f17689 cc8667	Middlesex v Kent
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 13th, 14th, 15th August 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 75 runs
Points	Middlesex 0; Kent 12
Umpires	HG Baldwin, CAR Coleman
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 133/3 (Robertson 73*, Robins 13*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 226/5 (Anson 33*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Todd	b Sims	62
AE Fagg	b Young	66
LEG Ames	c LH Compton b Sims	8
*BH Valentine	b Gray	61
JGW Davies	c LH Compton b Sims	4
GF Anson	lbw b Sims	25
+TG Evans	lbw b DCS Compton	18
RR Dovey	run out	7
DVP Wright	b Hever	36
F Ridgway	b DCS Compton	0
NW Harding	not out	5
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 91.1 overs)	301
Fall of wickets:
1-97, 2-113, 3-179, 4-196, 5-221, 6-246, 7-254, 8-263, 9-275, 10-301 (91.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	17	3	44	1	-	-
Hever	10.1	2	32	1	-	-
Robertson	3	1	12	0	-	-
Young	16	8	24	1	-	-
DCS Compton	24	2	87	2	-	-
Robins	2	0	6	0	-	-
Sims	19	0	87	4	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	c Valentine b Harding	0
JDB Robertson	c Evans b Wright	110
WJ Edrich	b Dovey	28
DCS Compton	b Wright	16
*RWV Robins	c Harding b Wright	24
FG Mann	c Fagg b Wright	1
+LH Compton	c Harding b Wright	6
JM Sims	b Dovey	7
LH Gray	c Todd b Wright	7
JA Young	c Fagg b Wright	17
NG Hever	not out	8
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	5
Total	(all out, 81.2 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-77, 3-104, 4-172, 5-173, 6-189, 7-192, 8-202, 9-218, 10-229 (81.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harding	5	1	22	1	-	-
Wright	33.2	5	92	7	-	-
Dovey	28	5	59	2	-	-
Ridgway	13	1	46	0	-	-
Davies	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Todd	b Hever	7
AE Fagg	c LH Compton b Gray	6
LEG Ames	c DCS Compton b Young	69
*BH Valentine	c Gray b DCS Compton	92
JGW Davies	lbw b Young	11
GF Anson	c Mann b Young	51
+TG Evans	c Robertson b DCS Compton	56
RR Dovey	not out	10
DVP Wright	c Edrich b Young	11
F Ridgway	did not bat
NW Harding	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb)	11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 118.2 overs)	324
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-13, 3-170, 4-181, 5-199, 6-298, 7-298, 8-324 (118.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	19	3	70	1	-	-
Hever	15	3	37	1	-	-
Young	38.2	12	65	4	-	-
DCS Compton	31	10	86	2	-	-
Sims	12	1	37	0	-	-
Robins	3	0	18	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	b Harding	5
JDB Robertson	lbw b Harding	12
WJ Edrich	c and b Wright	31
DCS Compton	c Davies b Wright	168			19	-
*RWV Robins	b Davies	21
FG Mann	b Wright	57
+LH Compton	st Evans b Wright	7
JM Sims	b Davies	7
LH Gray	not out	4
JA Young	c Evans b Davies	0
NG Hever	b Davies	2
Extras	(4 lb, 3 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 81 overs)	321
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-28, 3-88, 4-135, 5-296, 6-305, 7-312, 8-317, 9-317, 10-321 (81 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harding	13	0	56	2	-	-
Ridgway	5	0	29	0	-	-
Wright	24	3	102	4	-	-
Dovey	20	2	69	0	-	-
Davies	19	3	58	4	-	-

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Notes
--> LJ Todd (1) passed 16000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 50
--> BH Valentine (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 29
--> JDB Robertson (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 76
--> GF Anson (2) passed his previous highest score of 29 in County Championship matches
--> JA Young reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings
--> DVP Wright reached 700 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 7th wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> JGW Davies reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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