First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

DERBYSHIRE v MIDDLESEX Played at County Ground, Derby, August 20, 21, 22, 1947. Middlesex won by 212 runs. (Points: Derbyshire 0, Middlesex 12) MIDDLESEX 1 S.M.Brown c Rhodes b Pope 95 not out 150 2 A.Fairbairn c Dawkes b Worthington 12 c Rhodes b Gothard 35 3 W.J.Edrich c Rhodes b Revill 47 c and b Gothard 0 4 H.P.H.Sharp b Gothard 32 5 *R.W.V.Robins c Pope b Rhodes 0 (4) c Worthington b Gothard 0 6 F.G.Mann lbw b Rhodes 0 (5) b Revill 47 7 †L.H.Compton b Gothard 1 (6) c Elliott b Marsh 107 8 J.M.Sims b Rhodes 5 9 J.A.Young c Elliott b Pope 30 10 L.H.Gray lbw b Pope 21 11 N.G.Hever not out 8 Extras b 2 2 b 8, lb 6 14 —— —— 253 (5 wickets, declared) 353 FoW (1): 1-38, 2-95, 3-168, 4-169, 5-169, 6-170, 7-175, 8-219, 9-226, 10-253 FoW (2): 1-84, 2-84, 3-84, 4-172, 5-353 DERBYSHIRE 1 A.F.Townsend lbw b Gray 13 lbw b Young 22 2 C.S.Elliott b Young 25 lbw b Sims 40 3 J.D.Eggar c Gray b Young 65 lbw b Sims 10 4 T.S.Worthington b Young 7 c Fairbairn b Sims 0 5 A.E.Alderman b Sims 0 (10) not out 27 6 A.C.Revill b Sims 10 run out 5 7 G.H.Pope lbw b Young 74 (5) b Sims 0 8 †G.O.Dawkes not out 11 (7) lbw b Young 0 9 A.E.G.Rhodes c Robins b Young 1 (8) lbw b Robins 35 10 F.E.Marsh b Young 0 (9) b Robins 10 11 *E.J.Gothard b Sims 0 st Compton b Robins 9 Extras b 14, lb 6 20 b 6, lb 3, nb 1 10 —— —— 226 168 FoW (1): 1-32, 2-62, 3-72, 4-73, 5-100, 6-206, 7-217, 8-221, 9-221, 10-226 FoW (2): 1-46, 2-57, 3-57, 4-59, 5-77, 6-81, 7-83, 8-114, 9-152, 10-168 Derbyshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pope 28.4 6 89 3 (6) 8 0 40 0 Worthington 9 3 31 1 17 0 57 0 Revill 10 0 37 1 5 1 21 1 Rhodes 25 5 64 3 (5) 20 1 93 0 Gothard 10 2 30 2 (1) 26 5 84 3 Marsh (4) 8.4 1 44 1 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Gray 27 5 63 1 8 2 24 0 Hever 17 3 45 0 3 1 4 0 Sims 35.2 9 69 3 (4) 20 6 35 4 Young 18 5 28 6 (3) 32 16 59 2 Robins 3 2 1 0 9.2 2 25 3 Sharp (6) 3 0 11 0 Umpires: D.Davies and A.Skelding. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Derbyshire (1) 88-4 (Eggar 25*, Revill 7*); 2nd day: Middlesex (2) 243-4 (Brown 108*, Compton 43*). E.J.Gothard took a hat-trick in the Middlesex second innings (Fairbairn, Edrich, Robins). 363