First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v MIDDLESEX Played at County Ground, Northampton, June 2, 4, 5, 1951. Match drawn. (Points: Northamptonshire 0, Middlesex 4) MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson lbw b Clarke 89 not out 100 2 S.M.Brown c Jakeman b Nutter 60 lbw b Clarke 2 3 *W.J.Edrich b Broderick 9 b Broderick 43 4 H.P.H.Sharp b Brice 165 not out 43 5 D.L.Newman c Fiddling b Clarke 13 6 A.W.Thompson c Fiddling b Brice 9 7 D.Bennett lbw b Broderick 31 8 †L.H.Compton b Brice 8 9 J.M.Sims run out 4 10 J.A.Young b Brice 0 11 A.E.Moss not out 0 Extras b 7, lb 4 11 b 2, lb 1 3 —— —— 399 (2 wickets, declared) 191 FoW (1): 1-94, 2-110, 3-190, 4-232, 5-262, 6-351, 7-365, 8-373, 9-378, 10-399 FoW (2): 1-2, 2-101 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 *D.Brookes lbw b Moss 59 not out 0 2 N.Oldfield b Moss 4 b Young 136 3 L.Livingston c Compton b Moss 65 c Newman b Moss 21 4 F.Jakeman c Compton b Young 70 c Moss b Edrich 24 5 W.Barron c Compton b Bennett 30 c Edrich b Young 41 6 V.Broderick c and b Young 41 c Brown b Edrich 1 7 G.H.J.Brice b Bennett 35 st Compton b Bennett 5 8 S.Starkie c Compton b Moss 2 9 A.E.Nutter b Moss 0 10 R.W.Clarke not out 3 (8) not out 13 11 †K.Fiddling b Moss 8 Extras b 8, lb 8, w 1, nb 1 18 b 4, w 2 6 —— —— 335 (6 wickets) 247 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-134, 3-135, 4-204, 5-274, 6-292, 7-309, 8-309, 9-324, 10-335 FoW (2): 1-58, 2-142, 3-218, 4-228, 5-230, 6-239 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Nutter 25 3 72 1 Clarke 37 7 102 2 (1) 14 2 42 1 Brice 25.2 1 87 4 (2) 12 0 54 0 Broderick 39 13 83 2 (3) 18 2 67 1 Starkie 18 5 44 0 (4) 5 0 18 0 Jakeman (5) 0.4 0 7 0 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Moss 30.1 4 114 6 6 0 41 1 Bennett 17 2 58 2 5 0 27 1 Young 28 13 50 2 16 0 91 2 Edrich 9 2 17 0 16 0 82 2 Sims 20 0 72 0 Sharp 8 6 6 0 Umpires: E.Robinson and L.J.Todd. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 341-5 (Sharp 124*, Bennett 26*); 2nd day: Northamptonshire (1) 292-5 (Broderick 41*, Brice 6*). H.P.H.Sharp’s 165 took 300 minutes and included 16 fours and 1 six. J.D.B.Robertson’s 100 took 146 minutes and included 9 fours. N.Oldfield’s 136 took 120 minutes and included 15 fours. 207