f11616 cc5071	Somerset v Middlesex
	County Championship 1926
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 23rd, 24th, 25th June 1926 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 275 runs
Points	Somerset 0; Middlesex 5
Umpires	F Parris, J Stone
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 323/9 (Murrell 6*, Mann 2*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 259/5 (Lee 100*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GB Cuthbertson	lbw b Earle	34
HW Lee	lbw b Hunt	16
JW Hearne	c Young b Hunt	74
EH Hendren	c White b Hunt	19
CN Bruce	b Bridges	43
GOB Allen	lbw b Hunt	5
EL Kidd	c Earle b White	59
*FT Mann	b White	19
NE Haig	c Bridges b Earle	28
+HR Murrell	c Hill b White	27
FJ Durston	not out	1
Extras	(9 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	20
Total	(all out, 127 overs)	345
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-87, 3-128, 4-179, 5-197, 6-219, 7-256, 8-303, 9-323, 10-345 (127 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bridges	34	5	82	1	-	-
Earle	12	4	25	2	-	-
White	36	8	92	3	-	-
Hunt	45	7	126	4	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*J Daniell	st Murrell b Hearne	44
A Young	c Murrell b Allen	35
PR Johnson	b Allen	5
JCW MacBryan	c Durston b Hearne	3
JC White	c Murrell b Durston	1
MD Lyon	b Hearne	2
GF Earle	c Murrell b Hearne	5
CCC Case	not out	16
GE Hunt	c Mann b Durston	16
JJ Bridges	c Bruce b Hearne	6
+ML Hill	c Murrell b Durston	0
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	12
Total	(all out, 51.2 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-81, 3-88, 4-90, 5-94, 6-99, 7-106, 8-135, 9-145, 10-145 (51.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	10	2	28	0	-	-
Durston	11.2	4	31	3	-	-
Allen	14	4	31	2	-	-
Hearne	16	2	43	5	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GB Cuthbertson	run out	0
HW Lee	not out	100
JW Hearne	c Lyon b Hunt	13
EH Hendren	st +Lyon b White	60
CN Bruce	hit wkt b Bridges	61
NE Haig	c Hill b Bridges	0
*FT Mann	not out	2
GOB Allen	did not bat
EL Kidd	did not bat
+HR Murrell	did not bat
FJ Durston	did not bat
Extras	(17 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	23
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 63 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-16, 3-132, 4-240, 5-240

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bridges	18	5	53	2	-	-
Earle	6	1	27	0	-	-
White	10	0	58	1	-	-
Hunt	26	7	70	1	-	-
Young	3	0	28	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*J Daniell	c Murrell b Durston	8
A Young	b Allen	46
PR Johnson	c Lee b Durston	0
JCW MacBryan	c Murrell b Durston	8
JC White	b Hearne	1
CCC Case	b Haig	29
MD Lyon	b Haig	24
GF Earle	c Lee b Haig	13
GE Hunt	not out	14
JJ Bridges	c and b Durston	10
+ML Hill	c Hendren b Haig	10
Extras	(13 b, 4 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(all out, 54.5 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-19, 3-41, 4-48, 5-79, 6-126, 7-139, 8-149, 9-167, 10-184 (54.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	15.5	4	40	4	-	-
Durston	20	5	59	4	-	-
Allen	7	0	16	1	-	-
Hearne	12	0	48	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JW Hearne (1) passed 23500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 54
--> JJ Bridges (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4
--> FJ Durston reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> NE Haig reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> NE Haig reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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