First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

MIDDLESEX v YORKSHIRE Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, June 5, 7, 8, 1948. Yorkshire won by an innings and 80 runs. (Points: Middlesex 0, Yorkshire 12) YORKSHIRE 1 L.Hutton c and b Sims 133 2 H.Halliday c D.C.S.Compton b Young 19 3 J.V.Wilson lbw b D.C.S.Compton 0 4 *N.W.D.Yardley hit wkt b D.C.S.Compton 90 5 W.Watson not out 92 6 E.I.Lester c Robins b Sims 1 7 A.Coxon b Young 25 8 J.H.Wardle c Sharp b Gray 8 9 T.F.Smailes c L.H.Compton b Gray 3 10 †D.V.Brennan b Young 3 11 E.P.Robinson c D.C.S.Compton b Young 0 Extras b 7, lb 11 18 —— 392 FoW (1): 1-51, 2-68, 3-209, 4-276, 5-284, 6-363, 7-376, 8-381, 9-392, 10-392 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson b Coxon 24 c Brennan b Wardle 28 2 S.M.Brown b Coxon 1 (7) c Brennan b Wardle 0 3 W.J.Edrich lbw b Robinson 12 c Smailes b Robinson 0 4 D.C.S.Compton lbw b Smailes 59 c Smailes b Wardle 3 5 *F.G.Mann c Coxon b Wardle 4 (2) c Hutton b Robinson 26 6 R.W.V.Robins c Halliday b Robinson 2 b Robinson 3 7 H.P.H.Sharp st Brennan b Wardle 1 (8) not out 28 8 †L.H.Compton c and b Robinson 53 (9) c Yardley b Wardle 8 9 J.M.Sims c Watson b Wardle 10 (5) c Smailes b Robinson 1 10 J.A.Young b Robinson 9 b Wardle 19 11 L.H.Gray not out 5 b Robinson 0 Extras lb 4, nb 2 6 b 9, lb 1 10 —— —— 186 126 FoW (1): 1-2, 2-39, 3-47, 4-52, 5-63, 6-74, 7-113, 8-170, 9-172, 10-186 FoW (2): 1-55, 2-55, 3-60, 4-63, 5-63, 6-64, 7-72, 8-91, 9-117, 10-126 Middlesex Bowling O M R W Edrich 19 4 45 0 Gray 23 7 54 2 Young 62 18 133 4 D.C.S.Compton 30 9 83 2 Sims 11 3 26 2 Robins 10 2 23 0 Sharp 5 2 10 0 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Coxon 16 7 32 2 1nb 9 2 24 0 Smailes 14 5 24 1 1nb 7 0 20 0 Wardle 34 15 75 3 24 10 30 5 Robinson 24.2 7 49 4 22.4 10 42 5 Umpires: P.T.Mills and A.Skelding. Toss: Yorkshire Close of Play: 1st day: Yorkshire (1) 363-6 (Watson 80*, Wardle 0*); 2nd day: Middlesex (2) 63-4 (Sims 1*). L.Hutton’s 133 took 275 minutes and included 9 fours. 194