First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

MIDDLESEX v YORKSHIRE Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, June 14, 16, 17, 1952. Match drawn. (Points: Middlesex 0, Yorkshire 4) YORKSHIRE 1 L.Hutton c Brown b Young 132 c Robertson b Young 22 2 F.A.Lowson c Edrich b Young 50 lbw b Young 40 3 H.Halliday b Young 43 c Robertson b Young 58 4 E.I.Lester c Brown b Young 0 c Robertson b Young 2 5 W.Watson not out 38 not out 79 6 *N.W.D.Yardley b Edrich 8 c and b Young 0 7 D.B.Close c and b Young 5 st Murray b Robertson 0 8 J.H.Wardle not out 22 lbw b Robertson 6 9 †D.V.Brennan b Moss 5 10 R.Wood b Moss 1 11 W.E.N.Holdsworth not out 7 Extras b 6, lb 2, w 2 10 b 2, lb 4 6 —— —— (6 wickets, declared) 308 (9 wickets, declared) 226 FoW (1): 1-118, 2-233, 3-235, 4-235, 5-244, 6-283 FoW (2): 1-39, 2-78, 3-80, 4-171, 5-177, 6-180, 7-194, 8-208, 9-210 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson c Hutton b Wardle 10 c Lester b Wardle 53 2 S.M.Brown c Close b Yardley 2 lbw b Yardley 39 3 W.J.Edrich st Brennan b Wood 19 b Wardle 2 4 *D.C.S.Compton c Wardle b Wood 10 b Wardle 55 5 A.W.Thompson not out 140 run out 12 6 W.Knightley-Smith lbw b Wood 22 c and b Close 22 7 D.Bennett b Holdsworth 22 c Yardley b Wood 6 8 †J.T.Murray b Holdsworth 0 (9) not out 4 9 J.M.Sims run out 36 (8) not out 2 10 J.A.Young b Close 1 11 A.E.Moss lbw b Close 0 Extras b 7, lb 8 15 b 4, lb 2 6 —— —— 277 (7 wickets) 201 FoW (1): 1-6, 2-25, 3-33, 4-42, 5-86, 6-146, 7-152, 8-246, 9-277, 10-277 FoW (2): 1-69, 2-96, 3-98, 4-118, 5-170, 6-191, 7-193 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Moss 13 3 33 0 10 2 30 2 Bennett 10 2 18 0 6 0 17 0 Young 51 14 137 5 29 11 79 5 Edrich 36 12 73 1 Compton 12 2 37 0 (4) 16 5 50 0 Robertson (5) 9 0 44 2 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Holdsworth 18 2 49 2 3 0 27 0 Yardley 7 2 8 1 13 2 44 1 Close 21.4 3 66 2 (4) 14 2 58 1 Wardle 48 30 65 1 (3) 31 9 62 3 Wood 24 10 53 3 3 2 4 1 Halliday 12 4 21 0 Umpires: H.Elliott and F.S.Lee. Toss: Yorkshire Close of Play: 1st day: Yorkshire (1) 308-6 (Watson 38*, Wardle 22*); 2nd day: Yorkshire (2) 18-0 (Hutton 10*, Lowson 8*). L.Hutton’s 132 took 280 minutes. A.W.Thompson’s 140 included 20 fours. 229