First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

MIDDLESEX v GLOUCESTERSHIRE Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, June 12, 14, 15, 1948. Match drawn. (Points: Middlesex 0, Gloucestershire 4) MIDDLESEX 1 S.M.Brown run out 35 c Wilson b Goddard 33 2 J.D.B.Robertson b Goddard 72 c sub b Cook 105 3 A.Fairbairn b Goddard 11 b Cook 12 4 *F.G.Mann c and b Goddard 23 5 H.P.H.Sharp b Cook 11 (4) b Goddard 7 6 A.W.Thompson b Lambert 23 (5) c Crapp b Cranfield 97 7 †L.H.Compton c Lambert b Scott 13 (6) c sub b Scott 51 8 R.Felton b Scott 0 (7) c Emmett b Cranfield 8 9 J.M.Sims lbw b Cook 23 (8) not out 2 10 R.Routledge not out 3 (9) not out 0 11 L.H.Gray lbw b Cook 0 Extras lb 6, w 4 10 b 8, lb 4 12 —— —— 224 (7 wickets) 327 FoW (1): 1-88, 2-124, 3-127, 4-160, 5-162, 6-196, 7-196, 8-196, 9-224, 10-224 FoW (2): 1-57, 2-76, 3-101, 4-225, 5-299, 6-320, 7-327 GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1 G.M.Emmett lbw b Sharp 66 2 A.G.S.Wilcox c Thompson b Gray 9 3 *B.O.Allen c Robertson b Gray 94 4 J.F.Crapp c Routledge b Sharp 73 5 W.L.Neale c Routledge b Gray 0 6 †A.E.Wilson c Robertson b Sharp 6 7 C.J.Scott c Robertson b Sharp 0 8 L.M.Cranfield b Routledge 28 9 G.E.E.Lambert b Gray 62 10 T.W.J.Goddard c Thompson b Gray 1 11 C.Cook not out 7 Extras b 8, lb 6, nb 1 15 —— 361 FoW (1): 1-29, 2-113, 3-236, 4-236, 5-258, 6-258, 7-261, 8-331, 9-334, 10-361 Gloucestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Lambert 20 5 44 1 (2) 9 1 29 0 Scott 16 3 64 2 (1) 16 0 87 1 Cook 32.4 7 73 3 32 9 95 2 Goddard 26 14 28 3 26 8 43 2 Cranfield 4 3 5 0 23 4 61 2 Middlesex Bowling O M R W Gray 47.3 15 100 5 Routledge 25 4 62 1 Sims 24 3 61 0 Sharp 35 8 96 4 Felton 2 0 8 0 Thompson 6 0 19 0 Umpires: D.Davies and J.A.Smart. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Gloucestershire (1) 66-1 (Emmett 40*, Allen 10*); 2nd day: Gloucestershire (1) 314-7 (Cranfield 21*, Lambert 31*). J.D.B.Robertson’s 105 took 210 minutes. 209