First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

HAMPSHIRE v MIDDLESEX Played at United Services Ground, Portsmouth, July 25, 26, 27, 1951. Match drawn. (Points: Hampshire 0, Middlesex 4) MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson c Rogers b Gray 135 2 S.M.Brown c and b Hill 194 3 *W.J.Edrich b Gray 22 4 A.Fairbairn b Gray 65 5 H.P.H.Sharp not out 51 6 A.W.Thompson 7 R.Routledge 8 †L.H.Compton 9 D.Bennett 10 J.M.Sims 11 J.A.Young Extras b 2, lb 6, nb 3 11 —— (4 wickets, declared) 478 FoW (1): 1-233, 2-323, 3-372, 4-478 HAMPSHIRE 1 †N.T.McCorkell lbw b Young 45 lbw b Sharp 17 2 N.H.Rogers lbw b Sims 26 lbw b Edrich 56 3 L.Harrison b Routledge 66 c Young b Bennett 108 4 D.E.Blake lbw b Sims 8 c Compton b Young 12 5 C.Walker lbw b Young 12 run out 7 6 J.R.Gray lbw b Sims 11 c Compton b Sims 5 7 *E.D.R.Eagar c Young b Sharp 27 not out 40 8 G.Hill not out 23 c Compton b Young 11 9 D.Shackleton c Compton b Routledge 16 lbw b Edrich 13 10 R.A.Carty b Edrich 10 not out 15 11 V.H.D.Cannings c Compton b Bennett 3 Extras b 2, lb 6, w 1 9 lb 1, nb 2 3 —— —— 256 (8 wickets) 287 FoW (1): 1-70, 2-86, 3-108, 4-121, 5-142, 6-198, 7-214, 8-230, 9-251, 10-256 FoW (2): 1-55, 2-88, 3-134, 4-156, 5-179, 6-226, 7-244, 8-257 Hampshire Bowling O M R W Shackleton 24 4 84 0 Cannings 15 6 52 0 Carty 20 1 91 0 Gray 17.2 1 84 3 Hill 20 2 76 1 Walker 16 0 62 0 Eagar 1 0 18 0 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Edrich 10 2 19 1 27 8 60 2 Bennett 10.5 4 28 1 12 4 35 1 Sims 35 5 122 3 (4) 28 8 87 1 Young 35 25 30 2 (5) 57 31 64 2 Sharp 8 2 26 1 (6) 21 10 22 1 Routledge 7 2 22 2 (3) 12 4 16 0 Umpires: F.Chester and E.Paynter. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Hampshire (1) 14-0 (McCorkell 13*, Rogers 1*); 2nd day: Hampshire (2) 80-1 (Rogers 49*, Harrison 13*). S.M.Brown’s 194 included 22 fours and 1 six. 339