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f20147 cc10013	Middlesex v Kent
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 22nd, 23rd July 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 10 wickets
Points	Middlesex 12; Kent 0
Umpires	D Davies, EA Roberts
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 10/1 (Robertson 5, Brown 4)

Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	lbw b Titmus	67
AH Phebey	b Moss	8
P Hearn	c Compton b Moss	0
MC Cowdrey	c Moss b Titmus	64
+DG Ufton	c Compton b Young	4
EG Witherden	lbw b Young	0
G Smith	not out	10
F Ridgway	b Young	3
*W Murray-Wood	c Sharp b Moss	18
RR Dovey	b Moss	0
DVP Wright	b Warr	1
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 79.1 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-11, 3-130, 4-137, 5-143, 6-143, 7-146, 8-172, 9-174, 10-175 (79.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	19	6	45	4	-	-
Warr	17.1	3	41	1	-	-
Young	26	12	48	3	-	-
Bennett	4	0	11	0	-	-
Titmus	13	5	30	2	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Wright	46
HPH Sharp	b Ridgway	0
SM Brown	c Fagg b Ridgway	7
AW Thompson	b Ridgway	4
R Routledge	b Wright	10
D Bennett	run out	45
FJ Titmus	b Dovey	33
+LH Compton	c Ufton b Ridgway	28
*JJ Warr	c Hearn b Smith	3
JA Young	c sub b Smith	4
AE Moss	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 74.1 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-36, 3-44, 4-66, 5-73, 6-135, 7-167, 8-187, 9-191, 10-191 (74.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	17	3	49	4	-	-
Smith	21.1	11	44	2	-	-
Dovey	21	6	39	1	-	-
Wright	8	3	9	2	-	-
Murray-Wood	4	0	16	0	-	-
Cowdrey	3	0	23	0	-	-

Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	lbw b Warr	10
AH Phebey	b Warr	0
P Hearn	c Compton b Warr	11
MC Cowdrey	c Titmus b Moss	1
+DG Ufton	not out	9
EG Witherden	b Moss	0
G Smith	b Moss	1
F Ridgway	b Moss	2
*W Murray-Wood	c Compton b Warr	3
RR Dovey	c Brown b Warr	2
DVP Wright	c Brown b Warr	4
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 25.5 overs)	43
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-15, 3-22, 4-22, 5-22, 6-24, 7-26, 8-31, 9-34, 10-43 (25.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	13	7	18	4	-	-
Warr	12.5	2	25	6	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	not out	18
HPH Sharp	not out	10
SM Brown	did not bat
AW Thompson	did not bat
R Routledge	did not bat
D Bennett	did not bat
FJ Titmus	did not bat
+LH Compton	did not bat
*JJ Warr	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 4 overs)	28

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	2	0	14	0	-	-
Smith	2	0	14	0	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> F Ridgway reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> F Ridgway reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> JJ Warr reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Kent second innings
--> AE Moss reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent second innings
--> JJ Warr achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent second innings (previous best was 5-32)