f18072 cc8872	Northamptonshire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1948
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 4th, 5th August 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by an innings and 99 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Middlesex 12
Umpires	FS Lee, E Robinson
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 87/2 (Robertson 51*, Sims 1*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	st LH Compton b Young	69
N Oldfield	b Edrich	4
W Barron	c LH Compton b DCS Compton	16
E Davis	b Young	71
JE Timms	c Robertson b Young	26
V Broderick	b DCS Compton	12
AE Nutter	lbw b DCS Compton	4
J Webster	c LH Compton b Young	1
RW Clarke	b DCS Compton	5
+K Fiddling	not out	0
RG Garlick	c and b Young	0
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 95.4 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-32, 3-140, 4-169, 5-182, 6-204, 7-208, 8-213, 9-213, 10-213 (95.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	19	9	34	1	-	-
Gray	9	3	21	0	-	-
Young	35.4	13	65	5	-	-
DCS Compton	23	5	58	4	-	-
Bedford	5	0	18	0	-	-
Sims	4	0	12	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	b Clarke	1
JDB Robertson	b Garlick	60
WJ Edrich	b Broderick	27
JM Sims	b Webster	101
DCS Compton	b Broderick	12
*FG Mann	st +Barron b Broderick	45
RWV Robins	b Clarke	98
+LH Compton	c Nutter b Broderick	42
JA Young	not out	6
PI Bedford	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 128 overs)	408
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-79, 3-98, 4-113, 5-191, 6-329, 7-378, 8-408 (128 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nutter	18	4	52	0	-	-
Clarke	15	0	63	2	-	-
Broderick	51	20	122	4	-	-
Webster	12	1	65	1	-	-
Garlick	32	10	90	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	c Robertson b Young	38
N Oldfield	b DCS Compton	20
W Barron	c LH Compton b Young	1
E Davis	lbw b Young	13
JE Timms	c DCS Compton b Young	4
V Broderick	lbw b Bedford	1
AE Nutter	b Young	11
J Webster	b Young	1
RW Clarke	b Young	0
+K Fiddling	lbw b DCS Compton	4
RG Garlick	not out	3
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 49.5 overs)	96
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-33, 3-71, 4-72, 5-73, 6-81, 7-81, 8-88, 9-93, 10-96 (49.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	4	1	9	0	-	-
Gray	3	1	5	0	-	-
Young	21.5	10	25	7	-	-
DCS Compton	15	2	39	2	-	-
Bedford	6	0	18	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> JA Young reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> DCS Compton reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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