f19627 cc9712	Somerset v Middlesex
	County Championship 1952
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 21st, 23rd, 24th June 1952 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 54 runs
Points	Somerset 12; Middlesex 0
Umpires	H Elliott, GS Mobey
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 47/3 (Robertson 23*, Thompson 0*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 0/0 (Robertson 0*, Moss 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Bennett b Young	47
FL Angell	lbw b Young	25
+HW Stephenson	lbw b Edrich	0
R Smith	b Young	1
MF Tremlett	lbw b Young	4
HFT Buse	b Bennett	39
*SS Rogers	b Moss	11
J Lawrence	c and b Young	36
J Redman	c Robertson b Bennett	18
EP Robinson	b Moss	0
HL Hazell	not out	6
Extras	(18 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	26
Total	(all out, 103.3 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-77, 3-78, 4-88, 5-93, 6-106, 7-164, 8-190, 9-195, 10-213 (103.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	23	9	40	2	-	-
Bennett	9.3	2	25	2	-	-
Young	42	22	63	5	-	-
Edrich	16	7	25	1	-	-
Sims	8	2	18	0	-	-
Robertson	5	0	16	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Robinson b Hazell	37
W Knightley-Smith	c and b Hazell	14
*WJ Edrich	c Tremlett b Hazell	0
SM Brown	c Lawrence b Hazell	5
AW Thompson	b Hazell	18
D Bennett	c Stephenson b Lawrence	56
R Routledge	b Robinson	0
+JT Murray	b Robinson	0
JM Sims	c Tremlett b Redman	52
JA Young	b Robinson	7
AE Moss	not out	1
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 110.3 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-37, 3-45, 4-73, 5-82, 6-87, 7-89, 8-172, 9-192, 10-201 (110.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Redman	13	2	38	1	-	-
Buse	9	3	19	0	-	-
Hazell	37	13	59	5	-	-
Robinson	42.3	14	62	3	-	-
Lawrence	9	5	12	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	b Edrich	38
FL Angell	c Young b Bennett	1
+HW Stephenson	c and b Young	17
R Smith	b Edrich	8
MF Tremlett	b Edrich	9
HFT Buse	b Young	4
*SS Rogers	c Robertson b Young	0
J Lawrence	c Bennett b Young	1
J Redman	b Edrich	2
EP Robinson	b Young	0
HL Hazell	not out	0
Extras	(12 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 46.3 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-41, 3-72, 4-77, 5-82, 6-82, 7-86, 8-93, 9-94, 10-94 (46.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	4	1	15	0	-	-
Bennett	2	0	12	1	-	-
Young	20	8	22	5	-	-
Edrich	15.3	5	25	4	-	-
Robertson	5	2	6	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	lbw b Robinson	13
AE Moss	c Buse b Hazell	0
W Knightley-Smith	c Gimblett b Hazell	11
*WJ Edrich	c Lawrence b Hazell	2
SM Brown	lbw b Robinson	1
AW Thompson	c Smith b Hazell	4
D Bennett	c Stephenson b Hazell	0
R Routledge	b Hazell	5
JM Sims	b Robinson	3
+JT Murray	not out	0
JA Young	st Stephenson b Robinson	0
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 27.2 overs)	52
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-29, 3-31, 4-32, 5-32, 6-36, 7-37, 8-52, 9-52, 10-52 (27.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hazell	14	7	16	6	-	-
Robinson	13.2	4	23	4	-	-

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Notes
--> D Bennett (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in first-class matches
--> D Bennett (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in County Championship matches
--> J Lawrence (2) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> AE Moss reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> JA Young reached 950 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Somerset first innings

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