f17471 cc8493	Middlesex v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 14th, 15th May 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by an innings and 178 runs
Points	Middlesex 12; Gloucestershire 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, E Cooke
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 198/2 (Robertson 119*, DCS Compton 0*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJ Barnett	c LH Compton b Gray	20
*BO Allen	c Shaddick b Gray	10
WL Neale	c DCS Compton b Gray	43
JF Crapp	c DCS Compton b Edrich	0
GM Emmett	c Edrich b Gray	28
BH Lyon	lbw b Gray	0
+AE Wilson	c DCS Compton b Young	10
CJ Scott	b Sims	2
GEE Lambert	b Sims	4
TWJ Goddard	not out	2
C Cook	b Edrich	0
Extras	(2 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 62 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-33, 3-34, 4-88, 5-90, 6-106, 7-109, 8-119, 9-121, 10-122 (62 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	16	4	35	5	-	-
Edrich	11	2	26	2	-	-
Sims	22	3	43	2	-	-
Shaddick	3	0	7	0	-	-
Young	10	5	8	1	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Allen b Lambert	128
SM Brown	c Wilson b Barnett	34
WJ Edrich	c and b Cook	40
DCS Compton	c Crapp b Scott	22
*FG Mann	c Emmett b Goddard	88
AW Thompson	st Wilson b Cook	53
+LH Compton	c and b Cook	4
JM Sims	b Goddard	5
JA Young	lbw b Cook	4
RA Shaddick	c Crapp b Goddard	1
LH Gray	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 114.5 overs)	388
Fall of wickets:
1-100, 2-194, 3-222, 4-232, 5-332, 6-344, 7-373, 8-382, 9-388, 10-388 (114.5 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	13	2	51	1	-	-
Scott	11	0	56	1	-	-
Barnett	11	1	39	1	-	-
Cook	40	8	132	4	-	-
Goddard	39.5	4	101	3	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJ Barnett	c Brown b Edrich	7
*BO Allen	c LH Compton b Gray	2
WL Neale	b Edrich	6
JF Crapp	c LH Compton b Edrich	19
GM Emmett	b Edrich	4
BH Lyon	b Sims	33
+AE Wilson	c LH Compton b Edrich	4
CJ Scott	b Gray	2
GEE Lambert	b Edrich	0
TWJ Goddard	run out	2
C Cook	not out	2
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 33 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-15, 3-15, 4-19, 5-68, 6-75, 7-84, 8-84, 9-85, 10-88 (33 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	13	3	16	2	-	-
Edrich	12	2	28	6	-	-
Sims	4	0	13	1	-	-
Shaddick	4	0	24	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> FG Mann (1) equalled his previous highest score of 88 in County Championship matches
--> WJ Edrich reached 200 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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