First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

GLOUCESTERSHIRE v COMBINED SERVICES Played at Ashley Down Ground, Bristol, July 30, 31, 1947. Gloucestershire won by an innings and 21 runs. COMBINED SERVICES 1 J.G.Dewes lbw b Cook 19 (2) lbw b Cook 15 2 W.E.G.Payton b Lambert 51 (1) c Parker b Lambert 0 3 P.Hearn c Wilson b Cook 0 st Wilson b Cranfield 31 4 J.E.Manners b Cook 20 c Cranfield b Cook 0 5 R.J.Parker lbw b Cranfield 16 lbw b Cranfield 2 6 *A.C.Shirreff c Lambert b Scott 32 c Scott b Cook 7 7 †G.O.Dawkes b Scott 24 (8) b Lambert 25 8 W.M.E.White b Lambert 1 (9) b Lambert 34 9 J.P.Whitehead c Wilcox b Cook 19 (7) lbw b Cranfield 12 10 D.Smith b Cook 22 c Cook b Cranfield 1 11 J.N.Bartlett not out 5 not out 0 Extras b 8, lb 1, w 1 10 b 6, nb 1 7 —— —— 219 134 FoW (1): 1-37, 2-37, 3-61, 4-89, 5-141, 6-153, 7-164, 8-178, 9-198, 10-219 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-51, 3-51, 4-53, 5-53, 6-60, 7-88, 8-127, 9-134, 10-134 GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1 *G.W.Parker c Payton b Shirreff 35 2 †A.E.Wilson c Whitehead b Shirreff 51 3 W.L.Neale lbw b White 109 4 J.F.Crapp b Shirreff 107 5 L.M.Cranfield c and b Shirreff 0 6 A.G.S.Wilcox not out 33 7 G.E.E.Lambert c Payton b Shirreff 0 8 I.E.Hale lbw b Shirreff 0 9 J.K.R.Graveney st Dawkes b Bartlett 14 10 C.J.Scott c Whitehead b Hearn 1 11 C.Cook b Shirreff 6 Extras b 10, lb 6, w 2 18 —— 374 FoW (1): 1-92, 2-95, 3-291, 4-295, 5-329, 6-334, 7-334, 8-365, 9-366, 10-374 Gloucestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Lambert 14 2 34 2 10 1 18 3 Scott 16 5 46 2 5 0 25 0 Cook 28.5 11 66 5 17 7 29 3 Parker 5 2 4 0 Cranfield 19 6 49 1 (4) 14.4 1 55 4 Graveney 1 0 10 0 Combined Services Bowling O M R W Whitehead 18 3 61 0 Shirreff 39.2 11 81 7 Smith 11 0 50 0 White 33 10 73 1 Bartlett 12 1 39 1 Hearn 21 5 52 1 Umpires: G.P.Heaton and P.T.Mills. Toss: Combined Services Close of Play: 1st day: Gloucestershire (1) 127-3 (Neale 10*, Crapp 21*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. J.F.Crapp’s 107 included 16 fours. 313