Middlesex Cricket Archive

f11914	Middlesex v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in British Isles 1927
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 21st, 23rd, 24th May 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 3 wickets
Umpires	LC Braund, A Nash
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 11/1 (Stevens 7, Allen 0)
Close of play day 2	New Zealanders (2) 161/5 (Page 61*)

New Zealanders first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Mills	b Durston	40
RC Blunt	c Livock b Durston	42
ML Page	c Stevens b Haig	0
CS Dempster	c Allen b Stevens	10
CCR Dacre	c Hendren b Haig	0
*TC Lowry	c Haig b Durston	34
+KC James	lbw b Stevens	5
HM McGirr	st Livock b Stevens	6
WE Merritt	not out	37
M Henderson	c Haig b Durston	30
WHR Cunningham	st Livock b Haig	4
Extras	(18 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	26
Total	(all out, 84.5 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-94, 2-97, 3-97, 4-97, 5-138, 6-145, 7-155, 8-158, 9-227, 10-234 (84.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	25.5	7	64	3	-	-
Durston	27	10	42	4	-	-
Allen	5	0	28	0	-	-
Stevens	17	2	52	3	-	-
Hearne	10	3	22	0	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GTS Stevens	c Page b Henderson	15
HW Lee	c Page b Blunt	4
GOB Allen	c Lowry b Henderson	64
JW Hearne	c Page b Henderson	22
EH Hendren	c James b Blunt	68
HJ Enthoven	c James b Blunt	11
CD Gray	c Dacre b McGirr	65
*NE Haig	b McGirr	21
AR Tanner	c Dacre b Merritt	6
+GE Livock	c Mills b Merritt	4
FJ Durston	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 81 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-25, 3-61, 4-176, 5-184, 6-195, 7-271, 8-286, 9-290, 10-290 (81 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Henderson	23	4	83	3	-	-
McGirr	15	1	39	2	-	-
Blunt	20	2	57	3	-	-
Merritt	14	1	60	2	-	-
Cunningham	9	1	41	0	-	-

New Zealanders second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Mills	b Haig	3
RC Blunt	b Stevens	27
ML Page	c Tanner b Stevens	65
CS Dempster	b Stevens	5
CCR Dacre	b Hearne	53
*TC Lowry	c and b Stevens	5
+KC James	b Hearne	44
HM McGirr	b Tanner	72
WE Merritt	c and b Enthoven	15
M Henderson	b Stevens	15
WHR Cunningham	not out	13
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 96.2 overs)	335
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-45, 3-57, 4-148, 5-161, 6-173, 7-260, 8-302, 9-302, 10-335 (96.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	19	4	49	1	-	-
Durston	29	10	72	0	-	-
Allen	3	1	6	0	-	-
Stevens	21.2	0	103	5	-	-
Hearne	14	1	54	2	-	-
Tanner	6	0	17	1	-	-
Enthoven	4	0	16	1	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GTS Stevens	c Cunningham b Blunt	89
HW Lee	c Merritt b Henderson	14
EH Hendren	b Blunt	22
CD Gray	st James b Merritt	13
JW Hearne	not out	73
GOB Allen	c Cunningham b McGirr	25
HJ Enthoven	st James b Merritt	27
*NE Haig	st James b Merritt	3
AR Tanner	not out	0
+GE Livock	did not bat
FJ Durston	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(7 wickets, 80.1 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-88, 3-118, 4-155, 5-217, 6-268, 7-278

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Henderson	10	0	60	1	-	-
McGirr	8	1	24	1	-	-
Blunt	29.1	5	87	2	-	-
Merritt	20	5	45	3	-	-
Cunningham	13	2	50	0	-	-

Notes
--> M Henderson (1) equalled his previous highest score of 30 in first-class matches
--> GTS Stevens (1) passed 7500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 13
--> M Henderson reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings