First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY v MIDDLESEX Played at Fenner’s, Cambridge, May 21, 23, 24, 1949. Match drawn. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1 J.G.Dewes lbw b Young 54 c Sharp b Sims 33 2 R.J.Morris b Sims 40 lbw b Young 23 3 G.H.G.Doggart b Sims 23 not out 29 4 A.G.J.Rimell c Compton b Gray 38 lbw b Sims 1 5 I.N.Mitchell b Gray 10 c Gray b Sims 1 6 S.N.Roberts c A.W.Thompson b Young 3 c Sharp b Young 1 7 †A.C.Burnett not out 79 not out 9 8 M.H.Stevenson b Routledge 19 9 P.J.Hall b Young 11 10 O.J.Wait b Sims 4 11 J.J.Warr b Sims 0 Extras b 3, lb 1 4 b 7, w 1 8 —— —— 285 (5 wickets) 105 FoW (1): 1-91, 2-95, 3-138, 4-166, 5-169, 6-177, 7-218, 8-268, 9-277, 10-285 FoW (2): 1-53, 2-57, 3-68, 4-74, 5-81 MIDDLESEX 1 S.M.Brown c Mitchell b Rimell 179 2 H.P.H.Sharp lbw b Hall 98 3 R.S.Cooper c Warr b Stevenson 36 4 A.W.Thompson b Warr 37 5 †L.H.Compton not out 40 6 L.N.Devereux 7 J.M.Sims 8 R.Routledge 9 J.A.Young 10 L.H.Gray 11 L.B.Thompson Extras b 4, lb 1, w 4, nb 3 12 —— (4 wickets, declared) 402 FoW (1): 1-229, 2-314, 3-327, 4-402 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Gray 27 7 71 2 3 0 9 0 Routledge 9 1 31 1 3 0 8 0 Young 53 21 94 3 (4) 18 8 28 2 Sharp 8 1 15 0 Sims 28 8 70 4 (3) 19 3 52 3 Cambridge University Bowling O M R W Warr 28.5 5 80 1 Wait 20 4 68 0 Hall 17 1 73 1 Rimell 24 10 60 1 Stevenson 23 5 65 1 Doggart 10 3 23 0 Roberts 2 0 21 0 Umpires: H.L.Palmer and W.F.F.Price. Toss: Cambridge University Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 6-0 (Brown 3*, Sharp 3*); 2nd day: Middlesex (1) 402-4 (Compton 40*). S.M.Brown’s 179 took 280 minutes and included 22 fours. 133