f17280 cc8436	Northamptonshire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1946
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 7th, 8th, 9th August 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by an innings and 201 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Middlesex 12
Umpires	H Elliott, JJ Hills
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 514/6 (Edrich 222*, Sims 8*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (1) 169/8 (Partridge 3*, Nevell 3*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Nevell b Merritt	64
SM Brown	c Barron b Merritt	92
WJ Edrich	not out	222		210	23	4
DCS Compton	c Barron b Merritt	38
*RWV Robins	lbw b Merritt	0
AW Thompson	c Merritt b Whitfield	77
+WFF Price	run out	1
JM Sims	not out	8
LH Gray	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
RA Shaddick	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 103 overs)	514
Fall of wickets:
1-141, 2-180, 3-258, 4-260, 5-481, 6-501

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clark	15	1	53	0	-	-
Partridge	10	0	59	0	-	-
Webster	19	0	90	0	-	-
Nevell	17	1	87	0	-	-
Merritt	26	1	134	4	-	-
Timms	3	0	15	0	-	-
Whitfield	9	0	39	1	-	-
Davis	4	0	25	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	c Price b Edrich	6
CP Davis	b Edrich	28
EW Whitfield	c Robertson b Edrich	6
JE Timms	c Compton b Edrich	7
W Barron	c Price b Edrich	2
+HW Greenwood	c Price b Edrich	13
*J Webster	c Compton b Gray	24
WE Merritt	run out	73
RJ Partridge	c Young b Edrich	4
WT Nevell	b Gray	9
EW Clark	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 64.2 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-28, 3-45, 4-49, 5-50, 6-67, 7-159, 8-162, 9-177, 10-177 (64.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	15.2	4	28	2	-	-
Edrich	26	6	69	7	-	-
Shaddick	3	0	5	0	-	-
Sims	10	3	28	0	-	-
Young	4	1	8	0	-	-
Robins	3	1	18	0	-	-
Compton	3	0	16	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	b Gray	24
CP Davis	b Edrich	2
EW Whitfield	c Robins b Young	7
JE Timms	c Shaddick b Young	2
W Barron	b Shaddick	25
+HW Greenwood	c Robertson b Young	5
*J Webster	b Young	0
WE Merritt	c Gray b Young	0
RJ Partridge	not out	30
WT Nevell	b Shaddick	19
EW Clark	run out	15
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 44 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-32, 3-36, 4-37, 5-55, 6-55, 7-55, 8-85, 9-107, 10-136 (44 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	9	0	23	1	-	-
Gray	9	0	30	1	-	-
Young	13	3	38	5	-	-
Compton	4	2	10	0	-	-
Shaddick	9	1	28	2	-	-

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Notes
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 10500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 26
--> AW Thompson (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in County Championship matches
--> AW Thompson (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 45
--> CP Davis (1) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 10
--> HW Greenwood (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> WE Merritt (1) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 4
--> WJ Edrich achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 5-30)
--> WJ Edrich achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 5-30)
--> JA Young reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> JA Young completed a hat-trick in the Northamptonshire second innings (Greenwood, Webster, Merritt)

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