misc31285	Lord's XI v Central Mediterranean Forces
	Other matches in England 1945
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 23rd, 24th August 1945 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Central Mediterranean Forces won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lord's XI won by 1 wicket
Umpires	G Beet, AJB Fowler
Scorer	W Mavins
Close of play day 1

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Central Mediterranean Forces first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AG Hazlerigg	b Carr	45
DN Moore	lbw b Brown	28
GM Emmett	b Mallett	13
+AJW McIntyre	c White b Brown	7
HE Dollery	b Carr	6
TF Smailes	c Donnelly b Meyer	24
RE Henty	c Carr b Brown	0
WE Merritt	c Vaulkhard b Brown	9
AW Wellard	c Donnelly b Meyer	1
JW Martin	not out	15
TL Pritchard	c Bailey b Brown	14
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 72.4 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-86, 3-86, 4-99, 5-112, 6-112, 7-130, 8-135, 9-139, 10-167 (72.4 ov)

Lord's XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	12	4	17	0	-	-
Mallett	18	3	40	1	-	-
Brown	21.4	9	50	5	-	-
Meyer	12	1	42	2	-	-
Carr	9	5	13	2	-	-

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Lord's XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJO Meyer	run out	34
CGB Marsham	b Pritchard	14
LR White	b Wellard	3
MP Donnelly	run out	0
EDR Eagar	c Henty b Pritchard	35
*FR Brown	st McIntyre b Merritt	1
P Vaulkhard	b Pritchard	28
AWH Mallett	st McIntyre b Merritt	1
DB Carr	b Pritchard	6
TE Bailey	not out	6
+GA Wheatley	b Wellard	8
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 42.5 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-44, 3-44, 4-59, 5-61, 6-114, 7-115, 8-121, 9-126, 10-138 (42.5 ov)

Central Mediterranean Forces bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pritchard	10	3	20	4	-	-
Martin	8	0	34	0	-	-
Wellard	8.5	1	21	2	-	-
Smailes	5	1	13	0	-	-
Merritt	11	0	48	2	-	-

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Central Mediterranean Forces second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AG Hazlerigg	c Wheatley b Bailey	11
DN Moore	lbw b Brown	17
GM Emmett	c Donnelly b Bailey	0
+AJW McIntyre	lbw b Meyer	31
HE Dollery	lbw b Mallett	6
TF Smailes	b Brown	23
RE Henty	c Carr b Brown	13
WE Merritt	b Mallett	38
AW Wellard	c and b Meyer	1
JW Martin	not out	0
TL Pritchard	c Vaulkhard b Brown	11
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	12
Total	(all out, 48 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-25, 3-49, 4-89, 5-95, 6-116, 7-141, 8-146, 9-150, 10-163 (48 ov)

Lord's XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	10	3	36	2	2	-
Mallett	11	3	28	2	-	-
Brown	13	2	42	4	-	-
Meyer	7	1	21	2	-	1
Carr	7	0	24	0	-	-

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Lord's XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJO Meyer	b Merritt	33
+GA Wheatley	c McIntyre b Smailes	36
CGB Marsham	c McIntyre b Martin	20
LR White	c Moore b Merritt	33
MP Donnelly	b Smailes	32
EDR Eagar	lbw b Merritt	0
*FR Brown	b Smailes	1
P Vaulkhard	c McIntyre b Smailes	0
AWH Mallett	st McIntyre b Merritt	13
DB Carr	not out	2
TE Bailey	not out	8
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb, 2 w)	15
Total	(9 wickets, 53.1 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-161, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-188

Central Mediterranean Forces bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pritchard	9	0	35	0	-	-
Martin	7	0	24	1	-	-
Wellard	10	0	24	0	-	-
Smailes	17	0	54	4	-	-
Merritt	10.1	1	41	4	-	-

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Proceeds were given to the Central Mediterranean Forces Sports Fund