First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v COMBINED SERVICES Played at County Ground, Northampton, June 21, 23, 24, 1947. Match drawn. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 D.Brookes b White 46 c Dawkes b Shirreff 145 2 C.P.Davis b White 15 (6) b Shirreff 46 3 A.L.Cox lbw b Hearn 57 (2) b Whitehead 5 4 J.E.Timms b Whitehead 0 b Whitehead 3 5 W.Barron c Dawkes b Pryer 19 b Hearn 44 6 E.White b Whitehead 16 (7) b White 12 7 *A.W.Childs-Clarke c Hearn b Pryer 30 (8) not out 23 8 V.Broderick b Whitehead 1 (3) b Pryer 36 9 C.B.Clarke b White 22 c and b White 8 10 †K.Fiddling c White b Pryer 2 (11) c White b Shirreff 3 11 W.T.Nevell not out 2 (10) b White 5 Extras b 13, lb 3, w 1 17 b 14, lb 5 19 —— —— 227 349 FoW (1): 1-42, 2-91, 3-96, 4-130, 5-155, 6-176, 7-209, 8-217, 9-218, 10-227 FoW (2): 1-6, 2-78, 3-85, 4-168, 5-292, 6-301, 7-313, 8-339, 9-340, 10-349 COMBINED SERVICES 1 J.G.Dewes c Fiddling b Timms 13 not out 16 2 G.W.Vavasour b Nevell 8 b Timms 6 3 P.Hearn c Fiddling b Childs-Clarke 138 (5) not out 6 4 A.W.H.Rayment b Nevell 5 5 R.J.Parker b Clarke 18 6 A.C.Shirreff c Cox b Clarke 65 7 †G.O.Dawkes c and b Broderick 42 (3) b Timms 2 8 W.M.E.White c White b Broderick 1 (4) c Fiddling b Timms 6 9 G.E.S.Woodhouse b Broderick 20 10 J.P.Whitehead c Davis b Clarke 71 11 B.J.K.Pryer not out 7 Extras b 6, lb 7 13 b 4, nb 1 5 —— —— 401 (3 wickets) 41 FoW (1): 1-15, 2-25, 3-33, 4-86, 5-233, 6-290, 7-294, 8-295, 9-341, 10-401 FoW (2): 1-9, 2-15, 3-31 Combined Services Bowling O M R W O M R W Whitehead 20.2 8 34 3 30 8 100 2 Shirreff 21 4 48 0 30 8 56 3 White 26.3 4 69 3 32 11 59 3 Rayment 2 0 5 0 3 0 11 0 Pryer 8 2 27 3 14 2 45 1 Hearn 11 3 27 1 22 8 59 1 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Nevell 25 7 64 2 8 2 15 0 Timms 14 3 34 1 9 5 13 3 Clarke 31.1 4 121 3 Broderick 29 9 97 3 Childs-Clarke 13 2 23 1 Barron 4 0 14 0 (3) 1 0 5 0 Cox 10 0 35 0 Davis (4) 2 0 3 0 Umpires: R.J.Partridge and H.Scott. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Combined Services (1) 85-3 (Hearn 39*, Parker 18*); 2nd day: Northamptonshire (2) 102-3 (Brookes 49*, Barron 5*). P.Hearn’s 138 took 255 minutes and included 15 fours. D.Brookes’s 145 took 300 minutes. 224