First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

OXFORD UNIVERSITY v MIDDLESEX Played at The Parks, Oxford, June 18, 19, 20, 1952. Middlesex won by 49 runs. MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson c Coutts b Jowett 126 c Williams b Coutts 1 2 W.Knightley-Smith b Joynt 5 (3) run out 22 3 *W.J.Edrich c Coxon b Coutts 239 4 S.M.Brown c Whitcombe b Coutts 99 c Williams b Coutts 53 5 M.P.Murray b Coxon 0 (2) c Boobbyer b Wollocombe 11 6 A.W.Thompson not out 8 (7) not out 1 7 H.P.H.Sharp not out 7 (6) not out 2 8 R.Routledge (5) b Coxon 15 9 R.V.Bell 10 A.E.Moss 11 †A.Kamm Extras b 16, lb 9 25 lb 6 6 —— —— (5 wickets, declared) 509 (5 wickets, declared) 111 FoW (1): 1-19, 2-218, 3-485, 4-486, 5-490 FoW (2): 1-9, 2-30, 3-63, 4-101, 5-109 OXFORD UNIVERSITY 1 B.Boobbyer c and b Bell 65 lbw b Moss 7 2 J.E.Bush st Kamm b Sharp 67 c and b Edrich 60 3 C.C.P.Williams run out 11 c Robertson b Edrich 2 4 *P.D.S.Blake c Robertson b Bell 11 c Brown b Edrich 39 5 H.W.Joynt b Bell 26 b Robertson 24 6 R.H.Wollocombe c Murray b Bell 24 b Robertson 42 7 †P.J.Whitcombe c Edrich b Routledge 28 c Thompson b Sharp 60 8 D.C.P.R.Jowett b Moss 26 b Sharp 11 9 W.M.Mitchell not out 21 c Murray b Sharp 6 10 I.D.F.Coutts lbw b Edrich 0 lbw b Robertson 7 11 A.J.Coxon c Bell b Edrich 5 not out 0 Extras b 9, lb 5 14 b 13, lb 1, nb 1 15 —— —— 298 273 FoW (1): 1-123, 2-138, 3-158, 4-174, 5-204, 6-227, 7-265, 8-281, 9-290, 10-298 FoW (2): 1-12, 2-22, 3-104, 4-115, 5-169, 6-180, 7-235, 8-245, 9-273, 10-273 Oxford University Bowling O M R W O M R W Coxon 21 4 75 1 13 1 47 1 Coutts 29 6 99 2 16 4 35 2 Joynt 18 4 57 1 Mitchell 20 2 96 0 (3) 2 1 5 0 Jowett 28 4 136 1 3 0 17 0 Wollocombe 4 1 21 0 (4) 1 0 1 1 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Moss 18 6 31 1 9 1 27 1 Edrich 5.2 2 13 2 (4) 27 4 75 3 Bell 46 15 118 4 20 6 71 0 Robertson 18 9 33 0 (5) 23 9 55 3 Routledge 16 3 35 1 (2) 4 1 8 0 Sharp 21 7 54 1 13 4 22 3 Umpires: L.H.Gray and D.Hendren. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 509-5 (Thompson 8*, Sharp 7*); 2nd day: Middlesex (2) 30-1 (Murray 11*, Knightley-Smith 14*). J.D.B.Robertson’s 126 included 15 fours. W.J.Edrich’s 239 took 360 minutes and included 37 fours and 1 six. 240