First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v MIDDLESEX Played at County Ground, Northampton, August 4, 5, 1948. Middlesex won by an innings and 99 runs. (Points: Northamptonshire 0, Middlesex 12) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 D.Brookes st L.H.Compton b Young 69 c Robertson b Young 38 2 N.Oldfield b Edrich 4 b D.C.S.Compton 20 3 W.Barron c L.H.Compton b D.C.S.Compton 16 c L.H.Compton b Young 1 4 E.Davis b Young 71 lbw b Young 13 5 J.E.Timms c Robertson b Young 26 c D.C.S.Compton b Young 4 6 V.Broderick b D.C.S.Compton 12 lbw b Bedford 1 7 A.E.Nutter lbw b D.C.S.Compton 4 b Young 11 8 J.Webster c L.H.Compton b Young 1 b Young 1 9 R.W.Clarke b D.C.S.Compton 5 b Young 0 10 †K.Fiddling not out 0 lbw b D.C.S.Compton 4 11 R.G.Garlick c and b Young 0 not out 3 Extras b 3, lb 2 5 —— —— 213 96 FoW (1): 1-10, 2-32, 3-140, 4-169, 5-182, 6-204, 7-208, 8-213, 9-213, 10-213 FoW (2): 1-32, 2-33, 3-71, 4-72, 5-73, 6-81, 7-81, 8-88, 9-93, 10-96 MIDDLESEX 1 S.M.Brown b Clarke 1 2 J.D.B.Robertson b Garlick 60 3 W.J.Edrich b Broderick 27 4 J.M.Sims b Webster 101 5 D.C.S.Compton b Broderick 12 6 *F.G.Mann st Barron b Broderick 45 7 R.W.V.Robins b Clarke 98 8 †L.H.Compton c Nutter b Broderick 42 9 J.A.Young not out 6 10 P.I.Bedford 11 L.H.Gray Extras b 7, lb 7, nb 2 16 —— (8 wickets, declared) 408 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-79, 3-98, 4-113, 5-191, 6-329, 7-378, 8-408 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Edrich 19 9 34 1 4 1 9 0 Gray 9 3 21 0 3 1 5 0 Young 35.4 13 65 5 21.5 10 25 7 D.C.S.Compton 23 5 58 4 15 2 39 2 Bedford 5 0 18 0 6 0 18 1 Sims 4 0 12 0 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W Nutter 18 4 52 0 Clarke 15 0 63 2 Broderick 51 20 122 4 Webster 12 1 65 1 Garlick 32 10 90 1 Umpires: F.S.Lee and E.Robinson. Toss: Northamptonshire Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 87-2 (Robertson 51*, Sims 1*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. J.M.Sims’s 101 took 240 minutes. 332