Middlesex Cricket Archive

f19266 cc9530	Warwickshire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1951
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 18th, 19th July 1951 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Warwickshire won by 10 wickets
Points	Warwickshire 12; Middlesex 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, LJ Todd
Scorers	GC Austin (Warwickshire), HR Murrell (Middlesex)
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 124/3 (Ord 62, Weeks 0)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HPH Sharp	b Grove	32
SM Brown	c Grove b Hollies	11
*A Fairbairn	b Pritchard	11
AW Thompson	c Dollery b Pritchard	72
RS Cooper	run out	1
D Bennett	c Dollery b Pritchard	10
+LH Compton	lbw b Townsend	25
R Routledge	c Gardner b Pritchard	1
FJ Titmus	c Gardner b Pritchard	6
JM Sims	not out	4
JA Young	c Gardner b Grove	1
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 75.3 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-44, 3-65, 4-70, 5-90, 6-164, 7-169, 8-170, 9-180, 10-181 (75.3 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pritchard	24	7	59	5	-	-
Grove	15.3	1	35	2	-	-
Hollies	27	11	61	1	-	-
Weeks	6	0	16	0	-	-
Townsend	3	1	3	1	-	-

Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	c Compton b Bennett	0
+RT Spooner	b Young	31
JS Ord	b Sims	68
RE Hitchcock	c Compton b Bennett	26
RT Weeks	c Compton b Sims	2
*HE Dollery	lbw b Young	78
AVG Wolton	c Sharp b Sims	13
A Townsend	c Routledge b Young	17
TL Pritchard	run out	6
CWC Grove	b Young	16
WE Hollies	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 119.4 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-67, 3-124, 4-131, 5-132, 6-158, 7-202, 8-217, 9-259, 10-264 (119.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bennett	18	6	38	2	-	-
Routledge	11	1	41	0	-	-
Titmus	24	7	51	0	-	-
Young	41.4	22	38	4	-	-
Sims	21	1	78	3	-	-
Sharp	4	1	11	0	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HPH Sharp	b Grove	0
SM Brown	retired hurt	15
*A Fairbairn	b Pritchard	21
AW Thompson	c Wolton b Hollies	12
RS Cooper	lbw b Hollies	3
D Bennett	c and b Hollies	3
+LH Compton	lbw b Hollies	1
R Routledge	b Hollies	1
FJ Titmus	c Townsend b Grove	10
JM Sims	not out	14
JA Young	b Hollies	1
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 51.1 overs)	85
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-36, 3-43, 4-49, 5-53, 6-57, 7-61, 8-84, 9-85 (51.1 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pritchard	21	6	49	1	-	-
Grove	9	4	6	2	-	-
Hollies	21.1	11	26	6	-	-

Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	not out	2
RT Weeks	not out	1
+RT Spooner	did not bat
JS Ord	did not bat
RE Hitchcock	did not bat
*HE Dollery	did not bat
AVG Wolton	did not bat
A Townsend	did not bat
TL Pritchard	did not bat
CWC Grove	did not bat
WE Hollies	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 1.1 overs)	3

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fairbairn	1	0	2	0	-	-
Compton	0.1	0	1	0	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> LH Compton (1) passed 4000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 24
--> FJ Titmus (2) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 4
--> A Townsend reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings