First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

WARWICKSHIRE v MIDDLESEX Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, July 18, 19, 1951. Warwickshire won by ten wickets. (Points: Warwickshire 12, Middlesex 0) MIDDLESEX 1 H.P.H.Sharp b Grove 32 b Grove 0 2 S.M.Brown c Grove b Hollies 11 retired hurt 15 3 *A.Fairbairn b Pritchard 11 b Pritchard 21 4 A.W.Thompson c Dollery b Pritchard 72 c Wolton b Hollies 12 5 R.S.Cooper run out 1 lbw b Hollies 3 6 D.Bennett c Dollery b Pritchard 10 c and b Hollies 3 7 †L.H.Compton lbw b Townsend 25 lbw b Hollies 1 8 R.Routledge c Gardner b Pritchard 1 b Hollies 1 9 F.J.Titmus c Gardner b Pritchard 6 c Townsend b Grove 10 10 J.M.Sims not out 4 not out 14 11 J.A.Young c Gardner b Grove 1 b Hollies 1 Extras b 4, lb 3 7 lb 3, nb 1 4 —— —— 181 85 FoW (1): 1-27, 2-44, 3-65, 4-70, 5-90, 6-164, 7-169, 8-170, 9-180, 10-181 FoW (2): 1-5, 2-36, 3-43, 4-49, 5-53, 6-57, 7-61, 8-84, 9-85 WARWICKSHIRE 1 F.C.Gardner c Compton b Bennett 0 not out 2 2 †R.T.Spooner b Young 31 3 J.S.Ord b Sims 68 4 R.E.Hitchcock c Compton b Bennett 26 5 R.T.Weeks c Compton b Sims 2 (2) not out 1 6 *H.E.Dollery lbw b Young 78 7 A.V.G.Wolton c Sharp b Sims 13 8 A.Townsend c Routledge b Young 17 9 T.L.Pritchard run out 6 10 C.W.C.Grove b Young 16 11 W.E.Hollies not out 0 Extras b 1, lb 3, w 1, nb 2 7 —— —— 264 (no wicket) 3 FoW (1): 1-11, 2-67, 3-124, 4-131, 5-132, 6-158, 7-202, 8-217, 9-259, 10-264 Warwickshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pritchard 24 7 59 5 21 6 49 1 Grove 15.3 1 35 2 9 4 6 2 Hollies 27 11 61 1 21.1 11 26 6 Weeks 6 0 16 0 Townsend 3 1 3 1 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Bennett 18 6 38 2 Routledge 11 1 41 0 Titmus 24 7 51 0 Young 41.4 22 38 4 Sims 21 1 78 3 Sharp 4 1 11 0 Fairbairn (1) 1 0 2 0 Compton (2) 0.1 0 1 0 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and L.J.Todd. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Warwickshire (1) 124-3 (Ord 62*, Weeks 0*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. S.M.Brown retired hurt in the Middlesex second innings having scored 15 (team had lost 1 wicket). 328