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f22850 cc11426	Middlesex v Lancashire
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 22nd, 23rd, 24th July 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 4 wickets
Points	Middlesex 14 (Batting 2); Lancashire 0
Umpires	AE Fagg, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 127/4 (Titmus 0, Hooker 4)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 199/8 (Dyson 15, Hilton 2)

Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Green	c Titmus b Tilly	26
*A Wharton	b Hooker	34
JD Bond	c Murray b Warr	7
KJ Grieves	c Murray b Tilly	0
PT Marner	b Hooker	23
A Bolton	b Warr	0
J Dyson	c Hooker b Warr	0
+G Clayton	b Warr	7
T Greenhough	b Hooker	1
C Hilton	b Warr	7
K Higgs	not out	1
Extras	(2 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 55 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-65, 3-66, 4-75, 5-75, 6-89, 7-93, 8-97, 9-108, 10-109 (55 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	17	5	39	5	-	-
Tilly	17	4	43	2	-	-
Clark	5	1	7	0	-	-
Hooker	16	6	17	3	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	c Bolton b Greenhough	53
WE Russell	lbw b Hilton	39
PH Parfitt	lbw b Dyson	8
RA White	b Greenhough	13
FJ Titmus	c Marner b Green	38
RW Hooker	c Clayton b Higgs	4
+JT Murray	lbw b Higgs	0
EA Clark	b Green	38
MJ Smith	c Grieves b Greenhough	0
HW Tilly	c Wharton b Green	1
*JJ Warr	not out	6
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 73.2 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-78, 2-99, 3-119, 4-123, 5-128, 6-134, 7-191, 8-196, 9-201, 10-214 (73.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hilton	18	0	71	1	-	-
Higgs	17	3	58	2	-	-
Green	6.2	3	19	3	-	-
Greenhough	21	7	45	3	-	-
Dyson	11	8	7	1	-	-

Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Green	lbw b Warr	2
*A Wharton	b Titmus	69
JD Bond	c Murray b Tilly	6
KJ Grieves	c Hooker b Tilly	26
PT Marner	c and b Titmus	31
A Bolton	c Hooker b Titmus	13
J Dyson	c Titmus b Tilly	56
+G Clayton	b Titmus	19
T Greenhough	c Hooker b Warr	1
C Hilton	b Titmus	21
K Higgs	not out	23
Extras	(16 b, 4 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 128.4 overs)	287
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-19, 3-72, 4-114, 5-142, 6-161, 7-193, 8-196, 9-233, 10-287 (128.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	29	6	61	2	-	-
Tilly	33.4	13	67	3	-	-
Clark	2	0	11	0	-	-
Hooker	13	3	33	0	-	-
Titmus	35	15	58	5	-	-
Smith	10	4	19	0	-	-
Gale	6	3	18	0	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	run out	25
WE Russell	c and b Dyson	15
PH Parfitt	lbw b Greenhough	0
RW Hooker	c Greenhough b Dyson	70
EA Clark	c Marner b Dyson	18
FJ Titmus	not out	34
+JT Murray	c Clayton b Higgs	3
RA White	not out	8
MJ Smith	did not bat
HW Tilly	did not bat
*JJ Warr	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	13
Total	(6 wickets, 68.4 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-40, 3-42, 4-70, 5-152, 6-169

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hilton	12	3	30	0	-	-
Higgs	17	4	30	1	-	-
Green	2	0	6	0	-	-
Greenhough	19	3	62	1	-	-
Dyson	18	7	41	3	-	-
Wharton	0.4	0	4	0	-	-

Notes
--> WE Russell (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 34
--> EA Clark made his debut in County Championship matches
--> MJ Smith made his debut in County Championship matches
--> K Higgs (2) passed his previous highest score of 15 in first-class matches
--> K Higgs (2) passed his previous highest score of 15 in County Championship matches
--> RA Gale (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 4
--> RW Hooker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 3-26)
--> RW Hooker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 3-26)
--> DM Green achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 1-29)
--> JJ Warr reached 850 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire second innings