f20048 cc9939	Worcestershire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1953
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 13th, 15th, 16th June 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 7 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 0; Middlesex 12
Umpires	AE Boulton-Carter, HL Palmer
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 194/5 (Routledge 45*, Titmus 6*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 166/8 (Perks 7*, Flavell 1*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	run out	15
*RE Bird	c Compton b Bennett	22
LF Outschoorn	c Edrich b Titmus	23
RG Broadbent	c Compton b Young	52
G Dews	lbw b Moss	52
LN Devereux	c Thompson b Moss	5
+GT Mills	c Compton b Warr	9
RO Jenkins	c Moss b Warr	2
RTD Perks	b Moss	34
JA Flavell	b Moss	6
HW Lobban	not out	2
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb, 4 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 80.1 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-44, 3-86, 4-155, 5-173, 6-188, 7-190, 8-190, 9-211, 10-236 (80.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	18.1	2	56	4	-	-
Warr	14	3	55	2	-	-
Bennett	12	4	27	1	-	-
Titmus	17	3	46	1	-	-
Young	13	6	16	1	-	-
Routledge	6	0	22	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HPH Sharp	c Mills b Flavell	4
SM Brown	st Mills b Jenkins	59
*WJ Edrich	c Dews b Lobban	24
AW Thompson	c Bird b Devereux	43
D Bennett	c Devereux b Jenkins	6
R Routledge	st Mills b Jenkins	121
FJ Titmus	c and b Jenkins	18
+LH Compton	c Mills b Jenkins	0
JJ Warr	hit wkt b Perks	30
JA Young	c Flavell b Jenkins	3
AE Moss	not out	0
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 90.4 overs)	325
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-69, 3-126, 4-142, 5-142, 6-218, 7-218, 8-313, 9-324, 10-325 (90.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	27	6	57	1	-	-
Flavell	16	1	79	1	-	-
Lobban	11	1	56	1	-	-
Jenkins	27.4	4	104	6	-	-
Devereux	9	5	12	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Edrich b Titmus	9
+GT Mills	c and b Moss	7
LF Outschoorn	b Titmus	19
*RE Bird	c Sharp b Titmus	49
RG Broadbent	c Warr b Moss	23
G Dews	c Brown b Titmus	29
LN Devereux	c Compton b Moss	13
RO Jenkins	lbw b Moss	8
RTD Perks	c Edrich b Warr	21
JA Flavell	b Moss	18
HW Lobban	not out	4
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(all out, 81.4 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-30, 3-36, 4-82, 5-133, 6-139, 7-156, 8-165, 9-197, 10-201 (81.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	22.4	4	73	5	-	-
Warr	10	2	40	1	-	-
Bennett	8	2	25	0	-	-
Titmus	19	8	32	4	-	-
Young	22	12	30	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	not out	64
HPH Sharp	c Mills b Jenkins	22
*WJ Edrich	b Jenkins	3
AW Thompson	b Devereux	4
D Bennett	not out	18
R Routledge	did not bat
FJ Titmus	did not bat
+LH Compton	did not bat
JJ Warr	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 48.3 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-68, 3-73

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	8	3	9	0	-	-
Flavell	6	2	15	0	-	-
Jenkins	16	4	35	2	-	-
Devereux	18	2	48	1	-	-
Bird	0.3	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> G Dews (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 19
--> GT Mills made his debut in County Championship matches
--> R Routledge (1) passed his previous highest score of 102 in first-class matches
--> R Routledge (1) passed his previous highest score of 102 in County Championship matches
--> JA Flavell (2) passed his previous highest score of 13 in County Championship matches
--> RTD Perks reached 1950 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> FJ Titmus reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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