First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

NORTH v SOUTH Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, June 1, 2, 3, 1949. Match drawn. SOUTH 1 J.D.B.Robertson c Brennan b Jackson 4 c Hollies b Broderick 126 2 D.G.W.Fletcher st Brennan b Hollies 11 b Hollies 23 3 W.J.Edrich c Close b Gladwin 14 c Jackson b Gladwin 44 4 W.E.Jones b Jackson 2 lbw b Broderick 24 5 A.J.Watkins c Gladwin b Hollies 0 not out 46 6 *F.G.Mann b Jackson 13 c Brown b Hollies 24 7 †T.G.Evans c Brennan b Jackson 0 c Brookes b Broderick 15 8 R.O.Jenkins not out 29 9 J.A.Young b Jackson 2 10 F.Ridgway b Jackson 0 11 N.G.Hever st Brennan b Gladwin 8 Extras b 1, lb 1 2 b 3, lb 3, nb 2 8 —— —— 85 (6 wickets, declared) 310 FoW (1): 1-8 (1), 2-26 (3), 3-30 (2), 4-30 (5), 5-32 (4), 6-32 (7), 7-51 (6), 8-57 (9), 9-57 (10), 10-85 (11) FoW (2): 1-33 (2), 2-149 (3), 3-215 (4), 4-224 (1), 5-267 (6), 6-310 (7) NORTH 1 D.Brookes c Edrich b Jenkins 30 b Jenkins 15 2 F.A.Lowson c Hever b Edrich 64 not out 11 3 R.T.Simpson b Ridgway 69 not out 5 4 A.Wharton c Evans b Edrich 67 5 V.Broderick st Evans b Hever 4 6 *F.R.Brown c Watkins b Ridgway 1 7 D.B.Close st Evans b Young 2 8 C.Gladwin lbw b Edrich 4 9 W.E.Hollies c Ridgway b Jenkins 2 10 †D.V.Brennan c Hever b Young 2 11 H.L.Jackson not out 0 Extras b 5 5 lb 1 1 —— —— 250 (1 wicket) 32 FoW (1): 1-50 (1), 2-123 (2), 3-192 (3), 4-199 (5), 5-212 (6), 6-229 (7), 7-242 (8), 8-247 (4), 9-250 (10), 10-250 (9) FoW (2): 1-24 (1) North Bowling O M R W O M R W Gladwin 16.4 8 11 2 (2) 23 7 42 1 2nb Jackson 24 10 37 6 (1) 21 8 49 0 Close 5 2 10 0 (4) 28 5 87 0 Hollies 16 8 25 2 (5) 23 8 62 2 Brown (3) 22 5 20 0 Broderick (6) 27.5 14 42 3 South Bowling O M R W O M R W Ridgway 26 4 76 2 6 2 9 0 Hever 16 2 51 1 2 1 2 0 Young 20 6 35 2 9 6 6 0 Jenkins 17.3 5 56 2 6 2 14 1 Edrich 8 2 23 3 Watkins 4 2 2 0 Jones 1 0 2 0 Umpires: T.J.Bartley and H.Elliott. Toss: South Close of Play: 1st day: North (1) 83-1 (Lowson 45*, Simpson 8*); 2nd day: South (2) 117-1 (Robertson 57*, Edrich 31*). J.D.B.Robertson’s 126 included 13 fours. Rain stopped play from 3.20pm to 5.10pm on the first day. Rain stopped play from 12.10 pm to 12.15 pm and then caused play to be abandoned at 4.10pm on the third day. 164