First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v LANCASHIRE Played at Town Ground, Peterborough, May 21, 23, 24, 1949. Match drawn. (Points: Northamptonshire 0, Lancashire 4) LANCASHIRE 1 W.Place run out 101 2 *N.D.Howard b Nutter 4 3 J.T.Ikin run out 43 4 G.A.Edrich lbw b Ablack 24 5 B.J.Howard c Nutter b C.B.Clarke 18 6 A.Wharton not out 137 7 K.J.Grieves b C.B.Clarke 14 8 P.Greenwood lbw b Nutter 52 9 R.Pollard b Brown 5 10 W.B.Roberts b C.B.Clarke 2 11 †A.Wilson c Fiddling b Brown 1 Extras b 6 6 —— 407 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-95, 3-171, 4-194, 5-197, 6-232, 7-323, 8-369, 9-386, 10-407 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 *F.R.Brown lbw b Pollard 0 (5) c B.J.Howard b Grieves 8 2 D.Brookes b Greenwood 13 (1) c Pollard b Grieves 45 3 N.Oldfield lbw b Greenwood 77 (2) not out 68 4 W.Barron c Wilson b Roberts 52 (3) c Place b Grieves 0 5 F.Jakeman c Grieves b Greenwood 33 (4) c Edrich b Grieves 14 6 J.E.Timms st Wilson b Roberts 15 c Ikin b Roberts 0 7 A.E.Nutter c Wilson b Greenwood 4 c Wharton b Grieves 6 8 C.B.Clarke b Roberts 5 not out 0 9 R.W.Clarke b Roberts 7 10 †K.Fiddling b Roberts 0 11 R.K.Ablack not out 4 Extras b 4, lb 4 8 b 8, lb 1, nb 2 11 —— —— 218 (6 wickets) 152 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-34, 3-123, 4-150, 5-188, 6-198, 7-203, 8-207, 9-207, 10-218 FoW (2): 1-91, 2-91, 3-113, 4-121, 5-121, 6-133 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W Nutter 20 5 64 2 R.W.Clarke 20 6 45 0 C.B.Clarke 34 3 132 3 Ablack 31 6 111 1 Brown 27.5 11 49 2 Lancashire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pollard 17 4 48 1 5 1 16 0 Greenwood 36 15 67 4 21 7 35 0 Wharton 6 3 21 0 2 0 7 0 Roberts 33.4 15 35 5 31 21 21 1 Grieves 11 3 29 0 24 8 62 5 Ikin 2 0 10 0 Umpires: F.Chester and K.McCanlis. Toss: Lancashire Close of Play: 1st day: Lancashire (1) 407 all out; 2nd day: Northamptonshire (2) 53-0 (Brookes 28*, Oldfield 25*). A.Wharton’s 137 included 19 fours and 4 sixes. 138