First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

KENT v MIDDLESEX Played at St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, August 3, 4, 5, 1949. Middlesex won by 107 runs. (Points: Kent 0, Middlesex 12) MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson c Davies b Wright 71 b Wright 22 2 S.M.Brown lbw b Dovey 200 c Hearn b Dovey 24 3 W.J.Edrich c Davies b Todd 39 not out 84 4 D.C.S.Compton c Mallett b Dovey 32 c Mallett b Dovey 88 5 R.W.V.Robins b Dovey 4 6 *F.G.Mann c Davies b Edrich 8 7 †L.H.Compton b Dovey 1 8 H.P.H.Sharp not out 1 (5) not out 7 9 J.M.Sims not out 1 10 J.A.Young 11 L.H.Gray Extras b 4, lb 1 5 b 16, lb 5, w 1, nb 2 24 —— —— (7 wickets, declared) 362 (3 wickets, declared) 249 FoW (1): 1-152, 2-229, 3-324, 4-334, 5-359, 6-359, 7-360 FoW (2): 1-34, 2-68, 3-237 KENT 1 L.J.Todd c Edrich b Young 68 lbw b Sharp 57 2 A.E.Fagg b Young 41 c and b Young 21 3 L.E.G.Ames lbw b Young 1 lbw b Young 28 4 *J.G.W.Davies b Young 15 run out 72 5 H.A.Pawson b Young 33 c D.C.S.Compton b Sims 20 6 P.Hearn lbw b Young 15 b Young 16 7 B.R.Edrich b Young 7 c and b D.C.S.Compton 0 8 A.W.H.Mallett c L.H.Compton b D.C.S.Compton 14 c Sharp b Young 3 9 †T.G.Evans c Young b D.C.S.Compton 4 c Robins b Young 61 10 R.R.Dovey c Robins b D.C.S.Compton 4 c Sims b Young 1 11 D.V.P.Wright not out 0 not out 3 Extras b 7, lb 1, nb 1 9 b 8, lb 2, nb 1 11 —— —— 211 293 FoW (1): 1-72, 2-74, 3-101, 4-141, 5-175, 6-187, 7-202, 8-204, 9-210, 10-211 FoW (2): 1-63, 2-105, 3-129, 4-167, 5-202, 6-203, 7-210, 8-237, 9-242, 10-293 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Mallett 31 6 74 0 16 3 48 0 Todd 12 3 47 1 6 2 8 0 Dovey 25 8 72 4 (4) 24 4 74 2 Wright 22 2 82 1 (3) 14 2 65 1 Davies 16 2 51 0 (6) 3 0 7 0 Edrich 8 0 31 1 (5) 8 0 23 0 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Edrich 9 2 32 0 4 1 9 0 Gray 11 5 17 0 2 0 14 0 Sims 13 1 42 0 (4) 14 2 59 1 Young 29 12 47 7 (3) 39.5 13 72 6 D.C.S.Compton 16.1 1 64 3 25 3 93 1 Sharp (6) 3 0 21 1 Robins (7) 2 0 14 0 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and C.A.R.Coleman. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Kent (1) 8-0 (Todd 4*, Fagg 4*); 2nd day: Middlesex (2) 165-2 (Edrich 59*, D.C.S.Compton 45*). S.M.Brown’s 200 took 310 minutes and included 21 fours. 308