f17934 cc8761	Middlesex v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 5th, 7th, 8th June 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Yorkshire won by an innings and 80 runs
Points	Middlesex 0; Yorkshire 12
Umpires	PT Mills, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 363/6 (Watson 80*, Wardle 0*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 63/4 (Sims 1*)

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	c and b Sims	133		275	9	-
H Halliday	c DCS Compton b Young	19
JV Wilson	lbw b DCS Compton	0
*NWD Yardley	hit wkt b DCS Compton	90
W Watson	not out	92
EI Lester	c Robins b Sims	1
A Coxon	b Young	25
JH Wardle	c Sharp b Gray	8
TF Smailes	c LH Compton b Gray	3
+DV Brennan	b Young	3
EP Robinson	c DCS Compton b Young	0
Extras	(7 b, 11 lb)	18
Total	(all out, 160 overs)	392
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-68, 3-209, 4-276, 5-284, 6-363, 7-376, 8-381, 9-392, 10-392 (160 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	19	4	45	0	-	-
Gray	23	7	54	2	-	-
Young	62	18	133	4	-	-
DCS Compton	30	9	83	2	-	-
Sims	11	3	26	2	-	-
Robins	10	2	23	0	-	-
Sharp	5	2	10	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Coxon	24
SM Brown	b Coxon	1
WJ Edrich	lbw b Robinson	12
DCS Compton	lbw b Smailes	59
*FG Mann	c Coxon b Wardle	4
RWV Robins	c Halliday b Robinson	2
HPH Sharp	st Brennan b Wardle	1
+LH Compton	c and b Robinson	53
JM Sims	c Watson b Wardle	10
JA Young	b Robinson	9
LH Gray	not out	5
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 88.2 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-39, 3-47, 4-52, 5-63, 6-74, 7-113, 8-170, 9-172, 10-186 (88.2 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coxon	16	7	32	2	-	1
Smailes	14	5	24	1	-	1
Wardle	34	15	75	3	-	-
Robinson	24.2	7	49	4	-	-

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Middlesex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Brennan b Wardle	28
*FG Mann	c Hutton b Robinson	26
WJ Edrich	c Smailes b Robinson	0
DCS Compton	c Smailes b Wardle	3
JM Sims	c Smailes b Robinson	1
RWV Robins	b Robinson	3
SM Brown	c Brennan b Wardle	0
HPH Sharp	not out	28
+LH Compton	c Yardley b Wardle	8
JA Young	b Wardle	19
LH Gray	b Robinson	0
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 62.4 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-55, 3-60, 4-63, 5-63, 6-64, 7-72, 8-91, 9-117, 10-126 (62.4 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coxon	9	2	24	0	-	-
Smailes	7	0	20	0	-	-
Wardle	24	10	30	5	-	-
Robinson	22.4	10	42	5	-	-

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Notes
--> L Hutton (1) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 23
--> LH Compton (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 42
--> JDB Robertson (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 21
--> DCS Compton reached 200 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> JH Wardle reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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