First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

WORCESTERSHIRE v MIDDLESEX Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, July 23, 25, 26, 1949. Middlesex won by an innings and 54 runs. (Points: Worcestershire 0, Middlesex 12) MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson not out 331 2 S.M.Brown b Palmer 3 3 J.G.Dewes b Perks 45 4 *F.G.Mann c Bird b Palmer 65 5 G.O.B.Allen b Palmer 98 6 R.W.V.Robins c Cooper b Bird 59 7 H.P.H.Sharp 8 †L.H.Compton 9 J.M.Sims 10 J.A.Young 11 L.H.Gray Extras b 14, lb 5, nb 3 22 —— (5 wickets, declared) 623 FoW (1): 1-13 (2), 2-125 (3), 3-274 (4), 4-506 (5), 5-623 (6) WORCESTERSHIRE 1 D.Kenyon c Robertson b Sims 32 hit wkt b Robins 23 2 E.Cooper c Robins b Allen 10 b Young 68 3 C.H.Palmer st Compton b Young 13 lbw b Young 40 4 R.E.Bird not out 44 b Sharp 4 5 R.O.Jenkins lbw b Robins 8 c Compton b Sims 27 6 R.Howorth c and b Robins 0 c Compton b Gray 23 7 L.F.Outschoorn st Compton b Robins 0 not out 94 8 *A.F.T.White b Sims 9 b Sims 18 9 †H.Yarnold st Compton b Sims 21 b Young 61 10 R.T.D.Perks c Robins b Sims 28 lbw b Gray 0 11 P.F.Jackson c Mann b Sims 14 c Robins b Gray 1 Extras b 5, lb 2, w 2 9 b 10, lb 5, w 6, nb 1 22 —— —— 188 381 FoW (1): 1-18, 2-39, 3-63, 4-80, 5-80, 6-80, 7-93, 8-137, 9-173, 10-188 FoW (2): 1-54, 2-115, 3-120, 4-166, 5-166, 6-230, 7-274, 8-374, 9-375, 10-381 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W Perks 24 7 92 1 Palmer 30 8 119 3 Jenkins 30 4 153 0 Howorth 24 5 99 0 Jackson 23 1 104 0 Bird 4.3 0 34 1 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Allen 7 0 26 1 11 1 34 0 Gray 4 0 15 0 13.1 1 26 3 Young 12 4 48 1 56 26 75 3 Sims 19.4 3 54 5 39 5 128 2 Robins 11 1 36 3 26 2 85 1 Sharp (6) 11 5 11 1 Umpires: B.Flint and A.E.Pothecary. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 623-5d; 2nd day: Worcestershire (2) 166-4 (Jenkins 27*). J.D.B.Robertson’s 331 took 390 minutes and included 39 fours and 2 sixes. 291