First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE v MIDDLESEX Played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, June 21, 22, 23, 1950. Match drawn. (Points: Nottinghamshire 0, Middlesex 0) NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 1 W.W.Keeton b Sims 22 2 *R.T.Simpson retired hurt 76 3 C.B.Harris c Compton b Edrich 12 4 J.Hardstaff not out 149 5 C.J.Poole c Sims b Routledge 14 6 F.W.Stocks run out 21 7 P.F.Harvey b Sims 17 8 A.Jepson b Sims 5 9 H.J.Butler c and b Young 18 10 †E.J.Rowe c Routledge b Sims 13 11 C.S.Matthews c Routledge b Gray 5 Extras lb 10, w 1, nb 1 12 —— 364 FoW (1): 1-53, 2-121, 3-156, 4-210, 5-258, 6-270, 7-305, 8-351, 9-364 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson c Harvey b Stocks 23 2 H.P.H.Sharp c Jepson b Stocks 19 3 *W.J.Edrich b Stocks 36 4 S.M.Brown c Harris b Harvey 0 5 A.W.Thompson c Butler b Harvey 23 6 †L.H.Compton c and b Stocks 0 7 F.J.Titmus lbw b Harvey 3 8 R.Routledge c Poole b Harvey 54 9 J.M.Sims not out 39 10 J.A.Young c Stocks b Harvey 0 11 L.H.Gray not out 4 Extras b 7, lb 8, nb 1 16 —— (9 wickets) 217 FoW (1): 1-29, 2-81, 3-84, 4-88, 5-89, 6-96, 7-123, 8-195, 9-195 Middlesex Bowling O M R W Gray 33.5 5 92 1 Edrich 18 4 56 1 Sims 43 7 115 4 Young 32 10 60 1 Titmus 2 0 9 0 Routledge 8 0 20 1 Nottinghamshire Bowling O M R W Butler 16 6 46 0 Jepson 10 2 22 0 Stocks 36 21 60 4 Matthews 3 0 4 0 Harvey 26 14 41 5 Harris 8 4 4 0 Hardstaff 6 2 24 0 Umpires: J.T.Bell and A.Lockett. Toss: Nottinghamshire Close of Play: 1st day: Nottinghamshire (1) 230-4 (Hardstaff 75*, Simpson 76*); 2nd day: Middlesex (1) 3-0 (Robertson 3*, Sharp 0*). J.Hardstaff’s 149 took 280 minutes. R.T.Simpson retired hurt in the Nottinghamshire first innings (team had lost 2 wickets) - he returned when the score was 210-4. R.T.Simpson retired hurt in the Nottinghamshire first innings having scored 76 (team score 230-4). 230