Middlesex Cricket Archive

f21315 cc10626	Middlesex v Warwickshire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 2nd, 4th, 5th June 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 10 wickets
Points	Middlesex 12; Warwickshire 4
Umpires	H Elliott, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 36/1 (Robertson 24, Edrich 9)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 142/7 (Warr 21*)

Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	c Hooker b Bennett	59
NF Horner	c Edrich b Bennett	13
AVG Wolton	c Robertson b Hurst	53
CW Leach	b Bennett	2
RE Hitchcock	b Warr	31
A Townsend	c Murray b Hurst	2
+RT Spooner	c Murray b Hurst	0
KR Dollery	c Murray b Warr	5
JD Bannister	not out	0
RG Thompson	b Warr	0
*WE Hollies	b Warr	0
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 86 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-118, 3-127, 4-132, 5-142, 6-144, 7-158, 8-169, 9-169, 10-169 (86 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	22	6	38	0	-	-
Warr	12	1	33	4	-	-
Bennett	12	2	26	3	-	-
Hooker	5	2	13	0	-	-
Robins	14	1	31	0	-	-
Titmus	7	5	5	0	-	-
Hurst	14	7	19	3	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Leach b Bannister	51
+JT Murray	b Thompson	1
*WJ Edrich	c Spooner b Thompson	20
RW Hooker	c Thompson b Bannister	18
D Bennett	c Spooner b Bannister	7
FJ Titmus	b Bannister	8
DA Bick	lbw b Bannister	11
JJ Warr	c Spooner b Thompson	28
RVC Robins	c Gardner b Bannister	6
RJ Hurst	run out	2
AE Moss	not out	1
Extras	(5 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 54 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-53, 3-79, 4-87, 5-106, 6-115, 7-142, 8-150, 9-156, 10-158 (54 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	22	5	63	3	-	-
Bannister	15	3	52	6	-	-
Dollery	9	2	28	0	-	-
Hollies	8	5	10	0	-	-

Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	lbw b Warr	10
NF Horner	c Murray b Moss	4
AVG Wolton	b Warr	1
CW Leach	c Edrich b Warr	7
RE Hitchcock	b Warr	8
A Townsend	b Moss	7
+RT Spooner	c Murray b Warr	0
KR Dollery	c Murray b Moss	0
JD Bannister	c Hurst b Warr	0
RG Thompson	b Moss	13
*WE Hollies	not out	5
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 26.5 overs)	55
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-14, 3-15, 4-23, 5-30, 6-30, 7-31, 8-32, 9-40, 10-55 (26.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	13.5	3	28	4	-	-
Warr	13	5	27	6	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	not out	52
+JT Murray	not out	16
*WJ Edrich	did not bat
RW Hooker	did not bat
D Bennett	did not bat
DA Bick	did not bat
FJ Titmus	did not bat
JJ Warr	did not bat
RVC Robins	did not bat
RJ Hurst	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(no wicket, 21.2 overs)	69

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bannister	3	0	28	0	-	-
Dollery	3	0	8	0	-	-
Hollies	8	2	12	0	-	-
Leach	7.2	2	20	0	-	-

Notes
--> AVG Wolton (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 32