f19136 cc9432	Middlesex v Warwickshire
	County Championship 1951
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 30th, 31st May, 1st June 1951 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Warwickshire won by 3 wickets
Points	Middlesex 4; Warwickshire 12
Umpires	TJ Bartley, TW Spencer
Scorers	GC Austin (Warwickshire), HR Murrell (Middlesex)
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 335/8 (Bennett 7*, Young 17*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 148/7 (Bennett 7*, Sims 8*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Spooner b Pritchard	4
SM Brown	c Townsend b Pritchard	7
*WJ Edrich	b Pritchard	71
DCS Compton	c Wolton b Weeks	172
HPH Sharp	b Pritchard	2
AW Thompson	b Weeks	35
+LH Compton	run out	1
D Bennett	not out	7
JM Sims	c Wolton b Weeks	2
JA Young	not out	17
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 5 nb)	17
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 121 overs)	335
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-16, 3-164, 4-168, 5-272, 6-277, 7-309, 8-312

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pritchard	31	7	77	4	-	-
Grove	30	12	75	0	-	-
Hollies	14	5	36	0	-	-
Townsend	27	8	73	0	-	-
Weeks	19	4	57	3	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	b Sims	32
+RT Spooner	c Edrich b Young	96
DD Taylor	run out	1
JS Ord	c Bennett b Moss	25
*HE Dollery	c Bennett b Moss	2
AVG Wolton	b Sims	7
A Townsend	b Sims	1
TL Pritchard	b Sims	4
CWC Grove	b Sims	1
RT Weeks	lbw b Sims	4
WE Hollies	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 5 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 72.4 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-82, 3-126, 4-128, 5-150, 6-162, 7-168, 8-170, 9-185, 10-185 (72.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	14	3	32	2	-	-
Bennett	5	1	23	0	-	-
Young	27	13	31	1	-	-
Sims	20.4	3	76	6	-	-
Edrich	4	2	4	0	-	-
DCS Compton	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Grove b Hollies	50
SM Brown	c Taylor b Pritchard	0
*WJ Edrich	b Pritchard	13
DCS Compton	lbw b Hollies	33
HPH Sharp	st Spooner b Weeks	2
AW Thompson	run out	11
+LH Compton	b Weeks	14
D Bennett	not out	20
JM Sims	b Pritchard	23
JA Young	run out	9
AE Moss	b Hollies	3
Extras	(12 b, 2 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 64.5 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-33, 3-85, 4-94, 5-100, 6-119, 7-125, 8-175, 9-185, 10-192 (64.5 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pritchard	20	4	59	3	-	-
Grove	5	1	17	0	-	-
Hollies	19.5	5	41	3	-	-
Townsend	5	2	16	0	-	-
Weeks	15	2	45	2	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	c Thompson b Young	53
+RT Spooner	b Young	158
DD Taylor	b Bennett	34
JS Ord	b Young	31
TL Pritchard	c Brown b Bennett	5
*HE Dollery	not out	40
AVG Wolton	c LH Compton b Bennett	3
A Townsend	c LH Compton b Bennett	4
CWC Grove	not out	4
RT Weeks	did not bat
WE Hollies	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb)	13
Total	(7 wickets, 106.2 overs)	345
Fall of wickets:
1-147, 2-230, 3-277, 4-282, 5-307, 6-318, 7-332

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	11	1	41	0	-	-
Bennett	17.2	7	61	4	-	-
Young	45	12	106	3	-	-
Sims	19	0	69	0	-	-
Edrich	4	0	19	0	-	-
DCS Compton	10	0	36	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FC Gardner (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 9
--> RT Spooner (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 64
--> RT Spooner (1) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 85
--> D Bennett (2) passed his previous highest score of 19 in County Championship matches
--> RT Spooner (2) passed his previous highest score of 122 in first-class matches
--> RT Spooner (2) passed his previous highest score of 122 in County Championship matches
--> D Bennett achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Warwickshire second innings (previous best was 2-53)
--> D Bennett achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Warwickshire second innings (previous best was 2-53)

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