Middlesex Cricket Archive

f17874 cc8715	Middlesex v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 12th, 13th May 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 10 wickets
Points	Middlesex 12; Worcestershire 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, JJ Hills
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 89/4 (DCS Compton 18, Gray 0)

Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Cooper	lbw b Gray	0
DM Young	c DCS Compton b Gray	45
D Kenyon	lbw b Young	27
RES Wyatt	lbw b DCS Compton	0
LF Outschoorn	c DCS Compton b Gray	27
R Howorth	c Mann b Gray	4
*AFT White	c Sharp b Sims	6
RO Jenkins	lbw b Sims	0
RTD Perks	c Edrich b Gray	32
+H Yarnold	not out	9
PF Jackson	c Edrich b Sims	1
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 82.3 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-36, 3-41, 4-81, 5-96, 6-106, 7-106, 8-143, 9-148, 10-157 (82.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	16	7	25	0	-	-
Gray	26	11	25	5	-	-
Young	22	11	36	1	-	-
DCS Compton	5	1	22	1	-	-
Sims	13.3	4	43	3	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Perks	2
A Fairbairn	c Yarnold b Howorth	13
WJ Edrich	b Howorth	43
DCS Compton	c and b Perks	94
*FG Mann	c Jenkins b Howorth	3
LH Gray	c Cooper b Jackson	1
HPH Sharp	lbw b Howorth	3
RWV Robins	b Perks	67
+LH Compton	lbw b Howorth	24
JM Sims	not out	8
JA Young	b Perks	1
Extras	(16 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 90.1 overs)	282
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-38, 3-79, 4-89, 5-106, 6-109, 7-210, 8-256, 9-273, 10-282 (90.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	25.1	8	59	4	-	-
Jackson	24	8	87	1	-	-
Howorth	35	11	76	5	-	-
Jenkins	3	0	11	0	-	-
Outschoorn	3	1	26	0	-	-

Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Cooper	c DCS Compton b Young	9
*AFT White	c Young b Edrich	6
D Kenyon	lbw b Edrich	0
RES Wyatt	st LH Compton b DCS Compton	37
LF Outschoorn	c LH Compton b Young	5
R Howorth	c LH Compton b Edrich	25
DM Young	lbw b DCS Compton	3
RO Jenkins	c Edrich b DCS Compton	5
RTD Perks	c and b DCS Compton	17
+H Yarnold	not out	18
PF Jackson	c Robins b Sims	3
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 51.2 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-7, 3-28, 4-40, 5-81, 6-87, 7-93, 8-94, 9-115, 10-132 (51.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	12	2	31	3	-	-
Gray	8	3	16	0	-	-
Young	7	3	18	2	-	-
DCS Compton	13	4	36	4	-	-
Sims	11.2	2	27	1	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	not out	5
A Fairbairn	not out	3
WJ Edrich	did not bat
DCS Compton	did not bat
*FG Mann	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
HPH Sharp	did not bat
RWV Robins	did not bat
+LH Compton	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 3.4 overs)	8

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	2	0	5	0	-	-
Outschoorn	1.4	0	3	0	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> DM Young (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in County Championship matches
--> JM Sims reached 1150 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> R Howorth reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Middlesex first innings