f20978 cc10461	Warwickshire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 9th, 11th, 12th July 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Warwickshire won by 1 wicket
Points	Warwickshire 12; Middlesex 4
Umpires	JS Buller, AJB Fowler
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 49/3 (Hitchcock 21*, KR Dollery 6*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 179/5 (Edrich 100*, Bick 5*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Gardner b Bannister	5
SM Brown	b Thompson	0
*WJ Edrich	c Townsend b KR Dollery	18
AW Thompson	c HE Dollery b Thompson	3
D Bennett	c Spooner b Hollies	99
DO Baldry	c HE Dollery b KR Dollery	20
DA Bick	c Spooner b KR Dollery	7
JJ Warr	b Hollies	1
+LH Compton	run out	21
JA Young	b Hollies	14
AE Moss	not out	1
Extras	(7 b, 9 lb, 1 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 93.5 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-7, 3-10, 4-51, 5-110, 6-132, 7-141, 8-187, 9-203, 10-206 (93.5 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bannister	19	6	27	1	-	-
Thompson	11	3	21	2	-	-
KR Dollery	27	6	73	3	-	-
Hollies	29.5	11	53	3	-	-
Hitchcock	7	2	15	0	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	c Compton b Warr	14
NF Horner	c Compton b Warr	1
AVG Wolton	b Moss	6
RE Hitchcock	b Bick	47
*HE Dollery	c Compton b Young	25
+RT Spooner	c Compton b Bick	18
A Townsend	c Brown b Bick	12
KR Dollery	not out	9
JD Bannister	b Moss	0
RG Thompson	b Moss	0
WE Hollies	run out	3
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(all out, 64 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-18, 3-32, 4-89, 5-103, 6-124, 7-127, 8-127, 9-128, 10-136 (64 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	17	2	43	3	-	-
Warr	19	4	36	2	-	-
Bennett	2	0	9	0	-	-
Young	15	6	26	1	-	-
Bick	11	5	21	3	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Thompson	21
SM Brown	lbw b KR Dollery	22
*WJ Edrich	not out	125
AW Thompson	c Spooner b Hollies	2
D Bennett	b Bannister	12
DO Baldry	b Thompson	14
DA Bick	st Spooner b Hollies	6
+LH Compton	c Wolton b Hollies	0
JJ Warr	run out	0
JA Young	not out	7
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 95 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-48, 3-57, 4-101, 5-153, 6-180, 7-180, 8-183

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bannister	18	3	52	1	-	-
Thompson	18	5	43	2	-	-
KR Dollery	20	3	44	1	-	-
Hollies	34	12	60	3	-	-
Hitchcock	5	2	10	0	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	c Compton b Moss	51
NF Horner	b Moss	10
AVG Wolton	lbw b Young	77
RE Hitchcock	b Moss	0
*HE Dollery	c Brown b Young	1
+RT Spooner	c and b Young	82
A Townsend	c Young b Moss	20
KR Dollery	run out	16
JD Bannister	b Young	1
RG Thompson	not out	0
WE Hollies	not out	6
Extras	(5 b, 15 lb)	20
Total	(9 wickets, 83.5 overs)	284
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-140, 3-140, 4-142, 5-147, 6-207, 7-267, 8-271, 9-278

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	27	6	70	4	-	-
Warr	8	0	33	0	-	-
Bennett	4	1	6	0	-	-
Young	33.5	7	106	4	-	-
Bick	7	1	24	0	-	-
Robertson	4	0	25	0	-	-

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Notes
--> D Bennett (1) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 99
--> RE Hitchcock (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 22
--> JJ Warr reached 450 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Warwickshire first innings
--> DA Bick achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Warwickshire first innings (previous best was 1-35)
--> RG Thompson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> AE Moss reached 400 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Warwickshire second innings

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