First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

MIDDLESEX v SOMERSET Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, May 13, 15, 16, 1950. Middlesex won by eight wickets. (Points: Middlesex 12, Somerset 0) SOMERSET 1 H.Gimblett run out 61 lbw b Gray 94 2 F.L.Angell b Gray 3 run out 74 3 A.F.Irish b Gray 36 b Edrich 70 4 G.E.S.Woodhouse c L.H.Compton b Bedford 8 c and b Bedford 10 5 H.F.T.Buse lbw b Bedford 32 b Edrich 11 6 *S.S.Rogers c Edrich b Bedford 6 b Bedford 0 7 M.F.Tremlett lbw b Gray 14 b Bedford 34 8 J.Lawrence st L.H.Compton b Bedford 17 b Gray 27 9 †H.W.Stephenson run out 6 b D.C.S.Compton 6 10 H.L.Hazell not out 19 not out 7 11 E.P.Robinson b Edrich 8 c Routledge b Gray 1 Extras lb 3, w 1 4 b 6, lb 6 12 —— —— 214 346 FoW (1): 1-11, 2-100, 3-101, 4-118, 5-124, 6-159, 7-173, 8-181, 9-189, 10-214 FoW (2): 1-162, 2-201, 3-246, 4-266, 5-267, 6-271, 7-326, 8-335, 9-344, 10-346 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson b Lawrence 40 not out 74 2 S.M.Brown b Robinson 37 c Robinson b Buse 4 3 *W.J.Edrich c Hazell b Buse 54 b Tremlett 26 4 D.C.S.Compton c and b Tremlett 144 not out 34 5 A.W.Thompson st Stephenson b Lawrence 30 6 F.J.Titmus b Hazell 54 7 †L.H.Compton b Hazell 24 8 R.Routledge b Hazell 3 9 J.A.Young run out 0 10 P.I.Bedford not out 10 11 L.H.Gray not out 8 Extras b 4, lb 10, w 7 21 lb 1 1 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 425 (2 wickets) 139 FoW (1): 1-74, 2-100, 3-182, 4-242, 5-358, 6-400, 7-403, 8-406, 9-410 FoW (2): 1-29, 2-98 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Gray 19 6 42 3 28.4 8 46 3 Edrich 6.2 0 19 1 (8) 12 3 20 2 D.C.S.Compton 16 7 25 0 (4) 33 7 75 1 Bedford 36 10 107 4 (3) 38 4 107 3 Young 9 3 11 0 (6) 17 3 40 0 Titmus 5 1 6 0 (7) 4 1 9 0 Routledge (2) 3 0 16 0 Thompson (5) 5 0 21 0 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Buse 26.4 5 69 1 11 1 38 1 Tremlett 25 3 76 1 17 0 53 1 Irish 5 0 19 0 Robinson 36 9 93 1 (3) 7 0 37 0 Lawrence 26 1 114 2 Hazell 13 4 33 3 (4) 1 0 6 0 Rogers (5) 0.1 0 4 0 Umpires: E.Cooke and J.J.Hills. Toss: Somerset Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 138-2 (Edrich 37*, D.C.S.Compton 18*); 2nd day: Somerset (2) 161-0 (Gimblett 93*, Angell 67*). D.C.S.Compton’s 144 took 180 minutes and included 12 fours. 133