Middlesex Cricket Archive

f11165 cc4760	Middlesex v Somerset
	County Championship 1925
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 13th, 14th May 1925 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 9 wickets
Points	Middlesex 5; Somerset 0
Umpires	H Draper, J Stone
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 138 all out

Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*J Daniell	b North	11
AES Rippon	b Tanner	15
A Young	b North	10
JC White	b North	0
PR Johnson	c Mann b Tanner	3
TES Francis	c and b Hearne	11
GF Earle	c Dales b Tanner	11
GE Hunt	not out	35
RC Robertson-Glasgow	b Hearne	7
JJ Bridges	c Durston b Hearne	0
+ML Hill	b Hearne	16
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 53.4 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-26, 3-28, 4-35, 5-39, 6-50, 7-93, 8-101, 9-103, 10-123 (53.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	8	2	21	0	-	-
Durston	3	2	3	0	-	-
North	12	5	22	3	-	-
Tanner	19	4	39	3	-	-
Hearne	11.4	2	34	4	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HW Lee	st Hill b Bridges	18
HL Dales	c Hill b Hunt	40
JW Hearne	b Bridges	0
EH Hendren	b White	13
CN Bruce	b White	41
*FT Mann	lbw b White	1
NE Haig	c Hunt b White	2
EJ North	c and b White	2
AR Tanner	c and b White	0
+HR Murrell	c Rippon b Hunt	7
FJ Durston	not out	6
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 54.3 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-30, 3-51, 4-109, 5-118, 6-?, 7-123, 8-123, 9-124, 10-138 (54.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Robertson-Glasgow	8	0	45	0	-	-
Bridges	15	3	30	2	-	-
White	25	11	43	6	-	-
Hunt	6.3	0	12	2	-	-

Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*J Daniell	c Hendren b Haig	12
AES Rippon	c Dales b Haig	16
A Young	b North	19
TES Francis	lbw b Haig	35
PR Johnson	c Tanner b Haig	6
JC White	lbw b Hearne	3
GF Earle	b Hearne	13
GE Hunt	b Hearne	0
RC Robertson-Glasgow	not out	6
JJ Bridges	c North b Hearne	0
+ML Hill	c Murrell b Hearne	0
Extras	(8 b, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 64.2 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-28, 3-75, 4-97, 5-98, 6-112, 7-112, 8-115, 9-115, 10-119 (64.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	17	6	41	4	-	-
Durston	10	5	21	0	-	1
North	9	3	26	1	-	-
Tanner	9	5	5	0	-	-
Hearne	19.2	7	17	5	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HW Lee	lbw b Bridges	27
HL Dales	not out	53
JW Hearne	not out	22
EH Hendren	did not bat
CN Bruce	did not bat
*FT Mann	did not bat
NE Haig	did not bat
EJ North	did not bat
AR Tanner	did not bat
+HR Murrell	did not bat
FJ Durston	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(1 wicket, 53.5 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-78

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Robertson-Glasgow	13	5	27	0	-	-
Bridges	16.5	6	30	1	-	-
White	14	6	18	0	-	-
Hunt	10	3	27	0	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> EJ North achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 1-5)
--> JJ Bridges reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings