f20470 cc10172	Somerset v Middlesex
	County Championship 1954
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 12th, 14th, 15th June 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 9 wickets
Points	Somerset 0; Middlesex 12
Umpires	WT Jones, K McCanlis
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 15/1 (Angell 0*, Wight 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Angell	lbw b Moss	2
R Smith	b Moss	5
PB Wight	c and b Young	14
JG Lomax	b Moss	0
MF Tremlett	not out	23
J Lawrence	c Thompson b Titmus	9
+HW Stephenson	lbw b Titmus	11
J Hilton	b Titmus	7
*BG Brocklehurst	b Titmus	9
Yawar Saeed	c Bennett b Young	4
JWJ McMahon	c Bennett b Titmus	0
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 48.3 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-21, 3-21, 4-25, 5-43, 6-57, 7-71, 8-81, 9-88, 10-88 (48.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	8	3	21	3	-	-
Warr	3	1	3	0	-	-
Young	21	12	33	2	-	-
Titmus	16.3	3	27	5	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b McMahon	43
SM Brown	b McMahon	29
AW Thompson	lbw b Hilton	16
HPH Sharp	c Tremlett b McMahon	43
D Bennett	c Tremlett b McMahon	15
R Routledge	c Lawrence b Hilton	0
FJ Titmus	st Stephenson b McMahon	6
+LH Compton	c Smith b Hilton	4
*JJ Warr	not out	26
JA Young	b Hilton	21
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb)	10
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 78.5 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-77, 3-103, 4-134, 5-140, 6-158, 7-160, 8-164, 9-213 (78.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lomax	3	0	7	0	-	-
McMahon	38	12	75	5	-	-
Hilton	28.5	8	82	4	-	-
Lawrence	5	0	33	0	-	-
Wight	4	2	6	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Angell	lbw b Titmus	18
R Smith	c Titmus b Young	1
PB Wight	c Compton b Robertson	49
JG Lomax	b Robertson	9
MF Tremlett	c Bennett b Titmus	18
J Lawrence	lbw b Titmus	1
+HW Stephenson	b Titmus	35
J Hilton	c Robertson b Young	4
*BG Brocklehurst	not out	0
Yawar Saeed	b Titmus	6
JWJ McMahon	run out	1
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 69.3 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-35, 3-78, 4-89, 5-92, 6-136, 7-145, 8-145, 9-154, 10-155 (69.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	12	4	20	0	-	-
Warr	1	0	4	0	-	-
Young	18.3	4	46	2	-	-
Titmus	32	11	57	5	-	-
Robertson	6	2	15	2	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Hilton	11
SM Brown	not out	14
AW Thompson	not out	4
HPH Sharp	did not bat
D Bennett	did not bat
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	(2 lb)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 12 overs)	31
Fall of wickets:
1-21

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McMahon	6	0	17	0	-	-
Hilton	6	2	12	1	-	-

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Notes
--> HPH Sharp (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 31
--> HPH Sharp (1) passed 6000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 32
--> JA Young reached 1200 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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