County Championship - Season 1947

County Championship - Results

Date	Opponents	Venue	Results	Scores
10 May	Sussex	Portsmouth	Won by 86 runs (12 pts) Toss unknown	Hants 234 (Rogers 99, Nye 4-61) Sussex 253 (Langridge 103, Ransom 4-75) Hants 203 (McCorkell 55no, Cornford 4-63) Sussex 98 (Oakes 36, Herman 6-33)
17 May	Gloucestershire	Bristol	Lost by an innings and 141 runs (0 pts) Toss won by Gloucestershire	Glos 378 (Emmett 102, Ransom 3-64) Hants 77 (Bailey 24, Barnett 5-14, Goddard 5-25) Hants 160 (Arnold 41, Barnett 6-46)
24 May	Kent	Southampton	Lost by 9 wkts (0 pts) Toss unknown	Hants 367 (Rogers 91, Dovey 4-76) Kent 444 (Ames 179, Knott 4-77) Hants 144 (Arnold 46, Martin 6-47) Kent 69-1 (Fagg 45no, Herman 1-41)
31 May	Leicestershire	Leicester	Lost by an innings and 83 runs (0 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 174 (Hill 36, Sperry 4-45) Leics 426-8 (Berry 91, Knott 3-117) Hants 169-9 (1 abs) (Rogers 79, Walsh 5-74)
04 Jun	Middlesex	Lords	Lost by an innings and 49 runs (0 pts) Toss won by Middlesex	Middx 429-6 (Robertson 229, Knott 2-99) Hants 164 (McCorkell 43, Hever 5-26) Hants 216 (McCorkell 66, Hever 3-46)
07 Jun	Derbyshire	Portsmouth	Won by 7 wkts (12 pts) Toss unknown	Derby 125 (Revill 26, Gladwin 26, Heath 7-49) Hants 127 (McCorkell 53, Pope 6-61) Derby 274 (Revill 61, Heath 6-103) Hants 273-3 (McCorkell 103no, Rhodes 1-28)
11 Jun	Yorkshire	Bradford	Match Drawn (0 pts) Toss unknown	Yorks 236 (Walker 91, Ransom 4-57) Hants 138 (Hill 52no, Coxon 4-42) Yorks 264-6 (Watson 61, Hill 4-30) Hants 160-3 (McCorkell 82no, Wardle 1-24)
14 Jun	Northamptonshire	Northampton	Match Drawn (4 pts) Toss unknown	Hants 386-6 (Eagar 89, Nevell 3-94) Nhants 193 (Broderick 67, Ransom 5-50) Hants 26-3 (Ransom 18, CP Davis 2-13)
18 Jun	Northamptonshire	Southampton	Match Drawn (0 pts) Toss unknown	Hants 434-9 (Arnold 188, Childs-Clarke 2-52) Nhants 316-6 (Timms 68, Ransom 2-51)
21 Jun	Sussex	Chichester	Won by an innings and 33 runs (12 pts) Toss unknown	Hants 279 (Rogers 90, C Oakes 5-87) Sussex 90 (JY Oakes 20, Heath 5-31, Ransom 5-54) Sussex 156 (Parks 59, Heath 5-62)
25 Jun	Essex	Colchester, Castle Park	Match Drawn (4 pts) Toss won by Essex	Essex 282 (Dodds 62, Heath 6-97) Hants 393 (Arnold 136, TPB Smith 7-129) Essex 163-8 (Dodds 54, Ransom 3-67)
05 Jul	Middlesex	Portsmouth	Lost by 105 runs (0 pts) Toss won by Middlesex	Middx 196 (Thompson 60, Heath 6-100) Hants 191 (Arnold 66, Young 5-28) Middx 178 (Price 48, Hill 4-26) Hants 78 (Heath 18, Young 4-19)
09 Jul	Worcestershire	Worcester	Match Drawn (4 pts) Toss unknown	Worcs 155 (Cooper 51, Ransom 5-54) Hants 239 (Arnold 125, Jackson 6-52) Worcs 278-5 (Cooper 84, Bailey 3-78) Hants 88-4 (Hill 41no, Howorth 2-10)
