Middlesex Cricket Archive

f19794 cc9853	Middlesex v Warwickshire
	County Championship 1952
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 27th, 28th, 29th August 1952 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Warwickshire won by 72 runs
Points	Middlesex 0; Warwickshire 12
Umpires	HG Baldwin, H Elliott
Scorers	GC Austin (Warwickshire), P Gant (Middlesex)
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 58/2 (Brown 36, Bennett 0)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 41/4 (DCS Compton 3*)

Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Thompson	b Titmus	20
FC Gardner	lbw b Moss	51
JS Ord	c Warr b DCS Compton	30
A Townsend	st LH Compton b DCS Compton	25
*HE Dollery	c Robertson b Edrich	56
DD Taylor	lbw b Edrich	27
+RT Spooner	b Edrich	8
CWC Grove	b Young	18
JD Bannister	c and b Edrich	4
RT Weeks	run out	1
WE Hollies	not out	8
Extras	(14 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 99.5 overs)	268
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-93, 3-129, 4-139, 5-187, 6-217, 7-234, 8-252, 9-256, 10-268 (99.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	7	2	14	0	-	-
Moss	12	2	30	1	-	-
Titmus	7	1	24	1	-	-
Bennett	8	2	18	0	-	-
DCS Compton	18	2	53	2	-	-
Young	27	17	35	1	-	-
Edrich	20.5	3	74	4	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	lbw b Grove	10
SM Brown	lbw b Townsend	66
HPH Sharp	st Spooner b Hollies	11
D Bennett	b Grove	4
*WJ Edrich	b Townsend	43
DCS Compton	c and b Townsend	13
FJ Titmus	b Townsend	2
+LH Compton	lbw b Hollies	1
JJ Warr	c Taylor b Hollies	0
JA Young	b Townsend	0
AE Moss	not out	1
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 77 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-53, 3-65, 4-122, 5-158, 6-159, 7-162, 8-162, 9-162, 10-163 (77 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bannister	5	1	11	0	-	-
Grove	17	5	30	2	-	-
Townsend	12	3	27	5	-	-
Hollies	26	12	53	3	-	-
Weeks	17	6	30	0	-	-

Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	b Moss	2
+RT Spooner	lbw b Edrich	27
JS Ord	lbw b Young	11
A Townsend	c Brown b Edrich	7
*HE Dollery	b Edrich	14
DD Taylor	c LH Compton b Edrich	21
CWC Grove	lbw b Edrich	2
JR Thompson	c Bennett b Young	2
JD Bannister	b Young	0
RT Weeks	not out	18
WE Hollies	hit wkt b Edrich	7
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 53 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-35, 3-49, 4-64, 5-68, 6-71, 7-94, 8-94, 9-110, 10-119 (53 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	2	0	10	0	-	-
Moss	4	1	7	1	-	-
Young	24	8	35	3	-	-
Edrich	23	7	59	6	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	st Spooner b Weeks	15
SM Brown	lbw b Hollies	11
*WJ Edrich	c Taylor b Hollies	0
DCS Compton	lbw b Hollies	40
HPH Sharp	b Townsend	12
FJ Titmus	b Grove	28
+LH Compton	b Grove	18
D Bennett	b Grove	0
JJ Warr	not out	11
JA Young	b Grove	0
AE Moss	c Spooner b Hollies	12
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 66 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-26, 3-26, 4-41, 5-81, 6-114, 7-118, 8-133, 9-133, 10-152 (66 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grove	10	6	22	4	-	-
Townsend	9	0	31	1	-	-
Hollies	33	11	78	4	-	-
Weeks	14	8	16	1	-	-

Notes
--> AE Moss (2) equalled his previous highest score of 12 in County Championship matches
--> FJ Titmus reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Warwickshire first innings
--> WJ Edrich reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Warwickshire second innings
--> JA Young reached 150 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Warwickshire second innings