First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

LEICESTERSHIRE v MIDDLESEX Played at Grace Road, Leicester, July 12, 14, 15, 1947. Middlesex won by ten wickets. (Points: Leicestershire 0, Middlesex 12) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *G.L.Berry lbw b Sims 53 lbw b Edrich 154 2 F.T.Prentice c L.H.Compton b Edrich 1 c and b D.C.S.Compton 31 3 G.S.Watson lbw b Gray 3 c Sims b D.C.S.Compton 4 4 M.Tompkin lbw b Sims 33 c L.H.Compton b Edrich 76 5 G.Lester b Sims 19 c L.H.Compton b Sims 40 6 V.E.Jackson b Young 117 c Sims b Gray 7 7 A.Riddington c Sims b Young 63 lbw b Sims 3 8 J.Howard st Price b Sims 0 st Price b D.C.S.Compton 2 9 J.E.Walsh c Brown b Sims 6 c Young b D.C.S.Compton 15 10 †P.Corrall b Sims 5 c Gray b D.C.S.Compton 25 11 J.Sperry not out 0 not out 2 Extras b 6, lb 3 9 b 21, lb 12, nb 1 34 —— —— 309 393 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-12, 3-74, 4-113, 5-114, 6-221, 7-230, 8-242, 9-285, 10-309 FoW (2): 1-87, 2-97, 3-249, 4-336, 5-345, 6-345, 7-349, 8-353, 9-387, 10-393 MIDDLESEX 1 S.M.Brown retired hurt 13 2 J.D.B.Robertson c Watson b Walsh 75 3 *W.J.Edrich c Riddington b Sperry 257 (1) not out 29 4 D.C.S.Compton st Corrall b Walsh 151 (2) not out 33 5 A.W.Thompson not out 89 6 L.R.White lbw b Lester 6 7 L.H.Compton not out 29 8 J.M.Sims 9 J.A.Young 10 L.H.Gray 11 †W.F.F.Price Extras b 14, lb 3 17 lb 4 4 —— —— (4 wickets, declared) 637 (no wicket) 66 FoW (1): 1-185, 2-462, 3-539, 4-563 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Edrich 13 2 37 1 15 3 37 2 Gray 22 6 65 1 21 4 64 1 Young 21.5 6 58 2 (4) 14 5 29 0 Sims 36 4 135 6 (3) 43 8 121 2 D.C.S.Compton 3 1 5 0 29.1 3 108 5 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Sperry 27 2 110 1 4 0 35 0 Riddington 18 0 75 0 Walsh 35 1 159 2 Lester 21 2 107 1 Jackson 27 2 129 0 (2) 3 0 27 0 Prentice 8 0 40 0 Umpires: G.P.Heaton and A.Mitchison. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 134-0 (Robertson 58*, Edrich 54*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 160-2 (Berry 72*, Tompkin 32*). W.J.Edrich’s 257 took 285 minutes and included 26 fours and 4 sixes. D.C.S.Compton’s 151 included 21 fours. G.L.Berry’s 154 took 280 minutes. S.M.Brown retired hurt in the Middlesex first innings having scored 13 (team score 26-0). 274