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f17633 cc8619	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 19th, 21st, 22nd July 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 102 runs
Points	Middlesex 12; Essex 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, F Chester
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 88/3 (Dodds 42, Horsfall 10)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 270/3 (Edrich 37, Thompson 1)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	b R Smith	74
JDB Robertson	c Dodds b TPB Smith	39
WJ Edrich	c Horsfall b R Smith	44
DCS Compton	c and b TPB Smith	129		120	14	1
*RWV Robins	run out	53
AW Thompson	b R Smith	5
+LH Compton	c and b R Smith	24
JM Sims	not out	8
JA Young	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
PI Bedford	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb)	13
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 93.5 overs)	389
Fall of wickets:
1-92, 2-157, 3-170, 4-320, 5-355, 6-358, 7-389 (93.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	16	0	69	0	-	-
R Smith	34.5	7	151	4	-	-
Dines	12	2	43	0	-	-
TPB Smith	31	6	113	2	-	-

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Edrich	66
SJ Cray	st LH Compton b Bedford	24
FH Vigar	b DCS Compton	0
*TN Pearce	c Robertson b Bedford	6
R Horsfall	st LH Compton b Sims	69
R Smith	c Robins b Gray	61
DJ Insole	c DCS Compton b Gray	70
TPB Smith	hit wkt b Bedford	20
WJ Dines	c LH Compton b Bedford	1
+TH Wade	c LH Compton b Edrich	12
TE Bailey	not out	5
Extras	(11 b, 5 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 124.4 overs)	350
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-55, 3-64, 4-149, 5-213, 6-263, 7-302, 8-324, 9-340, 10-350 (124.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	23	2	69	2	-	-
Gray	17.4	2	54	2	-	-
Young	26	12	43	0	-	-
Sims	18	2	51	1	-	-
DCS Compton	17	4	36	1	-	-
Bedford	23	3	81	4	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	b TPB Smith	76
JDB Robertson	c Pearce b R Smith	100			13	1
WJ Edrich	b TPB Smith	83
DCS Compton	st Wade b Vigar	48
AW Thompson	c Pearce b R Smith	28
+LH Compton	not out	13
*RWV Robins	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
PI Bedford	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 69.5 overs)	356
Fall of wickets:
1-169, 2-205, 3-268, 4-336, 5-356 (69.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	27.5	3	140	2	-	-
Dines	7	0	34	0	-	-
TPB Smith	21	2	90	2	-	-
Vigar	11	1	69	1	-	-
Insole	3	0	15	0	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Edrich b Robins	19
SJ Cray	st LH Compton b Bedford	15
*TN Pearce	lbw b Bedford	14
FH Vigar	b Gray	40
R Horsfall	c Brown b Young	33
R Smith	b Young	20
DJ Insole	run out	63
TPB Smith	c LH Compton b Gray	0
WJ Dines	lbw b Young	5
+TH Wade	not out	74
TE Bailey	st LH Compton b Robins	6
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 97.3 overs)	293
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-36, 3-75, 4-109, 5-140, 6-145, 7-146, 8-161, 9-244, 10-293 (97.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	8	1	33	0	-	-
Gray	16	1	42	2	-	-
Robins	12.3	1	36	2	-	-
Bedford	21	2	53	2	-	-
DCS Compton	4	0	24	0	-	-
Sims	12	0	44	0	-	-
Young	18	2	40	3	-	-
Robertson	6	1	17	0	-	-

Notes
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 74
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 14500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 70
--> PI Bedford made his debut in first-class matches
--> PI Bedford made his debut in County Championship matches
--> TC Dodds (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 32
--> R Horsfall (1) passed his previous highest score of 53 in County Championship matches
--> R Horsfall (1) passed his previous highest score of 53 in first-class matches
--> DJ Insole (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in County Championship matches
--> WJ Edrich (2) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 62