First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

MIDDLESEX v WORCESTERSHIRE Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, May 12, 13, 1948. Middlesex won by ten wickets. (Points: Middlesex 12, Worcestershire 0) WORCESTERSHIRE 1 E.Cooper lbw b Gray 0 c D.C.S.Compton b Young 9 2 D.M.Young c D.C.S.Compton b Gray 45 (7) lbw b D.C.S.Compton 3 3 D.Kenyon lbw b Young 27 lbw b Edrich 0 4 R.E.S.Wyatt lbw b D.C.S.Compton 0 st L.H.Compton b D.C.S.Compton 37 5 L.F.Outschoorn c D.C.S.Compton b Gray 27 c L.H.Compton b Young 5 6 R.Howorth c Mann b Gray 4 c L.H.Compton b Edrich 25 7 *A.F.T.White c Sharp b Sims 6 (2) c Young b Edrich 6 8 R.O.Jenkins lbw b Sims 0 c Edrich b D.C.S.Compton 5 9 R.T.D.Perks c Edrich b Gray 32 c and b D.C.S.Compton 17 10 †H.Yarnold not out 9 not out 18 11 P.F.Jackson c Edrich b Sims 1 c Robins b Sims 3 Extras b 1, lb 5 6 b 1, lb 3 4 —— —— 157 132 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-36, 3-41, 4-81, 5-96, 6-106, 7-106, 8-143, 9-148, 10-157 FoW (2): 1-7, 2-7, 3-28, 4-40, 5-81, 6-87, 7-93, 8-94, 9-115, 10-132 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson b Perks 2 not out 5 2 A.Fairbairn c Yarnold b Howorth 13 not out 3 3 W.J.Edrich b Howorth 43 4 D.C.S.Compton c and b Perks 94 5 *F.G.Mann c Jenkins b Howorth 3 6 L.H.Gray c Cooper b Jackson 1 7 H.P.H.Sharp lbw b Howorth 3 8 R.W.V.Robins b Perks 67 9 †L.H.Compton lbw b Howorth 24 10 J.M.Sims not out 8 11 J.A.Young b Perks 1 Extras b 16, lb 6, nb 1 23 —— —— 282 (no wicket) 8 FoW (1): 1-6, 2-38, 3-79, 4-89, 5-106, 6-109, 7-210, 8-256, 9-273, 10-282 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Edrich 16 7 25 0 12 2 31 3 Gray 26 11 25 5 8 3 16 0 Young 22 11 36 1 7 3 18 2 D.C.S.Compton 5 1 22 1 13 4 36 4 Sims 13.3 4 43 3 11.2 2 27 1 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Perks 25.1 8 59 4 2 0 5 0 Jackson 24 8 87 1 Howorth 35 11 76 5 Jenkins 3 0 11 0 Outschoorn 3 1 26 0 (2) 1.4 0 3 0 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and J.J.Hills. Toss: Worcestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 89-4 (D.C.S.Compton 18*, Gray 0*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. 134