f23924 cc11974	Worcestershire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1961
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 9th, 10th, 11th August 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Worcestershire won by 15 runs
Points	Worcestershire 12; Middlesex 4 (Batting 2)
Umpires	CS Elliott, F Jakeman
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 49/1 (Russell 25*, Parfitt 2*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 113/6 (Booth 22*, Standen 13*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Kenyon	b Moss	25
MJ Horton	b Titmus	64
RGA Headley	c Bedford b Moss	38
DW Richardson	c Titmus b Moss	58
RG Broadbent	b Titmus	2
G Dews	b Titmus	15
+R Booth	b Moss	10
JA Standen	b Bennett	9
N Gifford	not out	2
LJ Coldwell	b Moss	0
JA Flavell	b Moss	4
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 103 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-114, 3-140, 4-146, 5-182, 6-220, 7-229, 8-231, 9-231, 10-237 (103 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	22	8	47	6	-	-
Bennett	18	5	47	1	-	-
Hooker	24	7	44	0	-	-
Titmus	26	11	64	3	-	-
Drybrough	5	3	8	0	-	-
Bedford	8	2	17	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	lbw b Coldwell	19
WE Russell	lbw b Horton	26
PH Parfitt	c Broadbent b Gifford	2
EA Clark	b Flavell	46
FJ Titmus	c Horton b Gifford	72
D Bennett	c Broadbent b Horton	32
+JT Murray	not out	20
RW Hooker	b Gifford	12
*PI Bedford	c Booth b Horton	0
CD Drybrough	c Broadbent b Gifford	1
AE Moss	b Horton	2
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 92 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-49, 3-59, 4-111, 5-206, 6-206, 7-233, 8-238, 9-239, 10-242 (92 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flavell	22	5	50	1	-	-
Coldwell	20	5	41	1	-	-
Gifford	18	10	25	4	-	-
Horton	26	3	100	4	-	-
Standen	6	0	16	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Kenyon	lbw b Bennett	1
MJ Horton	c Murray b Moss	0
RGA Headley	c Murray b Moss	14
DW Richardson	c Murray b Moss	0
RG Broadbent	b Drybrough	38
G Dews	st Murray b Titmus	24
+R Booth	not out	46
JA Standen	b Drybrough	13
N Gifford	lbw b Titmus	0
LJ Coldwell	lbw b Titmus	4
JA Flavell	b Moss	0
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 62.3 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-9, 3-9, 4-26, 5-71, 6-83, 7-118, 8-125, 9-133, 10-141 (62.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	21.3	7	48	4	-	-
Bennett	9	1	35	1	-	-
Titmus	21	7	48	3	-	-
Drybrough	11	7	9	2	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	st Booth b Horton	26
WE Russell	c Broadbent b Flavell	9
PH Parfitt	c Broadbent b Horton	16
EA Clark	c Coldwell b Horton	11
FJ Titmus	b Horton	5
D Bennett	st Booth b Gifford	10
+JT Murray	b Horton	4
*PI Bedford	c Standen b Gifford	4
RW Hooker	c and b Gifford	4
CD Drybrough	not out	1
AE Moss	c Kenyon b Horton	24
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(all out, 55.4 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-37, 3-49, 4-60, 5-75, 6-80, 7-85, 8-96, 9-96, 10-121 (55.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flavell	8	3	12	1	-	-
Coldwell	2	0	10	0	-	-
Gifford	25	9	52	3	-	-
Horton	20.4	9	40	6	-	-

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Notes
--> RGA Headley (1) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 34
--> JT Murray (1) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 19
--> AE Moss reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> AE Moss reached 900 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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