First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

MIDDLESEX v SUSSEX Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, May 12, 14, 15, 1951. Middlesex won by an innings and 8 runs. (Points: Middlesex 12, Sussex 0) SUSSEX 1 J.G.Langridge c L.H.Compton b Moss 3 lbw b D.C.S.Compton 29 2 D.V.Smith c D.C.S.Compton b Young 55 absent hurt 0 3 C.Oakes b Moss 5 b Sims 52 4 G.Cox lbw b Moss 4 (5) b D.C.S.Compton 7 5 *J.Langridge b Bennett 60 (6) c L.H.Compton b D.C.S.Compton 10 6 J.Y.Oakes c and b Moss 25 (2) c D.C.S.Compton b Moss 0 7 J.M.Parks lbw b Moss 0 run out 70 8 A.S.M.Oakman run out 12 c Thompson b Sims 25 9 A.E.James c Sims b D.C.S.Compton 7 not out 3 10 †R.T.Webb lbw b Sims 39 (4) c Edrich b Bennett 0 11 D.J.Wood not out 18 (10) c Edrich b Sims 2 Extras lb 4 4 lb 4, w 1 5 —— —— 232 203 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-19, 3-31, 4-89, 5-126, 6-126, 7-149, 8-161, 9-188, 10-232 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-55, 3-55, 4-71, 5-89, 6-121, 7-195, 8-200, 9-203 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson c Webb b Oakman 91 2 H.P.H.Sharp b C.Oakes 71 3 W.J.Edrich lbw b Wood 6 4 *D.C.S.Compton c Cox b J.Langridge 169 5 S.M.Brown c J.Y.Oakes b James 8 6 A.W.Thompson b C.Oakes 18 7 D.Bennett lbw b C.Oakes 9 8 †L.H.Compton b Wood 22 9 J.M.Sims not out 17 10 J.A.Young run out 11 11 A.E.Moss not out 2 Extras b 11, lb 8 19 —— (9 wickets, declared) 443 FoW (1): 1-168, 2-174, 3-201, 4-230, 5-278, 6-302, 7-335, 8-421, 9-435 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Moss 24 4 68 5 13 2 22 1 Bennett 7 1 20 1 9 2 23 1 Edrich 4 1 16 0 Sims 19.4 4 57 1 21.2 2 58 3 Young 29 11 44 1 7 0 31 0 D.C.S.Compton 11 2 23 1 (3) 18 0 64 3 Sussex Bowling O M R W Wood 35 7 104 2 Oakman 41 12 99 1 James 38 12 98 1 J.Y.Oakes 5 2 12 0 C.Oakes 30 3 88 3 J.Langridge 3 0 23 1 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and D.Davies. Toss: Sussex Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 103-0 (Robertson 54*, Sharp 44*); 2nd day: Sussex (2) 55-2 (C.Oakes 25*, Webb 0*). D.C.S.Compton’s 169 took 210 minutes and included 23 fours. 155