f20234 cc10094	Middlesex v Lancashire
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 29th, 31st August, 1st September 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 0; Lancashire 4
Umpires	AE Pothecary, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (1) 132/3 (Place 43*, Grieves 5*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Parr b Statham	13
HPH Sharp	b Statham	9
*WJ Edrich	c Grieves b Hilton	35
DCS Compton	c Wharton b Tattersall	0
SM Brown	lbw b Ikin	13
D Bennett	not out	46
RVC Robins	b Tattersall	27
FJ Titmus	b Tattersall	12
+LH Compton	b Statham	7
JJ Warr	c Grieves b Ikin	0
JA Young	b Ikin	0
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 78.5 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-27, 3-30, 4-73, 5-73, 6-127, 7-145, 8-170, 9-172, 10-174 (78.5 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	17	9	29	3	-	-
Wharton	4	0	17	0	-	-
Tattersall	22	5	54	3	-	-
Berry	8	3	13	0	-	-
Hilton	15	8	20	1	-	-
Ikin	12.5	5	29	3	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	b Young	17
JT Ikin	c Edrich b Young	43
W Place	not out	67
A Wharton	hit wkt b Young	14
KJ Grieves	not out	23
*ND Howard	did not bat
MJ Hilton	did not bat
+FD Parr	did not bat
JB Statham	did not bat
R Tattersall	did not bat
R Berry	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 5 nb)	11
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 50.5 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-94, 3-122

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	9	1	25	0	-	-
Bennett	16.5	2	57	0	-	-
Young	21	3	66	3	-	-
DCS Compton	4	0	16	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Parr b Statham	31
HPH Sharp	b Statham	0
*WJ Edrich	c Ikin b Hilton	39
DCS Compton	lbw b Statham	2
SM Brown	not out	60
D Bennett	c and b Hilton	0
RVC Robins	b Berry	11
FJ Titmus	lbw b Hilton	3
+LH Compton	b Statham	6
JJ Warr	not out	1
JA Young	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 82 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-46, 3-48, 4-95, 5-97, 6-110, 7-119, 8-134

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	16	9	22	4	-	-
Wharton	5	3	3	0	-	-
Tattersall	7	3	11	0	-	-
Berry	16	4	32	1	-	-
Hilton	23	8	45	3	-	-
Ikin	13	5	33	0	-	-
Grieves	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	not out	25
JT Ikin	b Warr	0
W Place	c Titmus b Warr	0
A Wharton	not out	16
KJ Grieves	c Titmus b Young	5
*ND Howard	b Warr	12
MJ Hilton	did not bat
+FD Parr	did not bat
JB Statham	did not bat
R Tattersall	did not bat
R Berry	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(4 wickets, 19 overs)	62
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-18, 3-18, 4-28

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	3	1	11	3	-	-
Bennett	2	1	11	0	-	-
Young	3	1	6	1	-	-
DCS Compton	7	1	17	0	-	-
Robins	4	1	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> D Bennett (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 29
--> JT Ikin (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 14
--> JT Ikin (1) passed 14000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 37
--> W Place (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 67
--> JB Statham reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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