f19271 cc9534	Middlesex v Surrey
	County Championship 1951
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 21st, 23rd, 24th July 1951 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 6 wickets
Points	Middlesex 0; Surrey 12
Umpires	JT Bell, H Elliott
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 55/1 (Barton 24*, May 6*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (1) 284/3 (May 119*, Parker 46*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	run out	72
HPH Sharp	lbw b AV Bedser	0
WJ Edrich	b Surridge	17
*DCS Compton	b Laker	0
AW Thompson	c Fishlock b Laker	9
FR Alexander	c Barton b Laker	7
+LH Compton	lbw b Surridge	3
D Bennett	b AV Bedser	5
R Routledge	c Barton b EA Bedser	102
JM Sims	b Constable	32
JA Young	not out	0
Extras	(14 b, 5 lb, 5 nb)	24
Total	(all out, 96.3 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-37, 3-38, 4-67, 5-91, 6-99, 7-119, 8-128, 9-270, 10-271 (96.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	25	5	46	2	-	-
Surridge	20	4	51	2	-	-
Parker	3	0	10	0	-	-
Laker	30	3	86	3	-	-
Lock	11	1	34	0	-	-
Constable	3.3	0	12	1	-	-
EA Bedser	4	0	8	1	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EA Bedser	c LH Compton b DCS Compton	18
*MR Barton	lbw b Routledge	83
PBH May	c Routledge b Young	121
LB Fishlock	c Sims b Young	2
JF Parker	not out	70
B Constable	c LH Compton b Bennett	4
JC Laker	not out	0
AV Bedser	did not bat
WS Surridge	did not bat
+GNG Kirby	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 122 overs)	314
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-185, 3-192, 4-306, 5-314

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	15	3	37	0	-	-
Bennett	30	6	93	1	-	-
Young	44	17	91	2	-	-
DCS Compton	14	4	32	1	-	-
Sims	2	1	1	0	-	-
Routledge	17	0	44	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Surridge b Laker	4
HPH Sharp	b Laker	7
WJ Edrich	c Kirby b Laker	16
*DCS Compton	b AV Bedser	7
AW Thompson	c Constable b Laker	13
FR Alexander	lbw b Lock	8
+LH Compton	lbw b Laker	10
D Bennett	c Kirby b Lock	12
R Routledge	c Barton b Lock	8
JM Sims	b Laker	0
JA Young	not out	5
Extras	(17 b, 13 lb)	30
Total	(all out, 50.1 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-29, 3-38, 4-53, 5-68, 6-85, 7-87, 8-101, 9-102, 10-120 (50.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	12	2	22	1	-	-
Surridge	2	1	3	0	-	-
Laker	23	8	48	6	-	-
Lock	13.1	8	17	3	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EA Bedser	c Routledge b Young	1
*MR Barton	b Young	0
PBH May	not out	29
LB Fishlock	lbw b Young	14
JF Parker	b DCS Compton	4
B Constable	not out	26
JC Laker	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
WS Surridge	did not bat
+GNG Kirby	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(4 wickets, 24.2 overs)	78
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-2, 3-30, 4-35

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Young	12.2	3	34	3	-	-
DCS Compton	12	4	40	1	-	-

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Notes
--> FR Alexander made his debut in first-class matches
--> FR Alexander made his debut in County Championship matches
--> R Routledge (1) passed his previous highest score of 54 in County Championship matches
--> R Routledge (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> R Routledge (1) passed his previous highest score of 54 in first-class matches
--> R Routledge (1) made his first century in first-class matches
--> JM Sims (1) passed 8500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 30
--> MR Barton (1) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 40
--> PBH May (1) passed his previous highest score of 118 in County Championship matches

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