f16218 cc7909	Worcestershire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1938
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 2nd, 4th, 5th July 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 0; Middlesex 4
Umpires	EJ Smith, FI Walden
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 336/8 (Price 50*, Smith 0*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 5/0 (Edrich 1*, Robertson 0*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Edrich	c Bull b Martin	65
JDB Robertson	b Perks	15
SM Brown	c Perks b Martin	54
DCS Compton	c Gibbons b Martin	24
JHA Hulme	b Martin	1
GOB Allen	lbw b Howorth	17
*RWV Robins	b Perks	70
+WFF Price	c Martin b Perks	52
JM Sims	c Lyttelton b Martin	27
CIJ Smith	c King b Martin	7
LH Gray	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 106.1 overs)	346
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-129, 3-141, 4-144, 5-173, 6-207, 7-272, 8-336, 9-343, 10-346 (106.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	31.1	6	105	3	-	-
Martin	37	12	85	6	-	-
Horton	1	0	4	0	-	-
Warne	6	1	26	0	-	-
Howorth	31	5	113	1	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Bull	c Price b Gray	58
BP King	b Smith	47
E Cooper	b Allen	13
HHIH Gibbons	c Edrich b Gray	34
SH Martin	retired hurt	14
J Horton	b Gray	3
FB Warne	lbw b Gray	0
*CJ Lyttelton	not out	13
+JS Buller	lbw b Sims	0
R Howorth	b Gray	3
RTD Perks	c Edrich b Sims	4
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 62.5 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-64, 2-100, 3-154, 4-174, 5-177, 6-188, 7-193, 8-196, 9-201 (62.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	17	6	27	1	-	-
Allen	14	2	64	1	-	-
Gray	15	6	31	5	-	-
Sims	13.5	1	51	2	-	-
Robins	3	0	16	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Edrich	c Gibbons b Perks	20
JDB Robertson	c Buller b Lyttelton	17
SM Brown	c Buller b Lyttelton	2
DCS Compton	st Buller b Howorth	14
CIJ Smith	not out	12
JHA Hulme	not out	10
GOB Allen	did not bat
*RWV Robins	did not bat
+WFF Price	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb, 5 w)	10
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 15 overs)	85
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-39, 3-57, 4-59

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	7	0	45	1	-	-
Howorth	3	0	12	1	-	-
Lyttelton	5	0	18	2	-	-

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Notes
--> FB Warne made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CH Bull (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 25
--> SH Martin reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> CIJ Smith reached 700 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> SH Martin retired hurt in the Worcestershire first innings having scored 14 (team had lost 3 wickets) (after a blow on the finger.)

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HHI Gibbons' benefit match.
Only 15 overs were bowled on the final day.

 

 

 

 

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