First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

KENT v MIDDLESEX Played at Crabble Athletic Ground, Dover, August 14, 16, 17, 1948. Middlesex won by six wickets. (Points: Kent 0, Middlesex 12) KENT 1 A.E.Fagg c Brown b Routledge 203 c Thompson b Gray 8 2 L.J.Todd b Gray 5 hit wkt b Sharp 43 3 L.E.G.Ames run out 21 c Robins b Gray 104 4 J.G.W.Davies c Thompson b Routledge 58 c Routledge b Gray 20 5 *B.H.Valentine lbw b Sims 13 (6) c Robertson b Gray 6 6 P.Hearn b Bedford 27 (7) not out 1 7 E.Crush c Thompson b Routledge 50 (5) b Sharp 2 8 R.R.Dovey c Brown b Routledge 11 not out 8 9 A.F.H.Debnam not out 4 10 F.Ridgway c Gray b Sims 2 11 †G.C.Downton not out 1 Extras b 3, lb 2, nb 1 6 b 4, lb 7 11 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 401 (6 wickets, declared) 203 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-62, 3-171, 4-215, 5-278, 6-305, 7-383, 8-396, 9-400 FoW (2): 1-14, 2-107, 3-166, 4-177, 5-194, 6-194 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson b Dovey 120 c Valentine b Ridgway 67 2 S.M.Brown b Ridgway 64 run out 25 3 *F.G.Mann b Ridgway 1 b Dovey 21 4 R.W.V.Robins c Debnam b Dovey 101 b Ridgway 74 5 A.W.Thompson c Debnam b Crush 29 not out 11 6 †L.H.Compton c Downton b Ridgway 14 not out 3 7 H.P.H.Sharp b Ridgway 20 8 J.M.Sims not out 31 9 R.Routledge not out 2 10 P.I.Bedford 11 L.H.Gray Extras b 7, lb 13, nb 1 21 b 1, lb 1 2 —— —— (7 wickets, declared) 403 (4 wickets) 203 FoW (1): 1-154, 2-156, 3-212, 4-298, 5-372, 6-384, 7-396 FoW (2): 1-49, 2-89, 3-171, 4-192 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Gray 43 9 99 1 18 4 46 4 Routledge 20 3 70 4 15 1 55 0 Bedford 23 2 64 1 2 0 13 0 Sharp 16 3 32 0 8.5 0 45 2 Robins 7 0 21 0 Sims 19 0 59 2 (5) 8 1 33 0 Robertson 11 0 38 0 Thompson 3 0 12 0 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Ridgway 40 11 83 4 13 2 43 2 Crush 32 13 58 1 5.1 0 33 0 Davies 30 5 115 0 (4) 4 0 27 0 Dovey 25 6 59 2 (3) 15 0 80 1 Todd 3 0 8 0 4 0 18 0 Debnam 15 2 59 0 Umpires: J.J.Hills and P.T.Mills. Toss: Kent Close of Play: 1st day: Kent (1) 401-9 (Debnam 4*, Downton 1*); 2nd day: Middlesex (1) 389-6 (Sharp 18*, Sims 26*). A.E.Fagg’s 203 took 330 minutes and included 10 fours. J.D.B.Robertson’s 120 took 300 minutes. R.W.V.Robins’s 101 took 90 minutes and included 14 fours and 1 six. 359