First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

MIDDLESEX v NEW ZEALANDERS Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, August 27, 29, 30, 1949. New Zealanders won by nine wickets. MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson c Mooney b Cowie 6 b Cowie 4 2 S.M.Brown b Reid 0 b Burtt 16 3 W.J.Edrich b Reid 2 (5) b Cowie 1 4 D.C.S.Compton c Burtt b Cowie 148 b Burtt 10 5 J.G.Dewes c Reid b Cowie 92 (3) b Burke 60 6 H.P.H.Sharp c Donnelly b Cowie 8 run out 10 7 *F.G.Mann b Cowie 4 b Reid 0 8 †L.H.Compton c Mooney b Burtt 1 c Donnelly b Burtt 41 9 J.M.Sims b Reid 37 c Mooney b Burtt 13 10 J.A.Young b Burtt 4 b Cowie 4 11 J.J.Warr not out 5 not out 2 Extras b 4, lb 3, w 1 8 lb 8 8 —— —— 315 169 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-3, 3-11, 4-221, 5-247, 6-266, 7-267, 8-267, 9-271, 10-315 FoW (2): 1-6, 2-46, 3-64, 4-67, 5-105, 6-106, 7-108, 8-148, 9-159, 10-169 NEW ZEALANDERS 1 B.Sutcliffe lbw b D.C.S.Compton 59 not out 110 2 V.J.Scott c L.H.Compton b Edrich 5 b Sims 23 3 J.R.Reid b Sims 18 4 W.M.Wallace c Brown b Young 58 5 M.P.Donnelly lbw b Edrich 72 6 G.O.Rabone lbw b Sims 3 (3) not out 18 7 *W.A.Hadlee b Edrich 50 8 †F.L.H.Mooney lbw b Warr 1 9 T.B.Burtt c and b D.C.S.Compton 19 10 C.Burke not out 21 11 J.Cowie c Mann b D.C.S.Compton 3 Extras b 10, lb 9 19 b 4, lb 2 6 —— —— 328 (1 wicket) 157 FoW (1): 1-13, 2-62, 3-108, 4-186, 5-197, 6-268, 7-277, 8-287, 9-318, 10-328 FoW (2): 1-99 New Zealanders Bowling O M R W O M R W Cowie 36 8 87 5 21 3 68 3 Reid 10.4 3 38 3 13 2 24 1 Rabone 8 1 47 0 (4) 3 0 8 0 Burtt 14 4 44 2 (3) 18.3 2 50 4 Burke 27 5 80 0 6 2 11 1 Sutcliffe 3 1 11 0 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Edrich 16 1 60 3 5 0 17 0 Warr 18 2 50 1 3 0 18 0 Sims 22 3 86 2 9 2 32 1 Young 24 8 47 1 10 1 47 0 D.C.S.Compton 14.3 0 66 3 Sharp (5) 4 0 25 0 Mann (6) 0.5 0 12 0 Umpires: J.J.Hills and A.Skelding. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: New Zealanders (1) 9-0 (Sutcliffe 4*, Scott 3*); 2nd day: Middlesex (2) 42-1 (Brown 12*, Dewes 21*). D.C.S.Compton’s 148 included 19 fours. B.Sutcliffe’s 110 took 95 minutes and included 17 fours and 1 six. 370