First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

WARWICKSHIRE v LANCASHIRE Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, June 23, 24, 25, 1948. Lancashire won by seven wickets. (Points: Warwickshire 0, Lancashire 12) WARWICKSHIRE 1 F.C.Gardner c Pollard b Cranston 44 (2) lbw b Pollard 11 2 W.A.Hill b Pollard 2 (1) c Cranston b Pollard 50 3 K.A.Taylor c E.H.Edrich b Pollard 38 lbw b Pollard 12 4 J.S.Ord c E.H.Edrich b Pollard 0 b Pollard 8 5 †R.T.Spooner c G.A.Edrich b Cranston 0 c Brierley b Pollard 55 6 A.Townsend b Cranston 2 not out 80 7 *R.H.Maudsley b Greenwood 40 b Greenwood 2 8 W.E.Fantham c Pollard b Cranston 0 c Brierley b Ikin 0 9 C.W.C.Grove b Cranston 10 c Howard b Ikin 2 10 T.L.Pritchard c G.A.Edrich b Cranston 15 b Roberts 34 11 W.E.Hollies not out 6 c Ikin b Pollard 5 Extras b 5, lb 4 9 b 16, lb 11 27 —— —— 166 286 FoW (1): 1-13, 2-74, 3-78, 4-83, 5-91, 6-92, 7-92, 8-114, 9-149, 10-166 FoW (2): 1-13, 2-53, 3-63, 4-142, 5-163, 6-170, 7-175, 8-181, 9-243, 10-286 LANCASHIRE 1 T.L.Brierley c Spooner b Grove 5 c and b Hollies 42 2 N.D.Howard b Pritchard 7 c Spooner b Hollies 25 3 G.A.Edrich c Spooner b Hollies 13 not out 24 4 J.T.Ikin st Spooner b Hollies 29 b Hollies 0 5 †E.H.Edrich c Spooner b Pritchard 7 not out 1 6 A.Wharton c Fantham b Pritchard 115 7 *K.Cranston c and b Pritchard 142 8 P.Greenwood not out 14 9 R.Pollard b Hollies 1 10 W.B.Roberts b Pritchard 5 11 W.Place absent hurt 0 Extras b 10, lb 6, nb 2 18 b 4, lb 2 6 —— —— 356 (3 wickets) 98 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-15, 3-43, 4-62, 5-66, 6-326, 7-335, 8-339, 9-356 FoW (2): 1-63, 2-78, 3-84 Lancashire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pollard 33 13 55 3 48.5 13 84 6 Cranston 33 14 66 6 (3) 21 6 40 0 Wharton 2 0 6 0 (5) 3 0 6 0 Roberts 12 5 12 0 19 9 40 1 Greenwood 11.4 4 18 1 (2) 26 8 43 1 Ikin (6) 15 4 46 2 Warwickshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pritchard 31.3 3 110 5 6 0 28 0 Grove 23 4 63 1 10 2 22 0 Hollies 41 7 120 3 13 5 17 3 Townsend 6 0 21 0 8.4 1 25 0 Maudsley 4 0 24 0 Umpires: E.Cooke and K.McCanlis. Toss: Warwickshire Close of Play: 1st day: Lancashire (1) 89-5 (Wharton 10*, Cranston 15*); 2nd day: Warwickshire (2) 134-3 (Hill 48*, Spooner 39*). 235