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f17491 cc8507	Middlesex v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 21st, 22nd, 23rd May 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 234 runs
Points	Middlesex 12; Worcestershire 0
Umpires	GM Lee, PT Mills
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 67/4 (Bird 1, White 2)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 12/1 (E Cooper 4, Kenyon 2)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Jackson	15
SM Brown	c Jenkins b Howorth	42
WJ Edrich	lbw b Howorth	34
DCS Compton	not out	88
JT Eaglestone	c Howorth b Wyatt	16
*FG Mann	b Wyatt	0
AW Thompson	c and b Perks	0
+LH Compton	b Perks	6
JM Sims	b Perks	0
JA Young	c Yarnold b Jackson	0
LH Gray	lbw b Jackson	0
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 88 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-91, 3-106, 4-148, 5-148, 6-153, 7-169, 8-191, 9-196, 10-207 (88 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	28	4	71	3	-	-
Wyatt	16	5	34	2	-	-
Jackson	26	5	45	3	-	-
Jenkins	2	0	7	0	-	-
Howorth	16	7	44	2	-	-

Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Cooper	c LH Compton b Gray	23
F Cooper	c LH Compton b Edrich	12
D Kenyon	c Young b Edrich	21
RES Wyatt	c DCS Compton b Edrich	3
RE Bird	lbw b Gray	4
*AFT White	c Gray b Edrich	14
R Howorth	lbw b Gray	0
RO Jenkins	b Young	25
+H Yarnold	c LH Compton b Edrich	22
RTD Perks	b Young	3
PF Jackson	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 62.1 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-58, 3-62, 4-64, 5-75, 6-77, 7-83, 8-130, 9-134, 10-134 (62.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	20	5	37	3	-	-
Edrich	25.1	6	61	5	-	-
Young	13	6	17	2	-	-
Sims	4	0	12	0	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c and b Howorth	43
SM Brown	st Yarnold b Howorth	61
WJ Edrich	c sub b Wyatt	48
DCS Compton	b Howorth	112
*FG Mann	c E Cooper b Wyatt	21
AW Thompson	c sub b Jenkins	8
JT Eaglestone	st Yarnold b Jenkins	4
+LH Compton	not out	8
JM Sims	not out	4
JA Young	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 nb)	5
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 77 overs)	314
Fall of wickets:
1-100, 2-113, 3-231, 4-278, 5-291, 6-296, 7-309

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	15	1	59	0	-	-
Wyatt	23	6	93	2	-	-
Jenkins	22	2	86	2	-	-
Howorth	17	2	71	3	-	-

Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Cooper	lbw b Gray	14
F Cooper	b Gray	6
D Kenyon	c LH Compton b Edrich	3
RES Wyatt	c Sims b Gray	0
RE Bird	b Edrich	27
*AFT White	b Edrich	11
R Howorth	b Edrich	7
RO Jenkins	lbw b Sims	42
+H Yarnold	lbw b Edrich	24
RTD Perks	c DCS Compton b Sims	12
PF Jackson	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 59.2 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-18, 3-21, 4-30, 5-59, 6-72, 7-81, 8-123, 9-152, 10-153 (59.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	27	5	69	5	-	-
Gray	17	3	42	3	-	-
Young	12	4	24	0	-	-
Sims	3.2	1	11	2	-	-

Notes
--> JDB Robertson (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 43
--> D Kenyon (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> RTD Perks (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 11
--> RTD Perks (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> RES Wyatt reached 650 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex second innings