Lives in Cricet No 33 - Jack Robertson and Syd Brown

64 Champions Compton (107), who took advantage of his younger brother’s absence to score the only century of his career, in 87 minutes. Derbyshire, spun out by Young, Sims and Robins, got nowhere near their target and Middlesex won by 212 runs, which was just as well since, at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire were beating Glamorgan in another spin-dominated low-scoring match. Jack was back for the last three games, and in the second of these, against Northamptonshire at Lord’s, he and Syd, who passed fifty twice, compiled their tenth century stand of the season. Victory for Middlesex ensured that the championship title came to Lord’s. Their triumph was capped at The Oval in the middle of September when they beat The Rest by nine wickets. Appropriately Edrich made 180 and Denis Compton 246 in the Middlesex first innings, although unfortunately in a season in which they had contributed so much, the Robertson Brown partnership failed twice. At an end-of-season players’ celebration Robins read out a congratulatory telegram from Yorkshire. It was signed ‘Ex-Champs’ and said ‘Remember, we have only lent you the Championship for the time being.’ 82 In fact it would be a dozen years, Jack’s final first-class season, before the northerners held it outright again 82 Source: Movietone News. The Middlesex side which won the 1947 County Championship. Standing (l to r): P.I.Bedford, A.W.Thompson, L.H.Gray, L.H.Compton (wk), J.D.B.Robertson, S.M.Brown, J.A.Young. Seated: W.J.Edrich, F.G.Mann, R.W.V.Robins (capt), J.M.Sims, D.C.S.Compton