16 Jul	Nottinghamshire	Trent Bridge	Match Drawn (0 pts) Toss unknown	Hants 310-4 (Rogers 136, Stocks 2-31) Notts 256-4 (Reddick 62no, Shirreff 2-49)
19 Jul	Somerset	Bournemouth	Match Drawn (4 pts) Toss won by Somerset	Somerset 255 (Gimblett 60, Knott 6-97) Hants 291 (Bailey 73, Andrews 3-60) Somerset 44-0 (Mitchell-Innes 27no)
23 Jul	Essex	Bournemouth	Lost by an innings and 108 runs (0 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 223 (McCorkell 63, R Smith 3-51) Essex 532-7 (Horsfall 170, Vigar 125, Dean 3-95) Hants 201 (Arnold 82, TPB Smith 6-96)
30 Jul	Glamorgan	Southampton	Lost by 10 wkts (0 pts) Toss unknown	Glam 343 (DE Davies 119, Hill 4-69) Hants 149 (Arnold 54, Muncer 5-30) Hants 204 (Arnold 53, Wooller 6-65) Glam 12-0 (Clift 7no)
02 Aug	Kent	Canterbury	Lost by an innings and 44 runs (0 pts) Toss won by Kent	Kent 445-7 (Fagg 123, Heath 3-105) Hants 285 (Manners 121, Wright 5-123) Hants 116 (Bridger 43, Wright 5-35)
06 Aug	Surrey	Portsmouth	Won by 94 runs (12 pts) Toss unknown	Hants 186 (Rogers 70, Laker 8-69) Surrey 136 (EA Bedser 51, Herman 5-47) Hants 394-4 (Rogers 178, Gover 2-104) Surrey 350 (Fishlock 126, Ransom 4-78)
09 Aug	Warwickshire	Southampton	Match Drawn (4 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 416 (Eagar 128, Cannings 4-108) Warwick 204 (Dollery 77, Bailey 3-14) Warwick 254-6 (Ord 88, Hill 2-52)
13 Aug	Somerset	Weston-Super-Mare	Lost by 9 wkts (0 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 280 (Rogers 69, Hazell 6-61) Somerset 505-7 (Walford 264, Shirreff 3-106) Hants 274 (McCorkell 83, Wellard 2-58) Somerset 51-1 (Gimblett 33no, Herman 1-17)
16 Aug	Derbyshire	Chesterfield	Lost by 68 runs (0 pts) Toss unknown	Derby 216 (Elliott 52, Bailey 7-82) Hants 162 (Bailey 41, Rhodes 4-60) Derby 224-9 (1 ret hurt) (Dawkes 49, Hill 5-62) Hants 210 (Bailey 56, Pope 6-49)
20 Aug	Lancashire	Old Trafford	Lost by an innings and 80 runs (0 pts) Toss unknown	Lancs 329 (Edrich 93, Bailey 4-62) Hants 116 (Rogers 27, Pollard 6-23) Hants 133 (Rogers 47, Jolley 4-31)
23 Aug	Gloucestershire	Bournemouth	Match Drawn (4 pts) Toss won by Gloucestershire	Glos 424-6 (Allen 220, Shirreff 2-67) Hants 472 (Arnold 195, McCorkell 101, Goddard 5-132) Glos 298-5 (Crapp 133no, Bailey 2-41)
27 Aug	Lancashire	Bournemouth	Tied (6 pts) Toss unknown	Hants 363 (Bailey 95, Cranston 4-73) Lancs 367-9 (Cranston 155no, Ransom 3-68) Hants 224-7 (Bailey 63, Roberts 2-30) Lancs 220-9 (1 abs) (Washbrook 105, Bailey 6-82)
30 Aug	Yorkshire	Bournemouth	Match Drawn (0 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 308 (GW Dawson 124, Bowes 5-52) Yorks 464-5 (Hutton 270no, Yardley 136no, Herman 3-114) Hants 295-6 (Rogers 85, Foord 3-48)

