f17892 cc8730	Middlesex v Somerset
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 19th, 20th, 21st May 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 10 wickets
Points	Middlesex 12; Somerset 0
Umpires	H Elliott, PT Mills
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 21/2 (Coope 6*, Mitchell-Innes 6*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 297/9 (Luckes 18*, Graham 0*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Hazell b Buse	21
SM Brown	c Mitchell-Innes b Buse	31
WJ Edrich	not out	168			18	1
DCS Compton	not out	252		240	37	3
+LH Compton	did not bat
*FG Mann	did not bat
RWV Robins	did not bat
HPH Sharp	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 w)	6
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 110 overs)	478
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-54

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	29	4	158	0	-	-
Tremlett	15	2	50	0	1	-
Graham	8	0	40	0	-	-
Buse	33	9	107	2	-	-
Hazell	19	4	56	0	1	-
Coope	6	0	61	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	b Gray	6
E Hill	c LH Compton b Gray	3
M Coope	c LH Compton b Sims	31
*NS Mitchell-Innes	b DCS Compton	65
GES Woodhouse	lbw b DCS Compton	15
HFT Buse	c DCS Compton b Young	7
MF Tremlett	c Robins b Gray	40
+WT Luckes	c Sharp b Young	0
AW Wellard	c and b Edrich	3
HL Hazell	not out	4
PAO Graham	b Gray	12
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 70 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-14, 3-70, 4-124, 5-129, 6-154, 7-163, 8-178, 9-178, 10-194 (70 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	14	3	27	4	-	-
Young	13	8	14	2	-	-
Sims	19	2	61	1	-	-
Edrich	9	2	29	1	-	-
DCS Compton	15	4	55	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	b Gray	29
E Hill	st LH Compton b DCS Compton	69
M Coope	lbw b Sims	59
*NS Mitchell-Innes	lbw b Sims	8
GES Woodhouse	c Edrich b DCS Compton	8
HFT Buse	c LH Compton b Young	59
MF Tremlett	c Edrich b Robins	20
+WT Luckes	c Edrich b Sims	27
AW Wellard	c Brown b Robins	14
HL Hazell	lbw b Robins	5
PAO Graham	not out	4
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 101.4 overs)	310
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-128, 3-130, 4-163, 5-180, 6-256, 7-258, 8-281, 9-297, 10-310 (101.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	3	0	20	0	-	-
Gray	14	5	25	1	-	-
Sims	29.4	9	78	3	-	-
DCS Compton	19	3	69	2	-	-
Robins	17	2	69	3	-	-
Young	19	7	41	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	not out	22
+LH Compton	not out	7
SM Brown	did not bat
WJ Edrich	did not bat
DCS Compton	did not bat
*FG Mann	did not bat
RWV Robins	did not bat
HPH Sharp	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 5.2 overs)	29

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tremlett	3	0	9	0	-	-
Graham	2.2	0	20	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 74
--> DCS Compton (1) passed his previous highest score of 235 in County Championship matches
--> DCS Compton (1) passed his previous highest score of 249 in First-Class matches
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 17000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 210
--> E Hill (2) passed his previous highest score of 38 in County Championship matches
--> E Hill (2) passed his previous highest score of 42 in First-Class matches
--> JA Young reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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