First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

MIDDLESEX v WARWICKSHIRE Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, May 30, 31, June 1, 1951. Warwickshire won by three wickets. (Points: Middlesex 4, Warwickshire 12) MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson c Spooner b Pritchard 4 c Grove b Hollies 50 2 S.M.Brown c Townsend b Pritchard 7 c Taylor b Pritchard 0 3 W.J.Edrich b Pritchard 71 b Pritchard 13 4 *D.C.S.Compton c Wolton b Weeks 172 lbw b Hollies 33 5 H.P.H.Sharp b Pritchard 2 st Spooner b Weeks 2 6 A.W.Thompson b Weeks 35 run out 11 7 †L.H.Compton run out 1 b Weeks 14 8 D.Bennett not out 7 not out 20 9 J.M.Sims c Wolton b Weeks 2 b Pritchard 23 10 J.A.Young not out 17 run out 9 11 A.E.Moss b Hollies 3 Extras b 9, lb 3, nb 5 17 b 12, lb 2 14 —— —— (8 wickets, declared) 335 192 FoW (1): 1-11, 2-16, 3-164, 4-168, 5-272, 6-277, 7-309, 8-312 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-33, 3-85, 4-94, 5-100, 6-119, 7-125, 8-175, 9-185, 10-192 WARWICKSHIRE 1 F.C.Gardner b Sims 32 c Thompson b Young 53 2 †R.T.Spooner c Edrich b Young 96 b Young 158 3 D.D.Taylor run out 1 b Bennett 34 4 J.S.Ord c Bennett b Moss 25 b Young 31 5 *H.E.Dollery c Bennett b Moss 2 (6) not out 40 6 A.V.G.Wolton b Sims 7 (7) c L.H.Compton b Bennett 3 7 A.Townsend b Sims 1 (8) c L.H.Compton b Bennett 4 8 T.L.Pritchard b Sims 4 (5) c Brown b Bennett 5 9 C.W.C.Grove b Sims 1 not out 4 10 R.T.Weeks lbw b Sims 4 11 W.E.Hollies not out 0 Extras b 4, lb 3, nb 5 12 b 6, lb 7 13 —— —— 185 (7 wickets) 345 FoW (1): 1-70, 2-82, 3-126, 4-128, 5-150, 6-162, 7-168, 8-170, 9-185, 10-185 FoW (2): 1-147, 2-230, 3-277, 4-282, 5-307, 6-318, 7-332 Warwickshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pritchard 31 7 77 4 20 4 59 3 Grove 30 12 75 0 5 1 17 0 Hollies 14 5 36 0 (5) 19.5 5 41 3 Townsend 27 8 73 0 (3) 5 2 16 0 Weeks 19 4 57 3 (4) 15 2 45 2 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Moss 14 3 32 2 11 1 41 0 Bennett 5 1 23 0 17.2 7 61 4 Young 27 13 31 1 45 12 106 3 Sims 20.4 3 76 6 (5) 19 0 69 0 Edrich 4 2 4 0 (6) 4 0 19 0 D.C.S.Compton 2 0 7 0 (4) 10 0 36 0 Umpires: T.J.Bartley and T.W.Spencer. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 335-8 (Bennett 7*, Young 17*); 2nd day: Middlesex (2) 148-7 (Bennett 7*, Sims 8*). D.C.S.Compton’s 172 took 295 minutes and included 16 fours. R.T.Spooner’s 158 took 255 minutes and included 13 fours. 198