f23981 cc12020	Middlesex v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 2nd, 4th, 5th September 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 152 runs
Points	Middlesex 14 (Batting 2); Gloucestershire 0
Umpires	JH Parks, H Yarnold
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (2) 59/3 (Clark 6*, Titmus 16*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 81/3 (Milton 39*, Hawkins 0*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	lbw b Brown	22
RA Gale	c and b Allen	56
PH Parfitt	c Smith b Brown	9
EA Clark	b Cook	36
FJ Titmus	b Cook	40
D Bennett	run out	10
+JT Murray	c and b Allen	9
RW Hooker	b Cook	18
MJ Smith	not out	2
*PI Bedford	run out	8
HW Tilly	lbw b Allen	6
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 54.2 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-50, 3-105, 4-151, 5-178, 6-179, 7-192, 8-208, 9-216, 10-222 (54.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	8	0	45	2	-	-
Smith	13	1	45	0	-	-
Allen	19.2	1	91	3	-	-
Cook	14	4	35	3	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Carpenter	b Tilly	4
CA Milton	b Bennett	1
*CTM Pugh	b Titmus	5
DM Young	c Hooker b Bennett	0
DG Hawkins	c Gale b Tilly	10
AS Brown	lbw b Titmus	3
JB Mortimore	c Russell b Smith	44
DA Allen	hit wkt b Smith	13
+BJ Meyer	not out	12
DR Smith	c Russell b Smith	0
C Cook	b Smith	0
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 37 overs)	100
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-9, 3-10, 4-21, 5-27, 6-30, 7-67, 8-96, 9-98, 10-100 (37 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bennett	7	1	12	2	-	-
Tilly	11	3	28	2	-	-
Titmus	11	1	39	2	-	-
Smith	8	5	13	4	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	lbw b Smith	15
WE Russell	c Pugh b Cook	13
PH Parfitt	c Young b Smith	0
EA Clark	b Brown	45
FJ Titmus	b Cook	74
D Bennett	b Cook	50
+JT Murray	lbw b Cook	12
MJ Smith	not out	8
RW Hooker	not out	1
*PI Bedford	did not bat
HW Tilly	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 13 lb)	22
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 85 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-28, 3-33, 4-123, 5-207, 6-225, 7-230

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	12	3	32	1	-	-
Smith	28	7	66	2	-	-
Allen	7	0	19	0	-	-
Cook	28	12	54	4	-	-
Mortimore	8	0	39	0	-	-
Hawkins	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Carpenter	c Murray b Tilly	6
CA Milton	lbw b Titmus	47
*CTM Pugh	b Titmus	16
DM Young	c Smith b Titmus	19
DG Hawkins	c Hooker b Titmus	0
AS Brown	c Hooker b Smith	9
JB Mortimore	c Hooker b Titmus	58
DA Allen	c Bennett b Smith	16
+BJ Meyer	c Clark b Smith	19
DR Smith	c Russell b Titmus	4
C Cook	not out	8
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 100.2 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-41, 3-79, 4-81, 5-102, 6-120, 7-172, 8-185, 9-199, 10-210 (100.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bennett	6	0	18	0	-	-
Tilly	13	4	26	1	-	-
Titmus	41	18	80	6	-	-
Smith	32.2	16	65	3	-	-
Hooker	5	1	10	0	-	-
Parfitt	3	0	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HW Tilly made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> WE Russell (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 21
--> PH Parfitt (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 2
--> JT Murray (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 9
--> AS Brown reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> MJ Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 4-84)
--> D Bennett reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> MJ Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 3-39)
--> DR Smith reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> AS Brown reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> FJ Titmus reached 1150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings
--> FJ Titmus reached 950 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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