First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

WARWICKSHIRE v MIDDLESEX Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, July 8, 10, 11, 1950. Warwickshire won by ten wickets. (Points: Warwickshire 12, Middlesex 0) MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson b Grove 89 c Gardner b Hollies 23 2 S.M.Brown st Spooner b Hollies 41 b Grove 3 3 H.P.H.Sharp c Kardar b Hollies 7 not out 65 4 A.W.Thompson lbw b Hollies 4 b Grove 3 5 *G.O.B.Allen c Cranmer b Hollies 5 c Spooner b Kardar 17 6 D.L.Newman c Spooner b Grove 14 c Dollery b Grove 10 7 †L.H.Compton c Ord b Grove 22 lbw b Pritchard 5 8 F.J.Titmus b Grove 1 b Pritchard 11 9 R.Routledge b Hollies 0 b Pritchard 17 10 J.M.Sims not out 6 run out 1 11 J.A.Young b Pritchard 0 b Pritchard 3 Extras b 10, nb 1 11 b 2, lb 5, nb 2 9 —— —— 200 167 FoW (1): 1-68, 2-84, 3-90, 4-98, 5-136, 6-186, 7-191, 8-192, 9-198, 10-200 FoW (2): 1-10, 2-35, 3-42, 4-66, 5-86, 6-93, 7-133, 8-154, 9-164, 10-167 WARWICKSHIRE 1 F.C.Gardner lbw b Sims 33 not out 6 2 †R.T.Spooner lbw b Allen 6 not out 20 3 A.Townsend b Routledge 3 4 J.S.Ord lbw b Sims 2 5 *H.E.Dollery c Compton b Routledge 185 6 A.V.G.Wolton c Compton b Routledge 22 7 A.H.Kardar c Sharp b Allen 9 8 P.Cranmer c Routledge b Sims 12 9 T.L.Pritchard b Sims 49 10 C.W.C.Grove c Newman b Young 9 11 W.E.Hollies not out 0 Extras b 2, lb 3, w 3, nb 3 11 lb 1 1 —— —— 341 (no wicket) 27 FoW (1): 1-8, 2-17, 3-30, 4-66, 5-138, 6-177, 7-199, 8-284, 9-338, 10-341 Warwickshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pritchard 14.4 2 38 1 19.5 2 48 4 Grove 30 9 48 4 30 11 51 3 Townsend 8 2 15 0 (4) 2 0 15 0 Hollies 36 16 57 5 (3) 25 14 31 1 Kardar 20 8 31 0 12 3 13 1 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Allen 23 5 56 2 Routledge 24.2 2 87 3 (1) 3 0 9 0 Young 31 14 52 1 Sims 26 6 82 4 Titmus 14 1 53 0 (2) 3 0 5 0 Sharp (3) 3 1 8 0 Brown (4) 2.1 0 4 0 Umpires: C.A.R.Coleman and F.S.Lee. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Warwickshire (1) 46-3 (Gardner 26*, Dollery 7*); 2nd day: Middlesex (2) 78-4 (Sharp 19*, Newman 8*). H.E.Dollery’s 185 took 280 minutes and included 22 fours and 1 six. The match was played for the benefit of J.S.Ord. 281