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f22657 cc11284	Middlesex v Kent
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 9th, 11th, 12th May 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 2 runs
Points	Middlesex 14 (Batting 2); Kent 0
Umpires	D Davies, JH Parks
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 26/0 (Phebey 13, Wilson 13)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 103/4 (White 15, Bennett 0)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	lbw b Pettiford	69
WE Russell	b Pettiford	73
PH Parfitt	c Dixon b Pettiford	21
JDB Robertson	b Halfyard	11
RA White	b Halfyard	30
D Bennett	c Evans b Halfyard	0
FJ Titmus	c Evans b Ridgway	7
+JT Murray	c Pretlove b Halfyard	22
HW Tilly	not out	25
*JJ Warr	b Brown	9
RJ Hurst	not out	5
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	15
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 95 overs)	287
Fall of wickets:
1-130, 2-159, 3-184, 4-192, 5-194, 6-205, 7-244, 8-253, 9-273

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	18	5	62	1	-	-
Halfyard	27	8	61	4	-	-
Brown	18	4	52	1	-	-
Pettiford	27	7	80	3	-	-
Page	5	2	17	0	-	-

Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	c Murray b Warr	26
RC Wilson	c Murray b Warr	15
JF Pretlove	b Warr	0
*MC Cowdrey	b Bennett	27
J Pettiford	st Murray b Hurst	39
AL Dixon	b Hurst	30
+TG Evans	b Hurst	15
DJ Halfyard	c Parfitt b Titmus	10
F Ridgway	st Murray b Titmus	8
A Brown	c Tilly b Titmus	10
JCT Page	not out	7
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(all out, 74.4 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-32, 3-55, 4-90, 5-137, 6-152, 7-155, 8-169, 9-181, 10-188 (74.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bennett	14	1	40	1	-	-
Tilly	16	6	35	0	-	-
Warr	12	3	33	3	-	-
Hurst	21	6	52	3	-	-
Titmus	10.4	2	20	3	-	-
Gale	1	0	7	0	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	b Halfyard	28
WE Russell	b Brown	29
PH Parfitt	b Brown	3
JDB Robertson	c Phebey b Halfyard	23
RA White	c Evans b Halfyard	23
D Bennett	c Dixon b Halfyard	12
FJ Titmus	b Halfyard	11
+JT Murray	c Wilson b Page	26
HW Tilly	c and b Page	2
*JJ Warr	b Brown	33
RJ Hurst	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 11 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 64 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-57, 3-64, 4-102, 5-125, 6-128, 7-143, 8-169, 9-169, 10-203 (64 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	14	7	31	0	-	-
Halfyard	24	6	71	5	-	-
Brown	19	5	57	3	-	-
Page	7	0	32	2	-	-

Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RC Wilson	b Warr	6
AH Phebey	lbw b Warr	83
*MC Cowdrey	c Gale b Titmus	89
AL Dixon	b Hurst	2
+TG Evans	lbw b Titmus	6
DJ Halfyard	c sub b Titmus	36
JF Pretlove	lbw b Titmus	18
J Pettiford	st Murray b Tilly	10
F Ridgway	c Russell b Warr	21
A Brown	b Titmus	6
JCT Page	not out	11
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 79.5 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-159, 3-174, 4-189, 5-201, 6-231, 7-257, 8-277, 9-283, 10-300 (79.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tilly	21	1	76	1	-	-
Warr	19	5	74	3	-	-
Hurst	13	2	49	1	-	-
Titmus	24.5	5	76	5	-	-
Parfitt	2	0	13	0	-	-

Notes
--> HW Tilly (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in County Championship matches
--> AH Phebey (1) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 9
--> RC Wilson (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> JF Pretlove (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> JCT Page reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings