f13682 cc6386	Middlesex v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1931
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 26th, 27th, 28th August 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 92 runs
Points	Middlesex 15; Northamptonshire 0
Umpires	EF Field, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 44/0 (Timms 32*, Cox 12*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 62/0 (Stevens 29*, Guise 30*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GTS Stevens	lbw b Matthews	6
JL Guise	c Johnson b Jupp	14
JW Hearne	c Thomas b Matthews	1
EH Hendren	c Bakewell b Jupp	203
*NE Haig	b Matthews	14
GC Newman	c Cox b Jupp	40
HW Lee	b Matthews	9
JM Sims	b Matthews	0
FJ Durston	b Thomas	23
+WFF Price	b Jupp	7
IAR Peebles	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 109.2 overs)	329
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-13, 3-50, 4-78, 5-172, 6-208, 7-208, 8-271, 9-302, 10-329 (109.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomas	32	5	71	1	-	-
Matthews	30	4	97	5	-	-
Jupp	21.2	2	82	4	-	-
Towell	23	4	54	0	-	-
Cox	3	0	13	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Timms	b Peebles	67
AL Cox	b Stevens	52
WW Coverdale	b Stevens	16
AH Bakewell	c sub b Durston	105
*VWC Jupp	c and b Stevens	56
TBG Welch	lbw b Peebles	15
ADG Matthews	run out	23
WC Brown	lbw b Stevens	23
EF Towell	lbw b Stevens	0
AE Thomas	not out	2
+GH Johnson	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 8 lb)	17
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 119.2 overs)	376
Fall of wickets:
1-93, 2-136, 3-137, 4-245, 5-275, 6-322, 7-366, 8-367, 9-376 (119.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Durston	23	6	44	1	-	-
Haig	22	8	41	0	-	-
Stevens	23.2	0	88	5	-	-
Hearne	18	2	60	0	-	-
Peebles	27	2	107	2	-	-
Sims	6	0	19	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GTS Stevens	lbw b Matthews	29
JL Guise	st Johnson b Jupp	75
JW Hearne	b Matthews	1
EH Hendren	c Cox b Thomas	74
*NE Haig	b Towell	72
GC Newman	not out	34
FJ Durston	not out	14
HW Lee	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
+WFF Price	did not bat
IAR Peebles	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb)	10
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 88 overs)	309
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-65, 3-165, 4-198, 5-292

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomas	22	3	74	1	-	-
Matthews	24	6	46	2	-	-
Jupp	17	0	78	1	-	-
Towell	16	2	47	1	-	-
Cox	5	0	31	0	-	-
Welch	4	0	23	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Timms	st Price b Hearne	32
AL Cox	c and b Peebles	32
AH Bakewell	c Hendren b Peebles	1
WW Coverdale	b Hearne	1
TBG Welch	lbw b Stevens	39
ADG Matthews	b Peebles	17
WC Brown	b Peebles	0
*VWC Jupp	lbw b Stevens	0
EF Towell	c and b Peebles	1
AE Thomas	c Hendren b Stevens	19
+GH Johnson	not out	6
Extras	(15 b, 7 lb)	22
Total	(all out, 58.4 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-73, 3-78, 4-78, 5-127, 6-127, 7-128, 8-129, 9-153, 10-170 (58.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Durston	13	3	26	0	-	-
Haig	5	1	10	0	-	-
Stevens	15.4	2	53	3	-	-
Hearne	10	3	29	2	-	-
Peebles	15	5	30	5	-	-

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Notes
--> EH Hendren (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 155
--> EH Hendren (2) passed 43000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 31
--> AE Thomas (2) passed 4500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 13
--> ADG Matthews reached 200 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> IAR Peebles reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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