First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

YORKSHIRE v GLOUCESTERSHIRE Played at Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford, August 9, 11, 12, 1947. Gloucestershire won by 8 runs. (Points: Yorkshire 4, Gloucestershire 12) GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1 C.J.Barnett lbw b Aspinall 0 c and b Aspinall 26 2 *B.O.Allen lbw b Aspinall 1 c and b Wardle 49 3 W.L.Neale c Brennan b Aspinall 14 lbw b Robinson 32 4 J.F.Crapp b Whitehead 13 c Keighley b Robinson 5 5 G.M.Emmett c Yardley b Aspinall 64 lbw b Aspinall 113 6 G.W.Parker c sub b Whitehead 28 c Yardley b Robinson 0 7 †A.E.Wilson not out 26 c Wardle b Robinson 7 8 G.E.E.Lambert b Whitehead 4 b Aspinall 0 9 C.J.Scott c Smithson b Wardle 21 c Robinson b Aspinall 25 10 T.W.J.Goddard c sub b Robinson 4 b Whitehead 11 11 C.Cook c Whitehead b Wardle 2 not out 0 Extras lb 5 5 b 1, lb 7, nb 5 13 —— —— 182 281 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-3, 3-26, 4-32, 5-125, 6-125, 7-129, 8-166, 9-173, 10-182 FoW (2): 1-40, 2-97, 3-108, 4-130, 5-130, 6-142, 7-159, 8-224, 9-275, 10-281 YORKSHIRE 1 W.G.Keighley c Wilson b Lambert 19 c Scott b Goddard 4 2 W.Watson c Wilson b Lambert 23 c Allen b Goddard 6 3 G.A.Smithson c Crapp b Goddard 0 lbw b Cook 37 4 E.I.Lester c Allen b Goddard 3 (5) c Wilson b Cook 55 5 *A.B.Sellers c Wilson b Lambert 0 (6) b Goddard 8 6 R.Aspinall b Lambert 61 (7) lbw b Cook 27 7 J.H.Wardle b Lambert 34 (8) c Allen b Goddard 39 8 N.W.D.Yardley lbw b Goddard 18 (4) c and b Cook 32 9 †D.V.Brennan c Allen b Cook 34 c Crapp b Goddard 7 10 E.P.Robinson c Crapp b Lambert 9 c Allen b Goddard 0 11 J.P.Whitehead not out 17 not out 1 Extras b 3, lb 7 10 b 9, lb 1, w 1 11 —— —— 228 227 FoW (1): 1-37, 2-42, 3-44, 4-44, 5-60, 6-111, 7-139, 8-174, 9-188, 10-228 FoW (2): 1-5, 2-14, 3-59, 4-92, 5-122, 6-171, 7-204, 8-226, 9-226, 10-227 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Aspinall 23 5 53 4 26 5 87 4 5nb Whitehead 25 5 74 3 24 6 47 1 Yardley 7 3 9 0 7 1 18 0 Robinson 18 7 20 1 (5) 24 6 60 4 Wardle 19.5 10 21 2 (4) 28 11 56 1 Gloucestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Lambert 29 5 85 6 (2) 8 3 18 0 Barnett 12 4 28 0 (1) 2 0 2 0 Goddard 25 8 75 3 36.2 4 116 6 Scott 1 0 7 0 Cook 12.4 4 23 1 (4) 31 10 80 4 Umpires: G.M.Lee and C.F.Root. Toss: Gloucestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Yorkshire (1) 106-5 (Aspinall 26*, Wardle 32*); 2nd day: Gloucestershire (2) 252-8 (Emmett 94*, Goddard 5*). G.M.Emmett’s 113 took 180 minutes and included 17 fours. 344