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f17743	The Rest v Middlesex
	Champion County Match 1947
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 13th, 15th, 16th, 17th September 1947 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 9 wickets
Umpires	HG Baldwin, F Chester
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 232/3 (Edrich 113, Robins 15)
Close of play day 2	The Rest (1) 116/4 (Emmett 62, Cranston 16)
Close of play day 3	The Rest (2) 309/8 (Wright 27, Goddard 10)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	c Evans b Bedser	4
JDB Robertson	c Evans b Bedser	3
WJ Edrich	st Evans b Goddard	180			21	1
FG Mann	st Evans b Wright	33
DCS Compton	st Evans b Goddard	246			30	-
*RWV Robins	c Butler b Goddard	33
AW Thompson	c Cranston b Howorth	1
+WFF Price	c Bedser b Goddard	3
JM Sims	run out	17
JA Young	not out	9
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 4 nb)	14
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 167.3 overs)	543
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-8, 3-53, 4-274, 5-356, 6-361, 7-375, 8-457, 9-543 (167.3 ov)

The Rest bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Butler	24	4	54	0	-	-
Bedser	37	10	93	2	-	-
Wright	23	2	97	1	-	1
Goddard	46.3	6	179	4	-	3
Howorth	37	7	106	1	-	-

The Rest first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	c Robins b Gray	0
W Place	lbw b Gray	0
R Howorth	st Price b Compton	30
GM Emmett	c Price b Gray	89
*NWD Yardley	b Compton	0
K Cranston	c Price b Gray	18
+TG Evans	lbw b Young	70
AV Bedser	not out	13
DVP Wright	lbw b Young	0
TWJ Goddard	st Price b Compton	8
HJ Butler	b Compton	0
Extras	(12 b, 6 lb)	18
Total	(all out, 80.4 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-3, 3-78, 4-78, 5-118, 6-189, 7-227, 8-231, 9-246, 10-246 (80.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	18	6	47	4	-	-
Young	29	6	71	2	-	-
Sims	7	1	29	0	-	-
Robins	8	1	24	0	-	-
Compton	18.4	2	57	4	-	-

The Rest second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	b Sims	61
W Place	run out	3
R Howorth	c Robertson b Gray	3
GM Emmett	b Compton	43
*NWD Yardley	lbw b Young	71
K Cranston	b Robins	22
+TG Evans	c Thompson b Compton	15
AV Bedser	b Young	23
DVP Wright	c Sims b Gray	29
TWJ Goddard	c and b Gray	14
HJ Butler	not out	2
Extras	(21 b, 9 lb, 1 w)	31
Total	(all out, 84.3 overs)	317
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-34, 3-113, 4-139, 5-186, 6-219, 7-258, 8-279, 9-314, 10-317 (84.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	17.3	4	36	3	-	-
Young	27	5	77	2	-	-
Thompson	9	1	27	0	-	-
Sims	10	0	41	1	1	-
Compton	16	1	84	2	-	-
Robins	5	0	21	1	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	not out	8
JDB Robertson	lbw b Wright	0
WJ Edrich	not out	13
FG Mann	did not bat
DCS Compton	did not bat
*RWV Robins	did not bat
AW Thompson	did not bat
+WFF Price	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 9.2 overs)	21
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Robertson)

The Rest bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cranston	5	1	12	0	-	-
Wright	4.2	2	9	1	-	-

Notes
--> WFF Price made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> FG Mann (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 33
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 16500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 241
--> JA Young reached 300 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the The Rest second innings
--> DCS Compton retired hurt in the Middlesex first innings having scored 55 (team score 191/3) - he returned when the score was 274/4