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f20061 cc9947	Gloucestershire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 20th, 22nd, 23rd June 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 6 wickets
Points	Gloucestershire 12; Middlesex 4
Umpires	AE Boulton-Carter, E Cooke
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 23/2 (Young 4, Graveney 2)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 80/4 (Bennett 6, Routledge 6)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	b Lambert	19
HPH Sharp	lbw b Scott	29
*WJ Edrich	c Emmett b Cook	30
DCS Compton	c Graveney b Lambert	57
D Bennett	c Wilson b Cook	0
R Routledge	b Cook	26
FJ Titmus	not out	33
+LH Compton	not out	5
JJ Warr	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 109 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-80, 3-80, 4-81, 5-132, 6-185

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	22	8	47	2	-	-
McHugh	13	3	26	0	-	-
Mortimore	29	6	66	0	-	-
Cook	29	18	35	3	-	-
Scott	16	6	25	1	-	-

Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Emmett	c Edrich b Young	14
DM Young	c LH Compton b Young	12
GEE Lambert	c Bennett b Titmus	0
TW Graveney	c Warr b Titmus	52
*JF Crapp	c DCS Compton b Titmus	0
CA Milton	lbw b Titmus	18
+AE Wilson	b Titmus	0
CJ Scott	lbw b Titmus	0
JB Mortimore	b Titmus	2
C Cook	not out	3
FP McHugh	b Titmus	0
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(all out, 47.4 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-21, 3-47, 4-52, 5-91, 6-91, 7-93, 8-99, 9-104, 10-104 (47.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	1	0	4	0	-	-
Titmus	23.4	6	53	8	-	-
Young	23	8	44	2	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	lbw b Mortimore	6
HPH Sharp	c Graveney b Mortimore	34
*WJ Edrich	b Mortimore	11
DCS Compton	b Cook	1
D Bennett	not out	59
R Routledge	b Cook	6
FJ Titmus	c Emmett b Cook	19
+LH Compton	b Lambert	7
JJ Warr	not out	22
JA Young	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 65 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-33, 3-34, 4-64, 5-80, 6-117, 7-136

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	9	0	41	1	-	-
McHugh	1	0	10	0	-	-
Mortimore	25	8	56	3	-	-
Cook	30	14	58	3	-	-

Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Emmett	c Edrich b DCS Compton	73
DM Young	lbw b Titmus	23
TW Graveney	lbw b Young	64
*JF Crapp	not out	63
CA Milton	lbw b Titmus	3
+AE Wilson	not out	23
GEE Lambert	did not bat
CJ Scott	did not bat
JB Mortimore	did not bat
C Cook	did not bat
FP McHugh	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 14 lb)	25
Total	(4 wickets, 76.1 overs)	274
Fall of wickets:
1-66, 2-165, 3-189, 4-208

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	1	0	1	0	-	-
Titmus	32	4	103	2	-	-
Young	34	4	105	1	-	-
Warr	1	0	9	0	-	-
DCS Compton	7	2	20	1	-	-
Edrich	1.1	0	11	0	-	-

Notes
--> HPH Sharp (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> CA Milton (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> WJ Edrich (2) passed 28000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> GM Emmett (2) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 40
--> GM Emmett (2) passed 16000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> DM Young (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> JF Crapp (2) passed 16000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 18
--> FJ Titmus achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 7-34)
--> FJ Titmus achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 6-46)
--> C Cook reached 850 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex second innings