Champion County Match, 1947
Rest of England v Middlesex
Kennington Oval, London
13,15,16,17 September 1947 (4-day match)
Result: Middlesex won by 9 wickets
Toss: Middlesex
Umpires: HG Baldwin and F Chester
Close of play:
Day 1:
Day 2:
Day 3:
Middlesex 1st innings
SM Brown c Evans b Bedser 4
JDB Robertson c Evans b Bedser 3
WJ Edrich st Evans b Goddard 180
FG Mann st Evans b Wright 33
DCS Compton st Evans b Goddard 246
*RWV Robins c Butler b Goddard 33
AW Thompson c Cranston b Howorth 1
+WFF Price c Bedser b Goddard 3
JM Sims run out 17
JA Young not out 9
Extras (b 6, lb 4, nb 4) 14
Total (9 wickets declared, 167.3 overs) 543
DNB: LH Gray.
FoW: 1-7, 2-8, 3-53, 4-274, 5-356, 6-361, 7-375, 8-457, 9-543.
Bowling O M R W
Butler 24 4 54 0
Bedser 37 10 93 2
Wright 23 2 97 1
Goddard 46.3 6 179 4
Howorth 37 7 106 1
Rest of England 1st innings
C Washbrook c Robins b Gray 0
W Place lbw b Gray 0
R Howorth st Price b Compton 30
GM Emmett c Price b Gray 89
NWD Yardley b Compton 0
K Cranston c Price b Gray 18
TG Evans lbw b Young 70
AV Bedser not out 13
DVP Wright lbw b Young 0
TWJ Goddard st Price b Compton 8
HJ Butler b Compton 0
Extras (b 12, lb 6) 18
Total (all out, 80.4 overs) 246
FoW: 1-0, 2-3, 3-78, 4-78, 5-118,
6-189, 7-227, 8-231, 9-246, 10-246.
Bowling O M R W
Gray 18 6 47 4
Young 29 6 71 2
Sims 7 1 29 0
Robins 8 1 24 0
Compton 18.4 2 57 4
Rest of England 2nd innings (following on)
C Washbrook b Sims 61
W Place run out 3
R Howorth c Robertson b Gray 3
GM Emmett b Compton 43
NWD Yardley lbw b Young 71
K Cranston b Robins 22
TG Evans c Thompson b Compton 15
AV Bedser b Young 23
DVP Wright c Sims b Gray 29
TWJ Goddard c & b Gray 14
HJ Butler not out 2
Extras (b 21, lb 9, w 1) 31
Total (all out, 84.3 overs) 317
FoW: 1-25, 2-34, 3-113, 4-139, 5-186,
6-219, 7-258, 8-279, 9-314, 10-317.
Bowling O M R W
Gray 17.3 4 36 3
Young 27 5 77 2
Sims 10 0 41 1
Robins 5 0 21 1
Compton 16 1 84 2
Thompson 9 1 27 0
Middlesex 2nd innings (target: 21 runs)
SM Brown not out 8
JDB Robertson lbw b Wright 0
WJ Edrich not out 13
Extras 0
Total (1 wicket, 9.2 overs) 21
DNB: FG Mann, DCS Compton, *RWV Robins, AW Thompson, +WFF Price,
JM Sims, JA Young, LH Gray.
FoW: 1-4.
Bowling O M R W
Wright 4.2 2 9 1
Cranston 5 1 12 0
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