First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

MIDDLESEX v AUSTRALIANS Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, July 17, 19, 20, 1948. Australians won by ten wickets. MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson b Johnston 2 retired hurt 19 2 S.M.Brown c Morris b Ring 39 b Johnston 3 3 W.J.Edrich c Tallon b Johnston 27 lbw b Lindwall 1 4 D.C.S.Compton b Loxton 62 lbw b Johnston 2 5 J.G.Dewes c Tallon b Johnston 4 b McCool 51 6 *F.G.Mann c McCool b Lindwall 15 b Lindwall 0 7 †L.H.Compton c Lindwall b Loxton 17 (8) c and b McCool 38 8 J.M.Sims c and b Loxton 1 (7) c Loxton b Ring 7 9 P.A.Whitcombe not out 5 c Lindwall b McCool 8 10 J.A.Young st Tallon b McCool 14 b Loxton 0 11 P.I.Bedford b McCool 0 not out 1 Extras b 6, lb 10, nb 1 17 b 1, lb 3, nb 1 5 —— —— 203 135 FoW (1): 1-13 (1), 2-78 (3), 3-81 (2), 4-92 (5), 5-144 (6), 6-182 (7), 7-183 (4), 8-188 (8), 9-203 (10), 10-203 (11) FoW (2): 1-15 (2), 2-16 (3), 3-27 (4), 4-27 (6), 5-40 (7), 6-113 (8), 7-132 (5), 8-133 (10), 9-135 (9) AUSTRALIANS 1 W.A.Brown lbw b Whitcombe 8 2 A.R.Morris c Brown b Young 109 3 *D.G.Bradman c D.C.S.Compton b Whitcombe 6 4 R.N.Harvey c Mann b Bedford 10 5 S.J.E.Loxton c Edrich b Sims 123 6 R.A.Hamence lbw b Sims 30 7 C.L.McCool c Young b Sims 0 (1) not out 7 8 R.R.Lindwall st L.H.Compton b Sims 1 9 †D.Tallon b Sims 17 10 D.T.Ring b Sims 2 (2) not out 15 11 W.A.Johnston not out 6 Extras b 1, lb 3, nb 1 5 —— —— 317 (no wicket) 22 FoW (1): 1-14 (1), 2-28 (3), 3-53 (4), 4-225 (2), 5-271 (5), 6-271 (7), 7-272 (8), 8-296 (9), 9-298 (10), 10-317 (6) Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 16 3 28 1 9 2 31 2 1nb Johnston 20 3 43 3 1nb 12 4 28 2 Loxton 21 5 33 3 (4) 7 2 15 1 McCool 18 6 54 2 (5) 10.4 3 27 3 Ring 13 4 28 1 (3) 7 0 29 1 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Whitcombe 13 2 43 2 Edrich 20 2 59 0 Bedford 11 3 44 1 (1) 2 0 11 0 Young 36 13 78 1 Sims 24 2 65 6 1nb (2) 2 0 11 0 D.C.S.Compton 3 0 23 0 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and E.Cooke. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 6-0 (Brown 5*, Morris 1*); 2nd day: Middlesex (2) 36-4 (Dewes 6*, Sims 3*). A.R.Morris’s 109 took 190 minutes and included 16 fours. S.J.E.Loxton’s 123 took 135 minutes. J.D.B.Robertson retired hurt in the Middlesex second innings having scored 19 (team score 27-3). 293