f20172 cc10039	Kent v Middlesex
	County Championship 1953
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 5th, 6th, 7th August 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 99 runs
Points	Kent 0; Middlesex 12
Umpires	TJ Bartley, WT Jones
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 147/2 (Edrich 57*, DCS Compton 68*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 158/5 (Dewes 41*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	run out	8
SM Brown	b Mallett	5
*WJ Edrich	c Phebey b Smith	63
DCS Compton	b Page	72
JG Dewes	c Evans b Smith	22
AW Thompson	c Mayes b Smith	26
D Bennett	b Smith	5
+LH Compton	lbw b Smith	0
FJ Titmus	c Mallett b Page	1
JA Young	not out	0
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 10 lb)	14
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 76.1 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-29, 3-155, 4-161, 5-198, 6-212, 7-212, 8-215, 9-216 (76.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shirreff	23	8	51	0	-	-
Smith	18.1	6	37	5	-	-
Mallett	17	4	51	1	-	-
Page	17	3	57	2	-	-
Cowdrey	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c LH Compton b Titmus	5
AH Phebey	c Moss b Young	16
AF Woollett	c DCS Compton b Young	49
MC Cowdrey	c Moss b Titmus	28
R Mayes	c Robertson b Young	0
+TG Evans	c Dewes b Young	13
AC Shirreff	b Titmus	12
G Smith	lbw b Titmus	1
*W Murray-Wood	c Bennett b Young	1
AWH Mallett	c Brown b Young	0
JCT Page	not out	0
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 42.2 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-50, 3-76, 4-82, 5-110, 6-122, 7-124, 8-125, 9-129, 10-129 (42.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	4	2	4	0	-	-
Bennett	3	1	8	0	-	-
Young	17	6	55	6	-	-
Titmus	17.2	4	54	4	-	-
DCS Compton	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Mallett	0
SM Brown	c Shirreff b Smith	5
*WJ Edrich	lbw b Page	18
DCS Compton	c Mallett b Page	39
JG Dewes	not out	48
AW Thompson	st Evans b Smith	48
D Bennett	c Fagg b Smith	5
+LH Compton	not out	4
FJ Titmus	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb)	8
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 45 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-7, 3-58, 4-77, 5-158, 6-170

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	16	3	57	3	-	-
Mallett	16	6	45	1	-	-
Page	13	1	65	2	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	st LH Compton b Young	34
AH Phebey	c Edrich b Young	3
AF Woollett	st LH Compton b Titmus	5
MC Cowdrey	not out	52
R Mayes	c LH Compton b Young	0
+TG Evans	b Young	17
AC Shirreff	b Young	0
G Smith	c Robertson b Young	0
*W Murray-Wood	c Bennett b Young	8
AWH Mallett	c Dewes b Young	23
JCT Page	b Titmus	0
Extras	(13 b, 8 lb)	21
Total	(all out, 46.2 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-52, 3-56, 4-65, 5-93, 6-95, 7-95, 8-109, 9-161, 10-163 (46.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	3	1	6	0	-	-
Bennett	3	0	17	0	-	-
Young	20	6	60	8	-	-
Titmus	20.2	6	59	2	-	-

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Notes
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 18000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 22
--> AW Thompson (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 4
--> AW Thompson (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> AF Woollett (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 30
--> AW Thompson (2) passed 7000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 36

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