First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

MIDDLESEX v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, May 26, 27, 28, 1948. Match drawn. (Points: Middlesex 0, Leicestershire 4) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *G.L.Berry b Young 26 st L.H.Compton b D.C.S.Compton 62 2 G.Lester lbw b Young 39 b D.C.S.Compton 27 3 F.T.Prentice lbw b Gray 0 not out 30 4 M.Tompkin b Sims 42 not out 46 5 V.E.Jackson b Young 25 6 G.S.Watson lbw b Edrich 27 7 W.B.Cornock c Robertson b Gray 60 8 A.Riddington c L.H.Compton b Gray 56 9 J.E.Walsh c D.C.S.Compton b Young 23 10 †P.Corrall not out 2 11 J.Sperry c D.C.S.Compton b Young 7 Extras b 7, lb 7, nb 2 16 b 6, lb 4, nb 1 11 —— —— 323 (2 wickets, declared) 176 FoW (1): 1-42, 2-43, 3-110, 4-126, 5-144, 6-202, 7-243, 8-307, 9-316, 10-323 FoW (2): 1-72, 2-117 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson lbw b Walsh 23 not out 35 2 H.P.H.Sharp c Cornock b Sperry 0 3 W.J.Edrich b Sperry 0 (2) c Cornock b Sperry 11 4 D.C.S.Compton c Corrall b Jackson 84 (3) c and b Cornock 21 5 *F.G.Mann st Corrall b Walsh 114 (4) not out 7 6 S.M.Brown lbw b Walsh 0 7 A.W.Thompson run out 3 8 †L.H.Compton st Corrall b Walsh 2 9 J.M.Sims b Jackson 1 10 J.A.Young b Walsh 0 11 L.H.Gray not out 0 Extras b 9, lb 10 19 —— —— 246 (2 wickets) 74 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-3, 3-45, 4-167, 5-168, 6-177, 7-199, 8-202, 9-203, 10-246 FoW (2): 1-19, 2-62 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Edrich 21 2 69 1 4 1 17 0 Gray 22 4 54 3 5 0 14 0 Young 40.3 13 91 5 (4) 12 4 27 0 D.C.S.Compton 8 1 36 0 (5) 14 2 35 2 Sims 10 4 28 1 (3) 10 0 57 0 Thompson 6 1 29 0 2 0 15 0 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Sperry 18 3 38 2 8 0 33 1 Cornock 5 0 27 0 7 0 41 1 Walsh 28.4 2 116 5 Jackson 22 8 46 2 Umpires: D.Davies and G.M.Lee. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: No play; 2nd day: Middlesex (1) 71-3 (D.C.S.Compton 35*, Mann 7*). F.G.Mann’s 114 included 13 fours. 167