First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

MIDDLESEX v LANCASHIRE Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, August 30, September 1, 2, 1947. Lancashire won by 64 runs. (Points: Middlesex 0, Lancashire 12) LANCASHIRE 1 W.Place b Sims 38 (2) c Robins b Bedford 40 2 C.Washbrook c Sims b Young 67 (1) c Young b Bedford 32 3 J.T.Ikin lbw b D.C.S.Compton 73 hit wkt b Bedford 9 4 G.A.Edrich b Gray 34 st L.H.Compton b Bedford 18 5 *K.Cranston c Robins b D.C.S.Compton 63 c and b Young 14 6 T.L.Brierley lbw b D.C.S.Compton 17 lbw b Young 0 7 A.Wharton c Robertson b D.C.S.Compton 11 lbw b Bedford 8 8 R.Pollard st L.H.Compton b Bedford 9 c and b Young 12 9 J.B.Bowes b Bedford 0 c D.C.S.Compton b Sims 9 10 E.J.Price not out 11 lbw b D.C.S.Compton 2 11 †A.Barlow run out 3 not out 0 Extras b 19, lb 6, nb 1 26 b 5, lb 3, w 1 9 —— —— 352 153 FoW (1): 1-79, 2-132, 3-200, 4-248, 5-286, 6-304, 7-327, 8-327, 9-333, 10-352 FoW (2): 1-72, 2-76, 3-105, 4-114, 5-115, 6-126, 7-136, 8-142, 9-153, 10-153 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson b Pollard 5 c Washbrook b Price 14 2 S.M.Brown c Barlow b Price 15 c Barlow b Pollard 22 3 W.J.Edrich c Wharton b Ikin 55 b Pollard 27 4 D.C.S.Compton b Ikin 17 st Barlow b Price 139 5 F.G.Mann c and b Ikin 2 run out 19 6 †L.H.Compton c Brierley b Ikin 17 c Pollard b Ikin 0 7 *R.W.V.Robins b Price 8 c Place b Price 31 8 J.M.Sims c Pollard b Price 0 b Ikin 41 9 J.A.Young b Ikin 5 c Barlow b Price 2 10 L.H.Gray not out 0 c and b Ikin 4 11 P.I.Bedford run out 2 not out 0 Extras b 7, lb 1 8 b 6, lb 1, nb 1 8 —— —— 134 307 FoW (1): 1-12, 2-42, 3-71, 4-83, 5-111, 6-120, 7-120, 8-129, 9-129, 10-134 FoW (2): 1-21, 2-56, 3-81, 4-123, 5-123, 6-215, 7-267, 8-275, 9-282, 10-307 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Gray 18 3 56 1 3 0 16 0 Young 27 9 49 1 40 22 41 3 Bedford 26.3 5 81 2 (5) 26 6 54 5 Sims 23 2 65 1 (3) 6.1 1 13 1 D.C.S.Compton 28 5 75 4 (4) 7 2 20 1 Lancashire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pollard 19 6 36 1 35 12 51 2 Bowes 9 3 19 0 Ikin 15.5 2 37 5 (4) 20.4 3 71 3 Price 21 9 34 3 (3) 47 6 166 4 Cranston (2) 8 2 11 0 Umpires: C.A.R.Coleman and B.Flint. Toss: Lancashire Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 26-1 (Brown 7*, Edrich 14*); 2nd day: Middlesex (2) 1-0 (Robertson 0*, Brown 1*). D.C.S.Compton’s 139 took 200 minutes and included 17 fours. 390