First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

WARWICKSHIRE v NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Played at Courtaulds Ground, Coventry, August 15, 16, 1951. Warwickshire won by an innings and 169 runs. (Points: Warwickshire 12, Northamptonshire 0) WARWICKSHIRE 1 F.C.Gardner c Webster b Broderick 139 2 †R.T.Spooner c Fiddling b Starkie 57 3 J.S.Ord b Liddell 74 4 R.E.Hitchcock b Starkie 60 5 *H.E.Dollery c Oldfield b Broderick 42 6 A.V.G.Wolton not out 19 7 A.Townsend not out 46 8 R.T.Weeks 9 C.W.C.Grove 10 W.E.Hollies 11 R.G.Thompson Extras b 11, lb 8 19 —— (5 wickets, declared) 456 FoW (1): 1-90, 2-145, 3-315, 4-374, 5-397 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 D.Brookes b Grove 15 lbw b Grove 13 2 N.Oldfield lbw b Thompson 4 lbw b Grove 17 3 L.Livingston b Thompson 1 b Grove 15 4 D.W.Barrick c Hitchcock b Hollies 17 b Townsend 91 5 V.Broderick b Hollies 11 b Weeks 3 6 A.E.Nutter b Hollies 3 lbw b Hollies 4 7 *J.Webster lbw b Hollies 1 b Hollies 0 8 A.W.G.Liddell lbw b Weeks 1 b Grove 24 9 S.Starkie not out 9 b Grove 0 10 †K.Fiddling c Wolton b Thompson 41 not out 0 11 F.Jakeman absent hurt 0 absent hurt 0 Extras b 4, lb 10 14 b 1, lb 1, nb 1 3 —— —— 117 170 FoW (1): 1-11, 2-21, 3-21, 4-53, 5-56, 6-61, 7-62, 8-62, 9-117 FoW (2): 1-25, 2-32, 3-59, 4-68, 5-85, 6-85, 7-160, 8-162, 9-170 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W Nutter 25 3 74 0 Liddell 19 2 77 1 Webster 18 1 76 0 Broderick 41 10 110 2 Starkie 36 6 100 2 Warwickshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Thompson 11.2 4 11 3 9 2 33 0 Grove 13 4 30 1 16 5 22 5 Hollies 25 10 49 4 (4) 23 5 49 2 Weeks 16 9 13 1 (3) 22 9 34 1 Townsend 1 1 0 0 5.4 0 23 1 Hitchcock (6) 3 1 6 0 Umpires: J.S.Buller and W.F.F.Price. Toss: Warwickshire Close of Play: 1st day: Warwickshire (1) 456-5 (Wolton 46*, Townsend 19*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. F.C.Gardner’s 139 took 350 minutes and included 12 fours. 397