First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

MIDDLESEX v LANCASHIRE Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, May 28, 30, 31, 1949. Match drawn. (Points: Middlesex 4, Lancashire 0) LANCASHIRE 1 C.Washbrook c L.H.Compton b Young 141 2 W.Place c L.H.Compton b Sims 24 (1) b Young 6 3 J.T.Ikin run out 7 (2) b Sims 26 4 *N.D.Howard lbw b Sims 26 5 A.Wharton c Robertson b Young 9 (4) b Sims 4 6 B.J.Howard b Young 1 (3) not out 43 7 K.J.Grieves b Young 36 (5) not out 28 8 R.Pollard c Edrich b Sims 12 9 W.B.Roberts st L.H.Compton b Sims 34 10 M.J.Hilton not out 7 11 †A.Wilson lbw b Sims 0 Extras b 4, lb 2, nb 1 7 b 3, lb 4 7 —— —— 304 (3 wickets) 114 FoW (1): 1-56, 2-71, 3-127, 4-164, 5-166, 6-240, 7-257, 8-271, 9-304, 10-304 FoW (2): 1-15, 2-35, 3-41 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson c Wilson b Wharton 5 2 S.M.Brown b Roberts 11 3 W.J.Edrich c Wilson b Pollard 53 4 D.C.S.Compton c and b Hilton 179 5 H.P.H.Sharp lbw b Hilton 0 6 J.M.Sims c Wilson b Pollard 0 7 *F.G.Mann run out 20 8 A.W.Thompson run out 40 9 †L.H.Compton c Place b Hilton 35 10 J.A.Young not out 6 11 L.H.Gray b Grieves 0 Extras b 3, lb 1, w 1, nb 2 7 —— 356 FoW (1): 1-6, 2-35, 3-139, 4-149, 5-150, 6-178, 7-287, 8-345, 9-352, 10-356 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Edrich 16 2 60 0 3 0 7 0 Gray 15 1 33 0 3 2 2 0 Young 54 25 71 4 (4) 11 6 15 1 Sims 41.5 5 117 5 (3) 11 4 26 2 D.C.S.Compton 5 0 16 0 (6) 5 1 25 0 Sharp (5) 7 0 17 0 Brown (7) 3 1 6 0 Mann (8) 2 0 9 0 Lancashire Bowling O M R W Pollard 32 9 93 2 Wharton 6 1 12 1 Roberts 28 10 60 1 Grieves 26.1 2 93 1 Hilton 23 5 66 3 Ikin 7 1 25 0 Umpires: K.McCanlis and S.J.Staples. Toss: Lancashire Close of Play: 1st day: Lancashire (1) 101-2 (Washbrook 51*, N.D.Howard 16*); 2nd day: Middlesex (1) 159-4 (D.C.S.Compton 76*, Sims 0*). D.C.S.Compton’s 179 took 220 minutes and included 16 fours and 1 six. 154