First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY v MIDDLESEX Played at Fenner’s, Cambridge, June 6, 7, 8, 1951. Match drawn. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1 D.S.Sheppard b Sharp 143 b Bennett 126 2 K.P.A.Mathews b McCorquodale 19 run out 45 3 P.B.H.May c Compton b Sharp 120 not out 18 4 T.U.Wells b Sharp 20 5 M.H.Stevenson c Compton b Sharp 12 (4) b Bennett 4 6 R.J.Morris not out 11 7 R.G.Marlar c Brown b Young 14 8 †O.B.Popplewell not out 13 9 R.Subba Row 10 O.J.Wait 11 M.N.Morgan Extras b 1, lb 4, nb 2 7 b 6, lb 5, w 1 12 —— —— (6 wickets, declared) 359 (3 wickets, declared) 205 FoW (1): 1-25, 2-240, 3-288, 4-310, 5-321, 6-344 FoW (2): 1-167, 2-197, 3-205 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson lbw b Wait 16 b Morgan 84 2 S.M.Brown c Morgan b Wait 68 b Marlar 48 3 *W.J.Edrich st Popplewell b Marlar 6 b Wait 101 4 H.P.H.Sharp c May b Wait 14 c Morris b Stevenson 9 5 D.Bennett c Sheppard b Subba Row 19 (8) c May b Marlar 1 6 D.L.Newman c Wait b Stevenson 21 (7) not out 21 7 A.W.Thompson run out 50 (5) b Morgan 6 8 J.L.Swann retired hurt 29 (11) not out 1 9 †L.H.Compton not out 3 (6) b Wait 29 10 J.A.Young b Marlar 9 c Wells b Marlar 11 11 A.McCorquodale b Subba Row 0 (9) c May b Wait 1 Extras b 5, lb 2, nb 2 9 b 1, lb 6, nb 1 8 —— —— 244 (9 wickets) 320 FoW (1): 1-33, 2-48, 3-95, 4-118, 5-143, 6-161, 7-231, 8-243, 9-244 FoW (2): 1-117, 2-175, 3-184, 4-205, 5-283, 6-284, 7-286, 8-294, 9-313 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W McCorquodale 19 6 53 1 12 2 58 0 Bennett 11 0 31 0 6.5 1 31 2 Edrich 14 2 45 0 11 2 42 0 Young 30 20 39 1 20 6 49 0 Swann 24 2 90 0 Sharp 19 3 94 4 (5) 3 0 13 0 Cambridge University Bowling O M R W O M R W Wait 35 10 75 3 21 4 84 3 Morgan 16 4 38 0 17 1 81 2 Marlar 36 6 85 2 21 1 100 3 Stevenson 11 5 13 1 (5) 9 0 37 1 Subba Row 12.4 3 24 2 (4) 2 0 10 0 Umpires: T.J.Bartley and F.S.Lee. Toss: Cambridge University Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 24-0 (Robertson 10*, Brown 12*); 2nd day: Cambridge University (2) 90-0 (Sheppard 64*, Mathews 25*). D.S.Sheppard’s 143 took 330 minutes. P.B.H.May’s 120 included 15 fours. D.S.Sheppard’s 126 took 140 minutes and included 13 fours. W.J.Edrich’s 101 took 115 minutes. 213