First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

GLOUCESTERSHIRE v LANCASHIRE Played at Ashley Down Ground, Bristol, July 10, 12, 13, 1948. Match drawn. (Points: Gloucestershire 0, Lancashire 4) GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1 C.J.Barnett hit wkt b Roberts 46 hit wkt b Roberts 87 2 *B.O.Allen lbw b Cranston 113 c Cranston b Hilton 37 3 A.G.S.Wilcox lbw b Cranston 5 c Brierley b Roberts 11 4 C.I.Monks c Hilton b Wharton 8 (6) not out 1 5 †A.E.Wilson c Ikin b Cranston 75 6 I.E.Hale not out 23 (5) c Place b Hilton 1 7 T.W.Graveney c Brierley b Wharton 26 (4) not out 2 8 L.M.Cranfield c Brierley b Roberts 15 9 C.J.Scott b Roberts 0 10 T.W.J.Goddard not out 5 11 C.Cook Extras b 23, lb 8 31 —— —— (8 wickets, declared) 347 (4 wickets) 139 FoW (1): 1-98, 2-109, 3-124, 4-262, 5-271, 6-318, 7-338, 8-340 FoW (2): 1-87, 2-122, 3-137, 4-138 LANCASHIRE 1 T.L.Brierley c Hale b Barnett 27 2 W.Place b Scott 7 3 G.A.Edrich c Wilson b Cranfield 41 4 J.T.Ikin b Scott 76 5 *K.Cranston b Barnett 57 6 N.D.Howard c Scott b Cranfield 34 7 A.Wharton c Monks b Goddard 58 8 †E.H.Edrich c Wilson b Monks 38 9 P.Greenwood st Wilson b Goddard 0 10 M.J.Hilton c Allen b Cranfield 2 11 W.B.Roberts not out 0 Extras b 4, lb 5, nb 1 10 —— 350 FoW (1): 1-22, 2-34, 3-108, 4-210, 5-218, 6-266, 7-348, 8-348, 9-350, 10-350 Lancashire Bowling O M R W O M R W Greenwood 27 10 52 0 (5) 3 0 16 0 Cranston 47 16 80 3 (1) 5 1 15 0 Roberts 49 18 73 3 (4) 13 3 40 2 Hilton 23 12 37 0 (3) 13 4 33 2 Ikin 15 6 23 0 Wharton 15 1 51 2 (2) 7 2 34 0 G.A.Edrich (6) 1 1 0 0 Howard (7) 1 0 1 0 Gloucestershire Bowling O M R W Barnett 15 6 40 2 Scott 15 2 51 2 Cook 26 3 81 0 Cranfield 30.2 8 78 3 Goddard 23 3 76 2 Monks 3 1 14 1 Umpires: H.Cruice and D.Hendren. Toss: Gloucestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Gloucestershire (1) 307-5 (Hale 14*, Graveney 20*); 2nd day: Lancashire (1) 224-5 (Howard 9*, Wharton 1*). B.O.Allen’s 113 took 320 minutes and included 12 fours and 1 six. 273