First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

LEICESTERSHIRE v MIDDLESEX Played at Grace Road, Leicester, May 24, 26, 27, 1952. Leicestershire won by seven wickets. (Points: Leicestershire 12, Middlesex 0) MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson c Smithson b Goodwin 162 (8) b Walsh 34 2 S.M.Brown c Jackson b Walsh 77 c Jackson b Spencer 19 3 W.J.Edrich b Goodwin 23 c Palmer b Jackson 69 4 *D.C.S.Compton not out 109 (1) c Firth b Spencer 21 5 H.P.H.Sharp c Firth b Jackson 7 c Hallam b Jackson 14 6 W.Knightley-Smith c Jackson b Goodwin 2 (4) c Jackson b Walsh 42 7 D.Bennett not out 16 (6) st Firth b Walsh 0 8 J.M.Sims (7) lbw b Walsh 4 9 †J.T.Murray lbw b Jackson 3 10 J.A.Young b Jackson 0 11 A.E.Moss not out 0 Extras b 2, lb 5, nb 4 11 b 4, lb 4, nb 1 9 —— —— (5 wickets, declared) 407 215 FoW (1): 1-140, 2-225, 3-298, 4-316, 5-334 FoW (2): 1-32, 2-73, 3-156, 4-156, 5-161, 6-173, 7-187, 8-211, 9-211, 10-215 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.Lester b Young 52 c Knightley-Smith b Compton 43 2 M.R.Hallam lbw b Compton 25 run out 17 3 M.Tompkin c Sims b Compton 156 not out 107 4 *C.H.Palmer lbw b Moss 56 b Sharp 12 5 V.E.Jackson lbw b Young 25 not out 13 6 G.A.Smithson c Murray b Young 30 7 V.S.Munden not out 36 8 †J.Firth not out 8 9 J.E.Walsh 10 C.T.Spencer 11 T.J.Goodwin Extras b 14, lb 9, w 1 24 b 15, lb 2, w 3 20 —— —— (6 wickets, declared) 412 (3 wickets) 212 FoW (1): 1-57, 2-131, 3-246, 4-326, 5-334, 6-371 FoW (2): 1-27, 2-123, 3-161 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Goodwin 28 7 108 3 18 1 57 0 Spencer 16 3 49 0 15 2 59 2 Walsh 27 2 103 1 11 3 40 4 Jackson 18 3 64 1 12 4 36 4 Palmer 10 4 16 0 Lester 15 2 49 0 (5) 4 0 14 0 Munden 3 1 7 0 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Moss 16 3 57 1 2 1 5 0 Bennett 11 1 39 0 2 0 15 0 Compton 28 1 114 2 14 2 48 1 Sims 15 0 60 0 8 1 21 0 Young 38 16 76 3 21 6 52 0 Sharp 9 3 42 0 8 1 13 1 Robertson (7) 3 0 17 0 Brown (8) 3 0 7 0 Knightley-Smith (9) 0.5 0 14 0 Umpires: F.Chester and W.T.Jones. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 14-0 (Lester 8*, Hallam 6*); 2nd day: Middlesex (2) 60-1 (Brown 14*, Edrich 22*). J.D.B.Robertson’s 162 took 255 minutes and included 21 fours. D.C.S.Compton’s 109 took 140 minutes and included 12 fours. M.Tompkin’s 107 took 145 minutes. 177