Middlesex Cricket Archive

f18261 cc8941	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1949
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 14th, 16th, 17th May 1949 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 142 runs
Points	Middlesex 12; Essex 0
Umpires	D Davies, AE Pothecary
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 123/5 (Vigar 48, Wade 3)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 228/8 (LH Compton 18, Young 4)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	lbw b Bailey	8
SM Brown	c TPB Smith b Pullinger	7
WJ Edrich	c Pullinger b TPB Smith	35
DCS Compton	c Wade b Pullinger	16
*FG Mann	c Bailey b Pullinger	24
HPH Sharp	b Bailey	44
AW Thompson	c Bailey b Pullinger	0
+LH Compton	b Price	16
JM Sims	b Price	11
JA Young	c Pearce b Bailey	9
LH Gray	not out	5
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 68.3 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-16, 3-50, 4-68, 5-120, 6-120, 7-144, 8-158, 9-174, 10-183 (68.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	18.3	6	40	3	-	-
Pullinger	23	7	63	4	-	-
TPB Smith	8	1	28	1	-	-
R Smith	11	3	24	0	-	-
Vigar	1	0	4	0	-	-
Price	7	3	16	2	-	-

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Edrich	2
AV Avery	c LH Compton b Sims	37
SJ Cray	st LH Compton b DCS Compton	19
FH Vigar	c LH Compton b Gray	63
TE Bailey	lbw b DCS Compton	12
*TN Pearce	c and b DCS Compton	0
+TH Wade	c LH Compton b Gray	17
R Smith	lbw b DCS Compton	6
TPB Smith	lbw b Gray	0
EJ Price	c LH Compton b DCS Compton	6
GR Pullinger	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 82.3 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-43, 3-77, 4-116, 5-116, 6-148, 7-163, 8-164, 9-171, 10-171 (82.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	12	3	24	1	-	-
Gray	17	3	32	3	-	-
Sims	20	5	34	1	-	-
DCS Compton	19.3	3	57	5	-	-
Young	14	7	15	0	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c TPB Smith b Bailey	19
SM Brown	b R Smith	49
WJ Edrich	c Bailey b Pullinger	9
DCS Compton	c Avery b Pullinger	18
*FG Mann	c Pearce b TPB Smith	42
HPH Sharp	c R Smith b Bailey	39
AW Thompson	c Bailey b Pullinger	18
+LH Compton	b Bailey	37
JM Sims	b Bailey	6
JA Young	c Cray b Pullinger	4
LH Gray	not out	3
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 93.2 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-57, 3-88, 4-106, 5-160, 6-200, 7-204, 8-223, 9-228, 10-250 (93.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	35.2	8	67	4	-	-
Pullinger	32	7	87	4	-	-
R Smith	16	5	47	1	-	-
Price	2	0	20	0	-	-
TPB Smith	8	1	23	1	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Edrich b Young	30
AV Avery	b Edrich	7
SJ Cray	b Gray	12
FH Vigar	run out	0
TE Bailey	b DCS Compton	10
*TN Pearce	b DCS Compton	2
R Smith	c Edrich b Young	11
TPB Smith	c Gray b Young	2
+TH Wade	b DCS Compton	0
EJ Price	not out	19
GR Pullinger	run out	13
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 39.5 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-45, 3-50, 4-50, 5-62, 6-67, 7-77, 8-78, 9-84, 10-120 (39.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	5	0	26	1	-	-
Gray	9	2	16	1	-	-
Young	15	4	29	3	-	-
DCS Compton	10.5	2	35	3	-	-

Notes
--> GR Pullinger made his debut in County Championship matches
--> GR Pullinger made his debut in first-class matches
--> LH Compton (2) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 5
--> SJ Cray (2) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 7
--> JM Sims reached 900 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings