First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

MIDDLESEX v SOMERSET Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, May 19, 20, 21, 1948. Middlesex won by ten wickets. (Points: Middlesex 12, Somerset 0) MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson c Hazell b Buse 21 not out 22 2 S.M.Brown c Mitchell-Innes b Buse 31 3 W.J.Edrich not out 168 4 D.C.S.Compton not out 252 5 †L.H.Compton (2) not out 7 6 *F.G.Mann 7 R.W.V.Robins 8 H.P.H.Sharp 9 J.M.Sims 10 J.A.Young 11 L.H.Gray Extras b 4, w 2 6 —— —— (2 wickets, declared) 478 (no wicket) 29 FoW (1): 1-45, 2-54 SOMERSET 1 H.Gimblett b Gray 6 b Gray 29 2 E.Hill c L.H.Compton b Gray 3 st L.H.Compton b D.C.S.Compton 69 3 M.Coope c L.H.Compton b Sims 31 lbw b Sims 59 4 *N.S.Mitchell-Innes b D.C.S.Compton 65 lbw b Sims 8 5 G.E.S.Woodhouse lbw b D.C.S.Compton 15 c Edrich b D.C.S.Compton 8 6 H.F.T.Buse c D.C.S.Compton b Young 7 c L.H.Compton b Young 59 7 M.F.Tremlett c Robins b Gray 40 c Edrich b Robins 20 8 †W.T.Luckes c Sharp b Young 0 c Edrich b Sims 27 9 A.W.Wellard c and b Edrich 3 c Brown b Robins 14 10 H.L.Hazell not out 4 lbw b Robins 5 11 P.A.O.Graham b Gray 12 not out 4 Extras b 4, lb 4 8 b 5, lb 3 8 —— —— 194 310 FoW (1): 1-7, 2-14, 3-70, 4-124, 5-129, 6-154, 7-163, 8-178, 9-178, 10-194 FoW (2): 1-40, 2-128, 3-130, 4-163, 5-180, 6-256, 7-258, 8-281, 9-297, 10-310 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Wellard 29 4 158 0 Tremlett 15 2 50 0 1w (1) 3 0 9 0 Graham 8 0 40 0 (2) 2.2 0 20 0 Buse 33 9 107 2 Hazell 19 4 56 0 1w Coope 6 0 61 0 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Gray 14 3 27 4 (2) 14 5 25 1 Young 13 8 14 2 (6) 19 7 41 1 Sims 19 2 61 1 29.4 9 78 3 Edrich 9 2 29 1 (1) 3 0 20 0 D.C.S.Compton 15 4 55 2 (4) 19 3 69 2 Robins (5) 17 2 69 3 Umpires: H.Elliott and P.T.Mills. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Somerset (1) 21-2 (Coope 6*, Mitchell-Innes 6*); 2nd day: Somerset (2) 297-9 (Luckes 18*, Graham 0*). W.J.Edrich’s 168 included 18 fours and 1 six. D.C.S.Compton’s 252 took 240 minutes and included 37 fours and 3 sixes. 152