First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

MIDDLESEX v KENT Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, August 15, 16, 1951. Middlesex won by ten wickets. (Points: Middlesex 12, Kent 0) KENT 1 A.E.Fagg c Moss b Bennett 0 c Dewes b Bennett 4 2 A.H.Phebey lbw b Edrich 8 not out 54 3 P.Hearn b Young 34 b Bennett 0 4 M.C.Cowdrey c Edrich b Sharp 43 c Compton b Bennett 1 5 R.Mayes b Sharp 0 c Bennett b Young 7 6 †T.G.Evans b Moss 25 lbw b Sims 10 7 *W.Murray-Wood b Moss 0 b Sims 0 8 R.R.Dovey b Moss 8 c Robertson b Sims 2 9 J.W.Martin c Dewes b Sims 8 b Sims 22 10 D.V.P.Wright b Moss 0 b Sims 3 11 F.Ridgway not out 15 c Bennett b Sims 23 Extras b 4, lb 2 6 —— —— 147 126 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-52, 3-90, 4-90, 5-91, 6-96, 7-120, 8-125, 9-127, 10-147 FoW (2): 1-11, 2-11, 3-21, 4-40, 5-56, 6-60, 7-64, 8-90, 9-94, 10-126 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson c Evans b Ridgway 26 2 S.M.Brown c Hearn b Dovey 28 not out 0 3 *W.J.Edrich lbw b Martin 25 4 J.G.Dewes c Hearn b Ridgway 103 5 H.P.H.Sharp c Fagg b Martin 4 6 A.W.Thompson b Martin 1 7 †L.H.Compton c Murray-Wood b Martin 20 (1) not out 1 8 D.Bennett c Phebey b Wright 30 9 J.M.Sims b Martin 15 10 J.A.Young not out 8 11 A.E.Moss b Ridgway 0 Extras b 2, lb 9, nb 1 12 w 1 1 —— —— 272 (no wicket) 2 FoW (1): 1-35, 2-79, 3-83, 4-107, 5-119, 6-152, 7-217, 8-251, 9-272, 10-272 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Moss 15 4 46 4 5 0 21 0 Bennett 7 2 20 1 9 3 22 3 Edrich 5 1 19 1 Young 6 2 12 1 (3) 12 4 23 1 Sharp 9 3 13 2 Sims 9.5 2 31 1 (4) 13.4 3 60 6 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Ridgway 22.2 7 47 3 Martin 40 8 85 5 Dovey 26 5 62 1 Wright 18 1 66 1 Evans (1) 0.5 0 1 0 Umpires: K.McCanlis and G.S.Mobey. Toss: Kent Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 148-5 (Dewes 39*, Compton 18*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. J.G.Dewes’s 103 took 240 minutes. 395