First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

LEICESTERSHIRE v MIDDLESEX Played at Grace Road, Leicester, July 7, 8, 9, 1948. Middlesex won by ten wickets. (Points: Leicestershire 0, Middlesex 12) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *G.L.Berry c Compton b Gray 72 c sub b Sims 99 2 G.Lester lbw b Ingram 82 lbw b Sims 60 3 F.T.Prentice c Gray b Thompson 5 lbw b Ingram 1 4 M.Tompkin lbw b Allen 1 lbw b Sims 7 5 V.E.Jackson b Gray 4 c and b Sims 9 6 W.B.Cornock c and b Sims 21 b Sims 19 7 A.Riddington lbw b Sims 8 c Brown b Sims 0 8 J.E.Walsh lbw b Sims 28 not out 34 9 M.W.Etherington c Malcolm b Gray 6 run out 8 10 †P.Corrall c and b Sims 4 c Brown b Gray 0 11 J.Sperry not out 4 c Brown b Sims 0 Extras b 2, lb 3 5 b 2, lb 5, w 1 8 —— —— 240 245 FoW (1): 1-124, 2-143, 3-145, 4-167, 5-171, 6-195, 7-200, 8-231, 9-231, 10-240 FoW (2): 1-139, 2-142, 3-153, 4-169, 5-193, 6-197, 7-204, 8-216, 9-216, 10-245 MIDDLESEX 1 S.M.Brown lbw b Riddington 64 not out 31 2 J.D.B.Robertson b Lester 132 not out 14 3 J.G.Dewes b Jackson 22 4 H.J.J.Malcolm st Corrall b Lester 51 5 A.W.Thompson c Berry b Cornock 55 6 †L.H.Compton c Sperry b Lester 85 7 H.P.H.Sharp c Walsh b Sperry 3 8 E.Ingram not out 18 9 J.M.Sims 10 L.H.Gray 11 *G.O.B.Allen Extras b 9, lb 2 11 —— —— (7 wickets, declared) 441 (no wicket) 45 FoW (1): 1-123, 2-180, 3-255, 4-286, 5-386, 6-393, 7-441 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Gray 30 5 82 3 15 3 40 1 Allen 20 5 65 1 11 0 48 0 Ingram 27 15 39 1 23 10 41 1 Sharp 8 2 15 0 Thompson 2 1 3 1 3 0 17 0 Sims 11 3 31 4 (4) 30 7 91 7 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Sperry 31 5 117 1 5 2 14 0 Etherington 4 0 10 0 Walsh 25 5 64 0 Cornock 18 2 66 1 (2) 4 0 14 0 Jackson 21 8 58 1 Lester 21.3 6 74 3 (4) 4 0 9 0 Riddington 13 2 41 1 (3) 4 0 8 0 Umpires: H.Elliott and A.Lockett. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 37-0 (Brown 24*, Robertson 9*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 64-0 (Berry 36*, Lester 25*). J.D.B.Robertson’s 132 took 245 minutes and included 13 fours and 1 six. 269