First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

LANCASHIRE v CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY Played at Old Trafford, Manchester, June 18, 19, 20, 1947. Lancashire won by 31 runs. LANCASHIRE 1 W.Place c Insole b Datta 96 2 C.Washbrook c Earls-Davis b Bailey 103 3 B.P.King b Griffiths 12 (2) c Shuttleworth b Earls-Davis 24 4 B.J.Howard c Bailey b Griffiths 6 (1) c Bailey b Datta 52 5 G.A.Edrich c Mischler b Griffiths 8 (3) not out 83 6 *K.Cranston not out 28 7 W.E.Phillipson not out 5 8 R.G.Garlick (4) not out 15 9 †A.Barlow 10 W.B.Roberts 11 E.J.Price Extras b 6, w 3, nb 3 12 lb 2, w 2, nb 2 6 —— —— (5 wickets, declared) 270 (2 wickets, declared) 180 FoW (1): 1-177, 2-212, 3-221, 4-230, 5-245 FoW (2): 1-37, 2-147 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1 *G.L.Willatt run out 43 b Cranston 100 2 J.Pepper c and b Roberts 17 c Edrich b Roberts 49 3 H.E.Watts st Barlow b Garlick 9 st Barlow b Roberts 10 4 T.E.Bailey st Barlow b Price 10 c Barlow b Garlick 4 5 G.M.Shuttleworth lbw b Price 25 lbw b Cranston 35 6 D.J.Insole c Edrich b Price 0 b Roberts 1 7 †N.M.Mischler lbw b Price 39 b Cranston 9 8 J.M.Mills c Place b Cranston 18 b Cranston 4 9 P.B.Datta c Howard b Cranston 19 not out 5 10 M.R.G.Earls-Davis c Phillipson b Cranston 3 c Barlow b Cranston 0 11 W.H.Griffiths not out 0 run out 0 Extras b 5, w 2, nb 1 8 b 10, nb 1 11 —— —— 191 228 FoW (1): 1-44, 2-57, 3-72, 4-92, 5-93, 6-110, 7-154, 8-174, 9-190, 10-191 FoW (2): 1-124, 2-136, 3-149, 4-200, 5-203, 6-207, 7-213, 8-226, 9-226, 10-228 Cambridge University Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 19 3 74 1 7 0 25 0 Griffiths 18 4 64 3 12 2 41 0 Earls-Davis 10 2 37 0 27 6 57 1 Datta 24 6 56 1 22 6 51 1 Mills 14 4 27 0 Lancashire Bowling O M R W O M R W Phillipson 16 4 37 0 5 1 15 0 Cranston 26.2 6 49 3 11 1 38 5 Roberts 22 8 23 1 31 6 85 3 Garlick 17 8 26 1 (5) 20 2 61 1 Price 30 13 48 4 (4) 4 1 18 0 Umpires: G.P.Heaton and P.Holmes. Toss: Lancashire Close of Play: 1st day: Lancashire (1) 270-5 (Cranston 28*, Phillipson 5*); 2nd day: Lancashire (2) 83-1 (Howard 31*, Edrich 23*). C.Washbrook’s 103 included 17 fours. G.L.Willatt’s 100 took 165 minutes. 214