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f23875	Middlesex v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1961
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 22nd, 24th, 25th July 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by 10 wickets
Umpires	A Jepson, RSM Lay
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 36/0 (Russell 22, Gale 14)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 162/6 (Murray 26, Hooker 6)

Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WM Lawry	c Murray b Bennett	6
KD Mackay	c Hooker b Moss	168
RN Harvey	c Parfitt b Bennett	0
NCL O'Neill	c Murray b Bennett	9
PJP Burge	c Clark b Bedford	40
BC Booth	lbw b Bennett	53
AK Davidson	b Moss	10
*R Benaud	c Clark b Bennett	10
+BN Jarman	not out	9
IW Quick	not out	1
GD McKenzie	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb)	10
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 105 overs)	316
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-17, 3-45, 4-201, 5-257, 6-271, 7-288, 8-311

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	21	5	73	2	-	-
Bennett	27	6	76	5	-	-
Hooker	7	2	29	0	-	-
Titmus	20	5	55	0	-	-
Drybrough	15	6	36	0	-	-
Bedford	15	3	37	1	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	c Jarman b Quick	46
RA Gale	c Harvey b Davidson	23
PH Parfitt	c Mackay b Davidson	0
EA Clark	b Benaud	17
FJ Titmus	b Benaud	8
D Bennett	c O'Neill b Quick	11
+JT Murray	c Davidson b Benaud	0
RW Hooker	not out	11
CD Drybrough	c Jarman b Quick	7
*PI Bedford	c Lawry b Benaud	20
AE Moss	run out	1
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 64.2 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-58, 3-91, 4-91, 5-108, 6-108, 7-112, 8-125, 9-152, 10-153 (64.2 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davidson	13	5	25	2	-	-
McKenzie	3	0	17	0	-	-
Mackay	6	1	13	0	-	-
Benaud	23	13	38	4	-	-
Quick	13.2	6	37	3	-	-
O'Neill	6	3	14	0	-	-

Middlesex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	b Benaud	36
RA Gale	st Jarman b Benaud	19
PH Parfitt	c and b Quick	35
EA Clark	c Mackay b Benaud	5
FJ Titmus	lbw b Benaud	1
D Bennett	st Jarman b Harvey	29
+JT Murray	c Jarman b Benaud	26
RW Hooker	b Harvey	25
CD Drybrough	not out	1
*PI Bedford	lbw b Harvey	0
AE Moss	c Mackay b Harvey	0
Extras	(8 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 89.3 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-63, 3-87, 4-88, 5-100, 6-153, 7-171, 8-185, 9-185, 10-185 (89.3 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davidson	3	2	4	0	-	-
Mackay	15	1	48	0	-	-
Benaud	27	14	32	5	-	-
Quick	20	8	54	1	-	-
O'Neill	10	2	31	0	-	-
Harvey	14.3	8	8	4	-	-

Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WM Lawry	not out	1
KD Mackay	not out	20
RN Harvey	did not bat
NCL O'Neill	did not bat
PJP Burge	did not bat
BC Booth	did not bat
AK Davidson	did not bat
*R Benaud	did not bat
+BN Jarman	did not bat
IW Quick	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(no wicket, 6 overs)	26

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Titmus	3	3	0	0	-	-
Parfitt	1	0	10	0	-	-
Murray	2	0	11	0	-	-

Notes
--> WE Russell (1) passed 6500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 24
--> AK Davidson reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> RN Harvey achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Middlesex second innings (previous best was 3-9)