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f20016 cc9915	Middlesex v Somerset
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 3rd, 4th, 5th June 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 10 wickets
Points	Middlesex 0; Somerset 12
Umpires	TJ Bartley, H Elliott
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 277/4 (Smith 32, Brocklehurst 0)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 76/0 (Robertson 41, Brown 31)

Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c DCS Compton b Titmus	36
DL Kitson	retired hurt	3
J Lawrence	c DCS Compton b Warr	89
MF Tremlett	c Titmus b DCS Compton	33
+HW Stephenson	run out	72
R Smith	not out	49
*BG Brocklehurst	hit wkt b Young	13
HFT Buse	b Young	0
SS Rogers	st LH Compton b Young	8
TA Hall	c Robertson b Young	1
CG Mitchell	lbw b Young	0
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 109.5 overs)	319
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-131, 3-226, 4-270, 5-296, 6-296, 7-310, 8-318, 9-319 (109.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	29	5	79	0	-	-
Warr	19	2	47	1	-	-
Young	28.5	12	54	5	-	-
Titmus	24	5	75	1	-	-
DCS Compton	9	1	49	1	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Hall b Buse	5
SM Brown	b Hall	9
*WJ Edrich	lbw b Buse	0
DCS Compton	c Gimblett b Hall	11
AW Thompson	c Tremlett b Hall	25
HPH Sharp	c Gimblett b Mitchell	44
FJ Titmus	b Mitchell	4
+LH Compton	c Gimblett b Lawrence	3
JJ Warr	c Hall b Mitchell	6
JA Young	not out	2
AE Moss	b Mitchell	0
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 52.5 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-7, 3-20, 4-35, 5-54, 6-64, 7-73, 8-102, 9-117, 10-119 (52.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	14	5	31	3	-	-
Buse	15	6	22	2	-	-
Mitchell	12.5	1	38	4	-	-
Lawrence	11	5	18	1	-	-

Middlesex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Mitchell b Hall	45
SM Brown	lbw b Hall	31
*WJ Edrich	c Rogers b Mitchell	30
AW Thompson	run out	11
HPH Sharp	b Lawrence	25
DCS Compton	b Lawrence	9
FJ Titmus	c Smith b Lawrence	14
+LH Compton	b Hall	21
JJ Warr	lbw b Buse	9
JA Young	c and b Buse	2
AE Moss	not out	2
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 92.5 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-80, 2-80, 3-112, 4-123, 5-140, 6-169, 7-170, 8-200, 9-206, 10-208 (92.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	16.5	4	40	3	-	-
Buse	24	7	43	2	-	-
Mitchell	13	3	36	1	-	-
Lawrence	23	8	47	3	-	-
Smith	16	5	33	0	-	-

Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MF Tremlett	not out	9
H Gimblett	not out	0
DL Kitson	did not bat
J Lawrence	did not bat
+HW Stephenson	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
*BG Brocklehurst	did not bat
HFT Buse	did not bat
SS Rogers	did not bat
TA Hall	did not bat
CG Mitchell	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 1.2 overs)	9

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	1	0	7	0	-	-
Young	0.2	0	2	0	-	-

Notes
--> HPH Sharp (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> JDB Robertson (2) passed 22000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 38
--> DCS Compton (2) passed 30000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 5
--> CG Mitchell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 3-33)
--> CG Mitchell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 3-33)
--> DL Kitson retired hurt in the Somerset first innings having scored 3 (team had lost 0 wickets)