misc31013	Army XI v Royal Air Force
	Other matches in England 1942
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 5th September 1942 (1-day single innings match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Royal Air Force won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	G Beet, AJB Fowler

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Army XI innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	lbw b Emery	28
CB Harris	lbw b Robinson	115			15	-
BO Allen	lbw b Todd	69
DCS Compton	not out	56
M Leyland	not out	18
AB Sellers	did not bat
MS Nichols	did not bat
+TG Evans	did not bat
*GOB Allen	did not bat
AR Gover	did not bat
LL Wilkinson	did not bat
Extras		5
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 58 overs)	291
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-191, 3-?

Royal Air Force bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Matthews	8	0	41	0	-	-
Todd	16	0	62	1	-	-
Edrich	8	0	35	0	-	-
Robinson	20	2	109	1	-	-
Emery	6	0	39	1	-	-

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Royal Air Force innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	b Wilkinson	38
GL Berry	run out	41
*WJ Edrich	c Wilkinson b Gover	48		25	-	-
RES Wyatt	b Gover	0
+LEG Ames	b Nichols	70
HS Squires	c Nichols b Wilkinson	22
RWG Emery	not out	26
LJ Todd	run out	7
EP Robinson	c Leyland b Nichols	0
CW Walker	b Nichols	3
ADG Matthews	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 6 nb)	9
Total	(9 wickets, 44 overs)	266
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-266

Army XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	12	1	79	2	-	-
Nichols	14	0	44	3	-	-
GOB Allen	5	0	29	0	-	-
Wilkinson	13	0	105	2	-	-

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Despite the counter attraction of football 14,000 people were present of which 10,043 paid.
£153 was shared by Army charities and the RAF Benevolent Fund

 

 

 

 

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