f23692 cc11793	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 17th, 18th, 19th May 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 6 wickets
Points	Middlesex 12; Essex 0
Umpires	WH Copson, A Jepson
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 70/0 (WE Russell 23*, Gale 33*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 105/4 (Bailey 12*, Milner 20*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Murray b Moss	21
GJ Smith	c WE Russell b Hooker	18
+B Taylor	run out	11
DJ Insole	run out	60
*TE Bailey	lbw b Moss	19
J Milner	lbw b Bennett	10
MJ Bear	c Murray b Moss	7
BR Knight	c White b Hooker	4
WT Greensmith	not out	43
PJ Phelan	b Moss	23
KC Preston	b Moss	7
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 5 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 90.3 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-40, 3-57, 4-120, 5-142, 6-152, 7-156, 8-176, 9-222, 10-236 (90.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	23.3	4	57	5	-	-
Bennett	18	3	51	1	-	-
Hooker	10	4	24	2	-	-
Titmus	28	9	55	0	-	-
Hurst	11	4	36	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	c Preston b Bailey	45
RA Gale	lbw b Knight	39
SEJ Russell	c Barker b Phelan	73
PH Parfitt	c Taylor b Knight	11
RA White	lbw b Phelan	14
FJ Titmus	run out	14
D Bennett	b Knight	21
+JT Murray	lbw b Bailey	9
RW Hooker	not out	5
RJ Hurst	c Taylor b Knight	0
*AE Moss	c Phelan b Bailey	0
Extras	(22 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	31
Total	(all out, 113.4 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-79, 2-156, 3-188, 4-192, 5-215, 6-229, 7-252, 8-256, 9-261, 10-262 (113.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	20.4	8	27	3	-	-
Knight	17	0	41	4	-	-
Preston	18	3	42	0	-	-
Greensmith	30	6	68	0	-	-
Phelan	28	9	53	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Parfitt b Bennett	42
GJ Smith	lbw b Bennett	4
+B Taylor	c Moss b Hooker	5
DJ Insole	c Hurst b Bennett	12
*TE Bailey	c Hooker b Bennett	16
J Milner	c Titmus b Hurst	63
MJ Bear	c Murray b Moss	55
BR Knight	b Moss	35
WT Greensmith	lbw b Moss	0
PJ Phelan	b Hooker	4
KC Preston	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 101.3 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-45, 3-66, 4-67, 5-114, 6-168, 7-233, 8-233, 9-246, 10-246 (101.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	26.3	12	40	3	-	-
Bennett	16	4	46	4	-	-
Hooker	19	5	51	2	-	-
Titmus	27	9	50	0	-	-
Hurst	10	3	40	1	-	-
Parfitt	3	0	9	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	c Taylor b Preston	47
WE Russell	c Barker b Phelan	91
SEJ Russell	c Taylor b Knight	33
PH Parfitt	not out	44
RA White	c Bailey b Knight	1
FJ Titmus	not out	4
D Bennett	did not bat
+JT Murray	did not bat
RW Hooker	did not bat
RJ Hurst	did not bat
*AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(4 wickets, 67.4 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-94, 2-159, 3-194, 4-218

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	19	2	59	0	-	-
Knight	17.4	3	59	2	-	-
Preston	17	4	57	1	-	-
Greensmith	3	0	15	0	-	-
Phelan	11	4	30	1	-	-

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Notes
--> J Milner (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 44
--> RW Hooker reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> BR Knight reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex first innings

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