First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

MIDDLESEX v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, May 5, 7, 8, 1951. Match drawn. (Points: Middlesex 4, Leicestershire 0) MIDDLESEX 1 H.P.H.Sharp b Wooler 10 2 J.D.B.Robertson b Jackson 23 3 W.J.Edrich c Smithson b Munden 99 4 *D.C.S.Compton b Goodwin 113 5 S.M.Brown b Wooler 18 6 A.W.Thompson not out 5 7 R.Routledge 8 †L.H.Compton 9 J.M.Sims 10 J.A.Young 11 A.E.Moss Extras lb 3, nb 2 5 —— (5 wickets, declared) 273 FoW (1): 1-15, 2-44, 3-225, 4-248, 5-273 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.L.Berry c L.H.Compton b Young 24 not out 12 2 V.S.Munden c D.C.S.Compton b Young 10 c Sharp b Moss 0 3 M.Tompkin not out 69 c L.H.Compton b Young 6 4 C.R.D.Wooler lbw b Young 4 5 *C.H.Palmer b Moss 0 (4) b Moss 0 6 V.E.Jackson c Routledge b Young 11 (5) not out 9 7 G.A.Smithson b D.C.S.Compton 0 8 G.Lester b Moss 0 9 †J.Firth b Moss 0 10 J.E.Walsh c L.H.Compton b Young 0 11 T.J.Goodwin b Young 0 Extras b 3, lb 3 6 b 2 2 —— —— 124 (3 wickets) 29 FoW (1): 1-35, 2-42, 3-50, 4-53, 5-99, 6-112, 7-121, 8-121, 9-124, 10-124 FoW (2): 1-5, 2-12, 3-13 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W Goodwin 18 5 49 1 Wooler 21 6 48 2 Walsh 5 1 21 0 Jackson 28 3 77 1 Palmer 4 2 15 0 Lester 2 0 18 0 Munden 21 5 40 1 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Moss 17 7 25 3 7 2 10 2 Edrich 3 2 3 0 Young 31.5 16 42 6 7 4 7 1 Thompson 7 1 24 0 3 3 0 0 Routledge 7 3 7 0 (2) 1 0 2 0 D.C.S.Compton 5 0 17 1 (5) 2 1 8 0 Umpires: J.J.Hills and G.S.Mobey. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: No play; 2nd day: Leicestershire (1) 43-2 (Tompkin 5*, Wooler 0*). D.C.S.Compton’s 113 took 225 balls in 210 minutes and included 10 fours. 137