First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

MIDDLESEX v SOMERSET Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, August 18, 20, 21, 1951. Middlesex won by 137 runs. (Points: Middlesex 12, Somerset 0) MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson c Rogers b Redman 89 not out 86 2 S.M.Brown not out 232 c Gimblett b Robinson 52 3 *W.J.Edrich st Stephenson b Redman 2 not out 27 4 J.G.Dewes not out 68 5 H.P.H.Sharp 6 †L.H.Compton 7 A.W.Thompson 8 D.Bennett 9 R.Routledge 10 J.M.Sims 11 J.A.Young Extras b 10, nb 1 11 —— —— (2 wickets, declared) 402 (1 wicket, declared) 165 FoW (1): 1-199, 2-204 FoW (2): 1-109 (2) SOMERSET 1 H.Gimblett lbw b Young 61 c Routledge b Young 38 2 F.L.Angell c and b Sims 27 c Compton b Bennett 1 3 H.E.Watts st Compton b Sims 12 c Edrich b Sims 30 4 M.F.Tremlett c Bennett b Young 41 c Sims b Young 70 5 H.F.T.Buse not out 47 c Routledge b Sims 2 6 *S.S.Rogers c Edrich b Young 0 c Brown b Young 32 7 J.Lawrence run out 1 c Compton b Young 16 8 †H.W.Stephenson run out 15 b Young 0 9 J.Redman b Bennett 0 c Young b Sims 5 10 H.L.Hazell b Routledge 11 not out 1 11 E.P.Robinson c Dewes b Sims 10 b Young 0 Extras b 1, lb 5 6 b 3, lb 1 4 —— —— 231 199 FoW (1): 1-68, 2-104, 3-104, 4-158, 5-160, 6-164, 7-187, 8-187, 9-204, 10-231 FoW (2): 1-10, 2-68, 3-78, 4-99, 5-140, 6-178, 7-178, 8-193, 9-199, 10-199 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Buse 30.3 0 105 0 7 0 30 0 Redman 13 2 40 2 8 0 39 0 Robinson 24 6 73 0 (4) 7 0 39 1 Hazell 26 4 103 0 (3) 8 0 57 0 Lawrence 19 2 70 0 0.1 0 0 0 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Edrich 11 0 48 0 5 0 12 0 Bennett 19 4 38 1 6 1 22 1 Sims 26.2 7 61 3 (4) 31 8 100 3 Young 33 19 50 3 (3) 32.1 14 61 6 Sharp 4 2 13 0 Routledge 4 1 15 1 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and T.W.Spencer. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Somerset (1) 40-0 (Gimblett 20*, Angell 16*); 2nd day: Middlesex (2) 165-1 (Robertson 86*, Edrich 27*). S.M.Brown’s 232 took 320 minutes and included 27 fours and 1 six. 405