Totals
Runs scored 10332 for 398 wkts at an average of 25.95 per wkt.
Runs against 10932 for 325 wkts at an average of 33.63 per wkt.
Played 26, Won 4, Drawn 10, Lost 11, Tied 1, Points 78
Points System: WIN: 12 pts, TIED: 6 pts, LOST and won 1st inns: 4 pts, LOST and tied 1st inns: 2 pts, LOST and lost 1st inns: no points, DRAW and won 1st inns: 4 pts, DRAW and lost 1st inns: no points, DRAW and won 1st inns in a match played under 1-day rules: 8 pts. Position decided by total points.
Finish - 16th

Averages

Ct	St	Player	Matches	Innings	NO	50's	100's	HS	Runs	Average	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	5fers	10Wm	BP	RPO	Average
7		J Arnold	25	42	0	7	4	195	1645	39.16	25	3	113	1	0	0	1-18	4.52	113.00
4		J Bailey	25	39	2	6	0	95	876	23.67	706.3	198	1730	51	2	0	7-82	2.44	33.92
1		JR Bridger	4	7	0	1	0	65	187	26.71
3		GW Dawson *	12	18	1	1	1	124	382	22.47	2	1	5	0	0	0	0-5	2.50	--
3		H Dawson *	5	10	0	0	0	34	126	12.60
11		TA Dean	6	8	1	0	0	26	67	9.57	95.2	17	322	7	0	0	3-95	3.37	46.00
34		EDR Eagar	25	40	3	5	1	128	980	26.48	30	0	160	1	0	0	1-58	5.33	160.00
		JF Godfrey	5	8	3	0	0	25no	39	7.80	139.2	21	422	7	0	0	4-116	3.02	60.28
10	1	L Harrison	21	31	5	3	0	61no	529	20.34	3	0	18	0	0	0	0-18	6.00	--
15		GEM Heath	21	25	10	0	0	18	107	7.13	740.5	143	2182	74	6	2	7-49	2.94	29.48
3		OW Herman	12	19	1	0	0	25	126	7.00	393	82	1178	37	2	0	6-33	2.99	31.83
13		G Hill	26	42	4	4	0	93	899	23.65	558.2	126	1452	44	1	0	5-62	2.60	33.00
4		AG Holt	7	11	1	0	0	44	130	13.00
4		CJ Knott	12	21	6	0	0	22	122	8.13	297.4	44	983	29	1	0	6-97	3.30	33.89
36	13	NT McCorkell	26	44	7	14	2	103no	1539	41.59
1		JE Manners	1	2	0	0	1	121	126	63.00
8		VJ Ransom *	17	23	6	0	0	18	114	6.70	481	89	1470	54	3	0	5-50	3.05	27.22
8		NH Rogers	26	44	0	9	2	178	1542	35.04
3		AC Shirreff	8	13	1	1	0	57	253	21.08	126.1	19	481	10	0	0	3-106	3.81	48.10
		JD Taylor *	2	4	2	0	0	27no	52	26.00	3	0	24	0	0	0	0-24	7.99	--
		Extras/run outs							491				392	10
168	14	TOTALS	286	451	53	51	11		10332		3601.1	743	10932	325	15	2

* County Championship Debut

Hundreds

Score	Player	Opponents	Venue
195	J Arnold	Gloucestershire	Bournemouth
188	J Arnold	Northamptonshire	Southampton
178	NH Rogers	Surrey	Portsmouth
136	J Arnold	Essex	Colchester, Castle Park
136	NH Rogers	Nottinghamshire	Trent Bridge
128	EDR Eagar	Warwickshire	Southampton
125	J Arnold	Worcestershire	Worcester
124	GW Dawson	Yorkshire	Bournemouth
121	JE Manners	Kent	Canterbury
103no	NT McCorkell	Derbyshire	Portsmouth
101	NT McCorkell	Gloucestershire	Bournemouth

5 Fers

Return	Player	Opponents	Venue
7-49	GEM Heath	Derbyshire	Portsmouth
7-82	J Bailey	Derbyshire	Chesterfield
6-47	OW Herman	Sussex	Portsmouth
6-82	J Bailey	Lancashire	Bournemouth
6-97	CJ Knott	Somerset	Bournemouth
6-97	GEM Heath	Essex	Colchester, Castle Park
6-100	GEM Heath	Middlesex	Portsmouth
6-103	GEM Heath	Derbyshire	Portsmouth
5-31	GEM Heath	Sussex	Chichester
5-47	OW Herman	Surrey	Portsmouth
5-50	VJ Ransom	Northamptonshire	Northampton
5-54	VJ Ransom	Worcestershire	Worcester
5-54	VJ Ransom	Sussex	Chichester
5-62	G Hill	Derbyshire	Chesterfield
5-62	GEM Heath	Sussex	Chichester

10 Wkt Matches

Returns	Player	Opponents	Venue
13-152 (7-49 & 6-103)	GEM Heath	Derbyshire	Portsmouth
10-93 (5-31 & 5-62)	GEM Heath	Sussex	Chichester

Best Partnerships

Wkt	Score	Players	Opponents	Venue
1st	152	J Arnold and NH Rogers	Surrey	Portsmouth
	126	J Arnold and NH Rogers	Kent	Southampton
	114	J Arnold and NH Rogers	Middlesex	Portsmouth
	113	J Arnold and NH Rogers	Worcestershire	Worcester
	106	J Arnold and NH Rogers	Northamptonshire	Southampton
	105	J Arnold and NH Rogers	Lancashire	Bournemouth
2nd	95	GW Dawson and AC Shirreff	Yorkshire	Bournemouth
3rd	223	J Arnold and NT McCorkell	Gloucestershire	Bournemouth
	138	NT McCorkell and NH Rogers	Surrey	Portsmouth
	123	NT McCorkell and NH Rogers	Nottinghamshire	Trent Bridge
	101	J Bailey and NH Rogers	Sussex	Portsmouth
4th	170	J Bailey and NT McCorkell	Lancashire	Bournemouth
	163	EDR Eagar and NT McCorkell	Derbyshire	Portsmouth
	140	J Arnold and NT McCorkell	Essex	Colchester, Castle Park
	109	J Arnold and J Bailey	Northamptonshire	Southampton
5th	116	J Bailey and EDR Eagar	Northamptonshire	Northampton
6th	174	EDR Eagar and G Hill	Warwickshire	Southampton
7th	142	J Bailey and NT McCorkell	Somerset	Weston-Super-Mare
8th	48	L Harrison and TA Dean	Essex	Bournemouth
9th	32	NT McCorkell and CJ Knott	Leicestershire	Leicester
10th	50	GEM Heath and G Hill	Yorkshire	Bradford