f17641 cc8626	Northamptonshire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1947
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 23rd, 24th, 25th July 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 8 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Middlesex 12
Umpires	CAR Coleman, H Elliott
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 39/3 (Bennett 11*, Barron 0*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 31/1 (Brown 5*, Edrich 20*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	c Partridge b Clark	17
JDB Robertson	c Barron b Partridge	0
WJ Edrich	not out	267		315	24	3
DCS Compton	b Partridge	110
*FG Mann	b Cox	54
AW Thompson	c Davis b Broderick	3
+LH Compton	not out	2
JM Sims	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
NG Hever	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 104.4 overs)	464
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-51, 3-262, 4-417, 5-431

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clark	22	4	98	1	-	-
Partridge	22	2	63	2	-	-
Timms	13	2	56	0	-	-
Broderick	23.4	4	87	1	-	-
Cox	15	0	76	1	-	-
Davis	4	0	41	0	-	-
Childs-Clarke	5	0	32	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	b Edrich	6
CP Davis	c Edrich b DCS Compton	18
ACL Bennett	b DCS Compton	50
JE Timms	lbw b Sims	2
W Barron	retired hurt	4
AL Cox	c Mann b DCS Compton	10
V Broderick	b DCS Compton	18
*AW Childs-Clarke	lbw b DCS Compton	32
RJ Partridge	c LH Compton b DCS Compton	12
+K Fiddling	lbw b Sims	20
EW Clark	not out	19
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 57.5 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-30, 3-35, 4-84, 5-103, 6-120, 7-153, 8-158, 9-202 (57.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	7	1	20	0	-	-
Edrich	10	1	39	1	-	-
Sims	18.5	1	54	2	-	-
DCS Compton	22	1	78	6	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	lbw b DCS Compton	107		150
CP Davis	b Edrich	6
ACL Bennett	st LH Compton b Young	44
JE Timms	lbw b DCS Compton	22
AL Cox	c LH Compton b Sims	41
V Broderick	b Sims	31
*AW Childs-Clarke	b DCS Compton	4
RJ Partridge	c DCS Compton b Sims	21
+K Fiddling	hit wkt b Gray	25
EW Clark	not out	12
W Barron	absent hurt
Extras	(7 b, 8 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 85.2 overs)	328
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-90, 3-144, 4-203, 5-237, 6-248, 7-284, 8-289, 9-328 (85.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	9	1	24	1	-	-
Gray	9.2	1	25	1	-	-
DCS Compton	24	0	100	3	-	-
Sims	25	1	116	3	-	-
Young	14	2	37	1	-	-
Hever	4	0	11	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	not out	20
JDB Robertson	c Brookes b Clark	6
WJ Edrich	c Cox b Partridge	27
DCS Compton	not out	13
*FG Mann	did not bat
AW Thompson	did not bat
+LH Compton	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
NG Hever	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(2 wickets, 13.5 overs)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-38

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Partridge	7	0	35	1	-	-
Clark	6.5	1	31	1	-	-

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Notes
--> ACL Bennett made his debut in County Championship matches
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed his previous highest score of 257 in First-Class matches
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed his previous highest score of 257 in County Championship matches
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 82
--> FG Mann (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> CP Davis (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> AL Cox (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> DCS Compton (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 9
--> DCS Compton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 5-108)
--> JM Sims reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> W Barron retired hurt in the Northamptonshire first innings having scored 4 (team had lost 3 wickets)

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