First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

MIDDLESEX v KENT Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, June 16, 17, 18, 1948. Match drawn. (Points: Middlesex 4, Kent 0) KENT 1 A.E.Fagg b D.C.S.Compton 13 b Gray 24 2 L.J.Todd lbw b D.C.S.Compton 26 b D.C.S.Compton 7 3 L.E.G.Ames c D.C.S.Compton b Edrich 58 b Young 76 4 P.Hearn lbw b Sharp 58 c Edrich b Young 29 5 *B.H.Valentine c and b Edrich 8 (6) c L.H.Compton b D.C.S.Compton 43 6 †T.G.Evans c Sharp b Edrich 75 (5) c Young b Sims 21 7 B.R.Edrich c L.H.Compton b Sims 27 c Edrich b Young 4 8 R.R.Dovey lbw b Sims 0 (9) not out 4 9 D.V.P.Wright b Gray 0 (8) c Mann b Young 0 10 F.Ridgway not out 25 not out 8 11 J.W.Martin c D.C.S.Compton b Gray 10 Extras b 10, lb 10 20 b 3, lb 1 4 —— —— 320 (8 wickets, declared) 220 FoW (1): 1-40, 2-43, 3-158, 4-169, 5-186, 6-264, 7-269, 8-270, 9-290, 10-320 FoW (2): 1-24, 2-38, 3-103, 4-130, 5- , 6-208, 7-208, 8-209 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson c Ridgway b Martin 32 c Ames b Todd 28 2 S.M.Brown b Martin 19 c Ridgway b Todd 18 3 W.J.Edrich c Evans b Ridgway 12 b Ridgway 52 4 D.C.S.Compton c Evans b Edrich 145 c Fagg b Ridgway 29 5 *F.G.Mann lbw b Dovey 15 c Wright b Dovey 27 6 A.W.Thompson run out 2 c Ames b Ridgway 23 7 H.P.H.Sharp b Ridgway 78 (8) st Evans b Dovey 0 8 †L.H.Compton c Ridgway b Todd 10 (7) c sub b Dovey 10 9 J.M.Sims not out 4 c Wright b Ridgway 10 10 J.A.Young b Todd 0 not out 4 11 L.H.Gray not out 0 Extras b 13, lb 3, w 1, nb 1 18 b 1, nb 1 2 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 335 (9 wickets) 203 FoW (1): 1-57, 2-62, 3-79, 4-118, 5-133, 6-309, 7-331, 8-335, 9-335 FoW (2): 1-37, 2-46, 3-93, 4-141, 5-174, 6-187, 7-188, 8-190, 9-203 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Gray 25.1 6 60 2 (2) 19 7 27 1 Edrich 19 1 79 3 (1) 6 1 17 0 D.C.S.Compton 21 2 72 2 14 0 58 2 Young 12 7 12 0 26 6 68 4 Sims 13 2 49 2 8 0 46 1 Sharp 8 0 28 1 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Martin 23 4 73 2 Ridgway 23 4 46 2 (1) 14 0 60 4 Wright 19 6 58 0 6 1 34 0 Edrich 17 0 71 1 (5) 5 0 24 0 Dovey 29 9 61 1 (4) 9 0 41 3 Hearn 2 0 8 0 Todd 0.4 0 0 2 (2) 7 0 42 2 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and J.A.Smart. Toss: Kent Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 29-0 (Robertson 21*, Brown 5*); 2nd day: Kent (2) 24-1 (Fagg 17*). D.C.S.Compton’s 145 took 250 minutes and included 11 fours. 218