First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

MIDDLESEX v ESSEX Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, May 14, 16, 17, 1949. Middlesex won by 142 runs. (Points: Middlesex 12, Essex 0) MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson lbw b Bailey 8 c T.P.B.Smith b Bailey 19 2 S.M.Brown c T.P.B.Smith b Pullinger 7 b R.Smith 49 3 W.J.Edrich c Pullinger b T.P.B.Smith 35 c Bailey b Pullinger 9 4 D.C.S.Compton c Wade b Pullinger 16 c Avery b Pullinger 18 5 *F.G.Mann c Bailey b Pullinger 24 c Pearce b T.P.B.Smith 42 6 H.P.H.Sharp b Bailey 44 c R.Smith b Bailey 39 7 A.W.Thompson c Bailey b Pullinger 0 c Bailey b Pullinger 18 8 †L.H.Compton b Price 16 b Bailey 37 9 J.M.Sims b Price 11 b Bailey 6 10 J.A.Young c Pearce b Bailey 9 c Cray b Pullinger 4 11 L.H.Gray not out 5 not out 3 Extras b 4, lb 1, nb 3 8 b 1, lb 5 6 —— —— 183 250 FoW (1): 1-13, 2-16, 3-50, 4-68, 5-120, 6-120, 7-144, 8-158, 9-174, 10-183 FoW (2): 1-42, 2-57, 3-88, 4-106, 5-160, 6-200, 7-204, 8-223, 9-228, 10-250 ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds lbw b Edrich 2 c Edrich b Young 30 2 A.V.Avery c L.H.Compton b Sims 37 b Edrich 7 3 S.J.Cray st L.H.Compton b D.C.S.Compton 19 b Gray 12 4 F.H.Vigar c L.H.Compton b Gray 63 run out 0 5 T.E.Bailey lbw b D.C.S.Compton 12 b D.C.S.Compton 10 6 *T.N.Pearce c and b D.C.S.Compton 0 b D.C.S.Compton 2 7 †T.H.Wade c L.H.Compton b Gray 17 (9) b D.C.S.Compton 0 8 R.Smith lbw b D.C.S.Compton 6 (7) c Edrich b Young 11 9 T.P.B.Smith lbw b Gray 0 (8) c Gray b Young 2 10 E.J.Price c L.H.Compton b D.C.S.Compton 6 not out 19 11 G.R.Pullinger not out 0 run out 13 Extras b 5, lb 4 9 b 10, lb 4 14 —— —— 171 120 FoW (1): 1-2, 2-43, 3-77, 4-116, 5-116, 6-148, 7-163, 8-164, 9-171, 10-171 FoW (2): 1-14, 2-45, 3-50, 4-50, 5-62, 6-67, 7-77, 8-78, 9-84, 10-120 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 18.3 6 40 3 35.2 8 67 4 Pullinger 23 7 63 4 32 7 87 4 T.P.B.Smith 8 1 28 1 (5) 8 1 23 1 R.Smith 11 3 24 0 (3) 16 5 47 1 Vigar 1 0 4 0 Price 7 3 16 2 (4) 2 0 20 0 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Edrich 12 3 24 1 5 0 26 1 Gray 17 3 32 3 9 2 16 1 Sims 20 5 34 1 D.C.S.Compton 19.3 3 57 5 10.5 2 35 3 Young 14 7 15 0 (3) 15 4 29 3 Umpires: D.Davies and A.E.Pothecary. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 123-5 (Vigar 48*, Wade 3*); 2nd day: Middlesex (2) 228-8 (L.H.Compton 18*, Young 4*). 120