First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

MIDDLESEX v KENT Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, August 13, 14, 15, 1947. Kent won by 75 runs. (Points: Middlesex 0, Kent 12) KENT 1 L.J.Todd b Sims 62 b Hever 7 2 A.E.Fagg b Young 66 c L.H.Compton b Gray 6 3 L.E.G.Ames c L.H.Compton b Sims 8 c D.C.S.Compton b Young 69 4 *B.H.Valentine b Gray 61 c Gray b D.C.S.Compton 92 5 J.G.W.Davies c L.H.Compton b Sims 4 lbw b Young 11 6 G.F.Anson lbw b Sims 25 c Mann b Young 51 7 †T.G.Evans lbw b D.C.S.Compton 18 c Robertson b D.C.S.Compton 56 8 R.R.Dovey run out 7 not out 10 9 D.V.P.Wright b Hever 36 c Edrich b Young 11 10 F.Ridgway b D.C.S.Compton 0 11 N.W.Harding not out 5 Extras b 5, lb 4 9 b 5, lb 6 11 —— —— 301 (8 wickets, declared) 324 FoW (1): 1-97, 2-113, 3-179, 4-196, 5-221, 6-246, 7-254, 8-263, 9-275, 10-301 FoW (2): 1-9, 2-13, 3-170, 4-181, 5-199, 6-298, 7-298, 8-324 MIDDLESEX 1 S.M.Brown c Valentine b Harding 0 b Harding 5 2 J.D.B.Robertson c Evans b Wright 110 lbw b Harding 12 3 W.J.Edrich b Dovey 28 c and b Wright 31 4 D.C.S.Compton b Wright 16 c Davies b Wright 168 5 *R.W.V.Robins c Harding b Wright 24 b Davies 21 6 F.G.Mann c Fagg b Wright 1 b Wright 57 7 †L.H.Compton c Harding b Wright 6 st Evans b Wright 7 8 J.M.Sims b Dovey 7 b Davies 7 9 L.H.Gray c Todd b Wright 7 not out 4 10 J.A.Young c Fagg b Wright 17 c Evans b Davies 0 11 N.G.Hever not out 8 b Davies 2 Extras lb 2, w 2, nb 1 5 lb 4, nb 3 7 —— —— 229 321 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-77, 3-104, 4-172, 5-173, 6-189, 7-192, 8-202, 9-218, 10-229 FoW (2): 1-12, 2-28, 3-88, 4-135, 5-296, 6-305, 7-312, 8-317, 9-317, 10-321 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Gray 17 3 44 1 19 3 70 1 Hever 10.1 2 32 1 15 3 37 1 Robertson 3 1 12 0 Young 16 8 24 1 (3) 38.2 12 65 4 D.C.S.Compton 24 2 87 2 (4) 31 10 86 2 Robins 2 0 6 0 3 0 18 0 Sims 19 0 87 4 (5) 12 1 37 0 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Harding 5 1 22 1 13 0 56 2 Wright 33.2 5 92 7 (3) 24 3 102 4 Dovey 28 5 59 2 (4) 20 2 69 0 Ridgway 13 1 46 0 (2) 5 0 29 0 Davies 2 0 5 0 19 3 58 4 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and C.A.R.Coleman. Toss: Kent Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 133-3 (Robertson 73*, Robins 13*); 2nd day: Kent (2) 226-5 (Anson 33*). D.C.S.Compton’s 168 included 19 fours. 348