f12378 cc5551	Middlesex v Somerset
	County Championship 1928
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 27th, 28th, 29th June 1928 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 188 runs
Points	Middlesex 8; Somerset 0
Umpires	J Stone, AE Street
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 257 all out
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 130/4 (Hendren 48*, Bettington 30*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HW Lee	b Hill	32
NE Haig	b Hill	0
GE Hart	lbw b Hill	1
EH Hendren	c Earle b White	56
HJ Enthoven	run out	27
RHB Bettington	c Lyon b White	46
GEV Crutchley	lbw b White	26
*FT Mann	c and b White	20
FJ Durston	c Hill b White	18
+WFF Price	b White	16
JA Powell	not out	1
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 107 overs)	257
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-6, 3-58, 4-113, 5-133, 6-186, 7-217, 8-223, 9-248, 10-257 (107 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hill	24	1	85	3	-	-
Greswell	17	3	35	0	-	-
White	47	15	77	6	-	-
Hunt	5	0	23	0	-	-
Young	14	6	23	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AES Rippon	c Hendren b Durston	9
MD Lyon	c Powell b Durston	66
RA Ingle	c Price b Haig	0
A Young	b Bettington	7
*JC White	c Durston b Bettington	12
CCC Case	b Bettington	0
WT Greswell	c Enthoven b Bettington	25
GF Earle	c Bettington b Durston	4
GE Hunt	c Haig b Bettington	27
+WT Luckes	c Price b Bettington	5
EVL Hill	not out	4
Extras	(17 b, 6 lb)	23
Total	(all out, 75.2 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-22, 3-54, 4-106, 5-107, 6-114, 7-121, 8-163, 9-169, 10-182 (75.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Durston	21	8	48	3	-	-
Haig	21	9	25	1	-	-
Enthoven	7	2	10	0	-	-
Bettington	26.2	6	76	6	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HW Lee	b Hill	2
NE Haig	c Lyon b White	27
GE Hart	c Luckes b White	0
EH Hendren	run out	53
HJ Enthoven	b White	15
RHB Bettington	c and b Hill	42
GEV Crutchley	b Hill	0
*FT Mann	c and b White	18
FJ Durston	c Luckes b White	11
+WFF Price	c Luckes b White	22
JA Powell	not out	1
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 67.2 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-29, 3-30, 4-73, 5-142, 6-142, 7-154, 8-170, 9-187, 10-202 (67.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hill	20.5	5	61	3	-	-
Greswell	11	3	24	0	-	-
White	29.3	5	73	6	-	-
Young	5	1	22	0	-	-
Lyon	1	0	11	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AES Rippon	b Haig	0
MD Lyon	b Durston	4
RA Ingle	c Hendren b Durston	5
A Young	c Bettington b Durston	3
*JC White	b Durston	13
CCC Case	b Bettington	21
WT Greswell	c Crutchley b Durston	3
GF Earle	c Crutchley b Durston	1
GE Hunt	c Lee b Powell	9
+WT Luckes	not out	12
EVL Hill	run out	4
Extras	(11 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 43.1 overs)	89
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-5, 3-13, 4-20, 5-40, 6-51, 7-57, 8-76, 9-77, 10-89 (43.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Durston	19	6	26	6	-	-
Haig	9	4	12	1	-	-
Bettington	12.1	1	32	1	-	-
Powell	3	1	5	1	-	-

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Notes
--> MD Lyon (1) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 31
--> WFF Price (2) equalled his previous highest score of 22 in first-class matches
--> WFF Price (2) equalled his previous highest score of 22 in County Championship matches
--> RHB Bettington achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 6-78)

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