First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

MIDDLESEX v NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, June 11, 12, 13, 1952. Middlesex won by 23 runs. (Points: Middlesex 12, Northamptonshire 4) MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson b Brown 85 c Starkie b Clarke 1 2 S.M.Brown hit wkt b Tribe 19 c Nutter b Brown 25 3 W.J.Edrich c Fiddling b Nutter 94 c Starkie b Brown 47 4 D.C.S.Compton b Clarke 107 c Brookes b Clarke 17 5 A.W.Thompson c Broderick b Brown 35 c Broderick b Nutter 21 6 W.Knightley-Smith b Brown 7 b Nutter 2 7 D.Bennett not out 4 c Fiddling b Nutter 1 8 †J.T.Murray b Brown 0 not out 6 9 J.M.Sims not out 1 c Nutter b Brown 10 10 J.A.Young hit wkt b Nutter 5 11 A.E.Moss b Nutter 0 Extras b 5, lb 11, w 4, nb 2 22 b 2 2 —— —— (7 wickets, declared) 374 137 FoW (1): 1-51, 2-140, 3-284, 4-351, 5-358, 6-369, 7-372 FoW (2): 1-3, 2-50, 3-73, 4-113, 5-113, 6-116, 7-117, 8-128, 9-137, 10-137 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 D.Brookes b Moss 20 c Murray b Bennett 0 2 V.Broderick b Bennett 2 c Robertson b Young 13 3 D.G.Greasley c Robertson b Compton 62 b Moss 13 4 F.Jakeman b Compton 37 lbw b Young 12 5 D.W.Barrick b Young 76 lbw b Young 4 6 *F.R.Brown c Sims b Compton 73 lbw b Moss 0 7 G.E.Tribe not out 42 c and b Compton 34 8 A.E.Nutter c Murray b Sims 4 c Bennett b Moss 6 9 S.Starkie b Moss 8 lbw b Compton 7 10 R.W.Clarke not out 23 c Compton b Young 8 11 †K.Fiddling not out 8 Extras b 20, lb 7, nb 1 28 b 8 8 —— —— (8 wickets, declared) 375 113 FoW (1): 1-8, 2-44, 3-127, 4-152, 5-271, 6-295, 7-302, 8-328 FoW (2): 1-4, 2-21, 3-27, 4-38, 5-39, 6-45, 7-62, 8-78, 9-99, 10-113 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Nutter 31 5 88 1 23.4 6 47 5 Clarke 19 3 68 1 9 1 36 2 Brown 35 7 92 4 23 7 46 3 Tribe 38 7 90 1 1 0 6 0 Starkie 3 0 14 0 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Moss 22 3 61 2 21 5 37 3 Bennett 11 2 40 1 2 0 10 1 Edrich 14 1 30 0 Sims 27 4 75 1 Compton 32 3 98 3 (4) 5.5 0 21 2 Young 18 5 43 1 (3) 24 10 37 4 Umpires: P.Corrall and H.L.Parkin. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 374-7 (Bennett 4*, Sims 1*); 2nd day: Northamptonshire (1) 375-8 (Tribe 42*, Clarke 23*). 221