Middlesex Meet Australian Eleven
LONDON, July 17. Compton and Edrieh were the only Middlesex' batsmen who were able to deal adequately with the hostile Australian attaek. Johnston began the rout wlien he dismissed the opener,.' Robertson, in the third over, with the. total at 13, Chosen by Wisden as one of Engiand 's live cricketers of the year 1947, Robertson failed disnialJy in eaeh: of liis appearanees agai'nst Austr.alia, ; although he . scored prolifically ...in copntv matches. ; Johnston reihoved Edrieh. .tb .niake' Middlesex two wickets down for 78. -and . had.'the you.ng. Cambridge . lefthauder, Dewes, caught by Tallon. His three wiekets tlien cost 20 and * lie, finish'ed !, the dav with three wiekets for 43: runs. ■ Eoxton bowled, aecurately and cour-. ageouslvv * lie dismissed Denis. Compton witli a beautiful ba'll agd deserved his iigures'of three wiekets for 33 rlms. Rain, liowever, took tjie.edge off the Anstraliajis' satisfactioii over' tlie fine bowliug feat. With 85 nimutes- left for play when Middlesex were dismissed, it seemed probabie- that Australia would be well 011 the way towards victory at stumps ;but a persistent drizzle began wlien Morris and Brown had made six in ten iniinit.es, and washed out play for the rest of the dav. MIDDLESEX. First Innings. Robertson, b W. Johnston 2 Brown, c Morris, 1) Ring 39 Edrieh, e Tallon, b W. Johnston .. 27 Denis Conipton, b Loxton .. .. 62 Dewes, e Tallon, b \V. Johnston .. 4 ' .Manu, e MeCool, b Lindvvall .... 15 ijeslie Compton, 0 Lindwall, b Loxton 17 Sinis, c and b Loxton .. ] Whitcombe, not.out .. .. 5 Young, stp Tallon, b MeCool .. .. 14 Bedford, b MeCool 0 Extras .. 17 Total '203 Bowling: Lindwall 1 for 28, W. Johnston 3 l'or 43, Loxton 3 for 33, McCool 2 for 54, Ring 1 for 28. ■ ArSTllALIA First Innings. Brown, 'not out 5 Morris, not out .' 1 Total for 110 wiekets 6
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Chronicle (Levin), 19 July 1948, Page 7
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