First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v KENT Played at County Ground, Northampton, May 25, 26, 27, 1949. Northamptonshire won by ten wickets. (Points: Northamptonshire 12, Kent 0) KENT 1 L.J.Todd b Brown 24 c Fiddling b R.W.Clarke 21 2 A.E.Fagg c Brookes b R.W.Clarke 4 c Broderick b Nutter 0 3 L.E.G.Ames c Fiddling b R.W.Clarke 46 (4) c Barron b R.W.Clarke 3 4 P.Hearn b R.W.Clarke 13 (5) not out 14 5 †T.G.Evans c R.W.Clarke b Brown 38 (6) b Nutter 55 6 B.R.Edrich lbw b Broderick 20 (7) c Barron b Nutter 13 7 *D.G.Clark b R.W.Clarke 27 (3) c Nutter b R.W.Clarke 0 8 E.Crush lbw b Brown 20 c and b Brown 5 9 R.R.Dovey b R.W.Clarke 0 b Nutter 16 10 D.V.P.Wright not out 11 c Barron b Nutter 1 11 F.Ridgway c Fiddling b Nutter 0 run out 1 Extras b 10, lb 8, nb 1 19 b 2, lb 3 5 —— —— 222 134 FoW (1): 1-10, 2-52, 3-91, 4-94, 5-151, 6-162, 7-183, 8-197, 9-219, 10-222 FoW (2): 1-3, 2-6, 3-12, 4-55, 5-80, 6-99, 7-102, 8-130, 9-132, 10-134 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 D.Brookes c Edrich b Ridgway 9 not out 8 2 N.Oldfield c Wright b Dovey 69 3 W.Barron c Hearn b Dovey 109 4 V.Broderick b Ridgway 3 5 F.Jakeman lbw b Crush 5 (2) not out 12 6 *F.R.Brown c Hearn b Wright 33 7 J.E.Timms b Edrich 3 8 A.E.Nutter c and b Todd 39 9 C.B.Clarke b Dovey 4 10 R.W.Clarke not out 49 11 †K.Fiddling not out 2 Extras b 5, lb 1 6 b 5, w 1 6 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 331 (no wicket) 26 FoW (1): 1-17, 2-129, 3-144, 4-153, 5-210, 6-225, 7-233, 8-242, 9-321 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Nutter 26 6 44 1 17 1 44 5 R.W.Clarke 26 3 83 5 11 3 27 3 Brown 21 8 39 3 14.4 3 58 1 C.B.Clarke 1 0 4 0 Broderick 9 1 33 1 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Ridgway 24 6 54 2 3.5 2 8 0 Crush 33 4 91 1 2 0 8 0 Wright 22 6 57 1 Dovey 35 10 84 3 Edrich 15 7 27 1 Ames 3 0 7 0 Todd 2 0 5 1 Evans (3) 1 0 4 0 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and G.M.Lee. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Northamptonshire (1) 69-1 (Oldfield 35*, Barron 25*); 2nd day: Kent (2) 8-2 (Todd 6*, Ames 1*). W.Barron’s 109 included 12 fours. 145