, 5-105, 6-152, 7-152, 8-158, 9-160, 10-187 FoW (2): 1-35, 2-78, 3-102, 4-142 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson st Brennan b Yardley 108 2 S.M.Brown st Brennan b Bowes 130 3 W.J.Edrich not out 54 4 D.C.S.Compton not out 50 5 *R.W.V.Robins 6 F.G.Mann 7 A.W.Thompson 8 †L.H.Compton 9 J.M.Sims 10 J.A.Young 11 L.H.Gray Extras b 2, lb 6 8 —— (2 wickets, declared) 350 FoW (1): 1-222, 2-260 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Edrich 17 5 22 0 1w 9 1 24 0 Gray 15 3 22 1 6 2 10 0 Young 25 9 43 4 12 4 19 1 Robertson 4 2 3 0 Sims 9 1 24 0 13 1 40 1 Robins 16.5 4 37 4 13 6 16 1 D.C.S.Compton 15 6 28 1 (4) 16 6 34 1 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W Bowes 31 7 73 1 Coxon 23 2 89 0 Smailes 15 0 61 0 Wardle 15 3 45 0 Yardley 14 1 50 1 Robinson 4 0 24 0 Umpires: J.J.Hills and C.N.Woolley. Toss: Yorkshire Close of Play: 1st day: Yorkshire (1) 13-1 (Watson 4*, Halliday 3*); 2nd day: Middlesex (1) 98-0 (Robertson 48*, Brown 49*). H.Halliday retired hurt in the Yorkshire first innings having scored 3 (team score 13-1) - he returned when the score was 105-5. 204