First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v MIDDLESEX Played at County Ground, Northampton, July 23, 24, 25, 1947. Middlesex won by eight wickets. (Points: Northamptonshire 0, Middlesex 12) MIDDLESEX 1 S.M.Brown c Partridge b Clark 17 not out 20 2 J.D.B.Robertson c Barron b Partridge 0 c Brookes b Clark 6 3 W.J.Edrich not out 267 c Cox b Partridge 27 4 D.C.S.Compton b Partridge 110 not out 13 5 *F.G.Mann b Cox 54 6 A.W.Thompson c Davis b Broderick 3 7 †L.H.Compton not out 2 8 J.M.Sims 9 J.A.Young 10 L.H.Gray 11 N.G.Hever Extras b 4, lb 6, w 1 11 nb 1 1 —— —— (5 wickets, declared) 464 (2 wickets) 67 FoW (1): 1-4, 2-51, 3-262, 4-417, 5-431 FoW (2): 1-9, 2-38 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 D.Brookes b Edrich 6 lbw b D.C.S.Compton 107 2 C.P.Davis c Edrich b D.C.S.Compton 18 b Edrich 6 3 A.C.L.Bennett b D.C.S.Compton 50 st L.H.Compton b Young 44 4 J.E.Timms lbw b Sims 2 lbw b D.C.S.Compton 22 5 W.Barron retired hurt 4 absent hurt 0 6 A.L.Cox c Mann b D.C.S.Compton 10 (5) c L.H.Compton b Sims 41 7 V.Broderick b D.C.S.Compton 18 (6) b Sims 31 8 *A.W.Childs-Clarke lbw b D.C.S.Compton 32 (7) b D.C.S.Compton 4 9 R.J.Partridge c L.H.Compton b D.C.S.Compton 12 (8) c D.C.S.Compton b Sims 21 10 †K.Fiddling lbw b Sims 20 (9) hit wkt b Gray 25 11 E.W.Clark not out 19 (10) not out 12 Extras b 6, lb 4, nb 1 11 b 7, lb 8 15 —— —— 202 328 FoW (1): 1-10, 2-30, 3-35, 4-84, 5-103, 6-120, 7-153, 8-158, 9-202 FoW (2): 1-13, 2-90, 3-144, 4-203, 5-237, 6-248, 7-284, 8-289, 9-328 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Clark 22 4 98 1 (2) 6.5 1 31 1 Partridge 22 2 63 2 (1) 7 0 35 1 Timms 13 2 56 0 Broderick 23.4 4 87 1 Cox 15 0 76 1 Davis 4 0 41 0 Childs-Clarke 5 0 32 0 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Gray 7 1 20 0 (2) 9.2 1 25 1 Edrich 10 1 39 1 (1) 9 1 24 1 Sims 18.5 1 54 2 (4) 25 1 116 3 D.C.S.Compton 22 1 78 6 (3) 24 0 100 3 Young (5) 14 2 37 1 Hever (6) 4 0 11 0 Umpires: C.A.R.Coleman and H.Elliott. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Northamptonshire (1) 39-3 (Bennett 11*, Barron 0*); 2nd day: Middlesex (2) 31-1 (Brown 5*, Edrich 20*). W.J.Edrich’s 267 took 315 minutes and included 24 fours and 3 sixes. D.Brookes’s 107 took 150 minutes. 300