First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

MIDDLESEX v WARWICKSHIRE Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, August 28, 30, 31, 1948. Middlesex won by nine wickets. (Points: Middlesex 12, Warwickshire 0) MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson b Hollies 68 not out 14 2 S.M.Brown b Pritchard 52 (3) not out 6 3 W.J.Edrich c Grove b Pritchard 122 4 D.C.S.Compton b Hollies 84 5 J.G.Dewes lbw b Hollies 17 6 *F.G.Mann c Spooner b Pritchard 18 (2) b Pritchard 1 7 J.M.Sims lbw b Hollies 0 8 †M.L.Laws b Pritchard 1 9 J.A.Young b Hollies 0 10 L.H.Gray c Pritchard b Hollies 2 11 P.I.Bedford not out 6 Extras b 6, lb 2, nb 1 9 —— —— 379 (1 wicket) 21 FoW (1): 1-100, 2-178, 3-289, 4-344, 5-351, 6-351, 7-356, 8-359, 9-371, 10-379 FoW (2): 1-3 WARWICKSHIRE 1 K.A.Taylor c Laws b Gray 0 c Compton b Sims 13 2 *R.H.Maudsley lbw b Sims 17 c Edrich b Gray 9 3 J.S.Ord c Robertson b Edrich 0 b Compton 134 4 M.P.Donnelly st Laws b Young 35 b Young 55 5 H.E.Dollery c and b Sims 1 lbw b Young 6 6 A.V.G.Wolton lbw b Sims 31 lbw b Compton 0 7 †R.T.Spooner b Young 0 not out 38 8 C.W.C.Grove run out 14 b Edrich 5 9 V.H.D.Cannings b Young 0 run out 0 10 T.L.Pritchard c Compton b Sims 3 b Sims 0 11 W.E.Hollies not out 2 c Dewes b Sims 1 Extras b 5, lb 2 7 b 18, lb 9 27 —— —— 110 288 FoW (1): 1-2, 2-7, 3-37, 4-39, 5-87, 6-87, 7-91, 8-100, 9-103, 10-110 FoW (2): 1-11, 2-45, 3-192, 4-206, 5-213, 6-267, 7-285, 8-286, 9-286, 10-288 Warwickshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pritchard 37 8 112 4 3 0 7 1 Grove 14 3 52 0 Cannings 18 2 71 0 Hollies 46.4 13 103 6 (2) 2.5 0 14 0 Maudsley 7 1 32 0 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Edrich 7 2 18 1 10 1 31 1 Gray 5 1 4 1 7 3 5 1 Sims 14.2 1 38 4 27.5 4 77 3 Compton 8 0 32 0 (6) 23 5 58 2 Young 5 1 11 3 (4) 30 16 32 2 Bedford (5) 13 1 58 0 Umpires: J.T.Bell and C.A.R.Coleman. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 379 all out; 2nd day: Warwickshire (2) 270-6 (Spooner 26*, Grove 0*). W.J.Edrich’s 122 took 140 minutes and included 17 fours and 1 six. J.S.Ord’s 134 took 210 minutes and included 9 fours and 2 sixes. 393