First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

MIDDLESEX v KENT Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, June 7, 9, 10, 1952. Middlesex won by 46 runs. (Points: Middlesex 12, Kent 0) MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson st Ufton b Dovey 84 c and b Shirreff 19 2 S.M.Brown c Edrich b Shirreff 0 c Ufton b Dovey 8 3 *W.J.Edrich c O’Linn b Shirreff 0 c O’Linn b Dovey 126 4 A.W.Thompson b Shirreff 3 b Dovey 30 5 W.Knightley-Smith b Dovey 40 b Murray-Wood 3 6 R.Routledge lbw b Wright 0 c Edrich b Shirreff 14 7 D.Bennett c and b Wright 0 c Mayes b Shirreff 2 8 †J.T.Murray c Mayes b Shirreff 1 not out 43 9 J.M.Sims c Fagg b Wright 16 not out 45 10 J.A.Young c Murray-Wood b Shirreff 5 11 A.E.Moss not out 0 Extras b 12, lb 3, nb 7 22 b 7, lb 5, nb 3 15 —— —— 171 (7 wickets, declared) 305 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-6, 3-12, 4-80, 5-84, 6-86, 7-92, 8-137, 9-167, 10-171 FoW (2): 1-17, 2-35, 3-113, 4-134, 5-179, 6-187, 7-217 KENT 1 A.E.Fagg c Brown b Bennett 9 c Sims b Moss 42 2 A.C.Shirreff b Moss 40 lbw b Young 15 3 P.Hearn b Bennett 3 st Murray b Young 80 4 S.O’Linn c Robertson b Bennett 8 b Sims 34 5 R.Mayes lbw b Edrich 2 (7) c Murray b Sims 8 6 B.R.Edrich c Murray b Moss 27 not out 65 7 †D.G.Ufton c Murray b Moss 19 (5) b Moss 19 8 *W.Murray-Wood b Bennett 3 b Sims 9 9 L.Hellmuth b Bennett 0 b Young 1 10 R.R.Dovey not out 2 c Young b Sims 20 11 D.V.P.Wright c Young b Bennett 0 c Knightley-Smith b Sims 4 Extras b 4, lb 2, nb 1 7 b 8, lb 3, w 1, nb 1 13 —— —— 120 310 FoW (1): 1-19, 2-25, 3-41, 4-44, 5-80, 6-111, 7-116, 8-118, 9-120, 10-120 FoW (2): 1-36, 2-80, 3-142, 4-176, 5-220, 6-252, 7-262, 8-271, 9-304, 10-310 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Shirreff 24.4 9 36 5 25 9 65 3 Dovey 11 3 22 2 30 9 58 3 Wright 25 7 66 3 25 5 89 0 Hellmuth 12 4 25 0 14 7 35 0 Murray-Wood (5) 15 2 40 1 Edrich (6) 2 1 3 0 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Moss 18 3 34 3 22 4 55 2 Bennett 18 7 32 6 11 2 30 0 Edrich 7 1 23 1 (6) 4 1 19 0 Young 6 4 9 0 (3) 39 15 95 3 Robertson 3 1 12 0 2 2 0 0 Sims 2 0 3 0 (4) 26.2 2 98 5 Umpires: P.Corrall and K.McCanlis. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Kent (1) 111-5 (Edrich 27*, Ufton 15*); 2nd day: Middlesex (2) 262-7 (Murray 17*, Sims 9*). W.J.Edrich’s 126 took 215 minutes and included 13 fours. 213