f15862 cc7709	Middlesex v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1937
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 21st, 22nd, 23rd July 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 214 runs
Points	Middlesex 15; Worcestershire 0
Umpires	A Dolphin, EJ Smith
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 248 all out
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 275/4 (Compton 80*, Hulme 31*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BD Carris	c Buller b Perks	1
+WFF Price	c Perks b Howorth	80
WJ Edrich	b Howorth	42
EH Hendren	c sub b Martin	16
DCS Compton	c Warne b Perks	42
JHA Hulme	c Jackson b Martin	2
*JH Human	b Martin	0
BL Muncer	b Perks	19
JM Sims	c Bull b Perks	18
CIJ Smith	b Martin	10
LH Gray	not out	1
Extras	(12 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 70.4 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-124, 3-133, 4-190, 5-198, 6-198, 7-200, 8-232, 9-245, 10-248 (70.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	27.4	3	80	4	-	-
Martin	15	3	50	4	-	-
Jackson	9	1	31	0	-	-
Howorth	15	2	52	2	-	-
Kimpton	4	0	18	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Bull	c Price b Smith	6
FB Warne	c Price b Gray	5
E Cooper	c Sims b Smith	14
HHIH Gibbons	b Sims	55
SH Martin	c Price b Smith	0
RCM Kimpton	b Gray	31
*BW Quaife	b Gray	22
R Howorth	c Compton b Sims	13
RTD Perks	b Gray	0
PF Jackson	b Sims	0
+JS Buller	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 61.2 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-11, 3-43, 4-43, 5-85, 6-136, 7-151, 8-152, 9-153, 10-156 (61.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	22	9	32	3	-	-
Gray	17	4	32	4	-	-
Sims	20.2	0	82	3	-	-
Edrich	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BD Carris	c and b Howorth	65
+WFF Price	b Perks	5
WJ Edrich	c Kimpton b Martin	81
EH Hendren	c Jackson b Martin	6
DCS Compton	not out	80
JHA Hulme	not out	31
*JH Human	did not bat
BL Muncer	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
CIJ Smith	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 54 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-137, 3-161, 4-170

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	13	1	71	1	-	-
Martin	15	1	64	2	-	-
Jackson	10	0	59	0	-	-
Howorth	16	1	74	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Bull	hit wkt b Smith	13
FB Warne	not out	43
E Cooper	c Edrich b Smith	15
SH Martin	c Smith b Gray	11
HHIH Gibbons	c Sims b Smith	2
RCM Kimpton	c Carris b Smith	25
*BW Quaife	c Sims b Smith	2
R Howorth	c Hulme b Sims	8
RTD Perks	st Price b Sims	11
PF Jackson	c Gray b Sims	10
+JS Buller	absent hurt
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 41.1 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-42, 3-45, 4-56, 5-88, 6-100, 7-122, 8-135, 9-153 (41.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	21	3	61	5	-	-
Gray	12	4	30	1	-	-
Sims	8.1	0	49	3	-	-

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Notes
--> BD Carris (2) passed his previous highest score of 15 in first-class matches
--> BD Carris (2) passed his previous highest score of 15 in County Championship matches
--> CIJ Smith reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> JM Sims reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings

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