First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

WORCESTERSHIRE v MIDDLESEX Played at Tipton Road, Dudley, July 2, 3, 1952. Middlesex won by nine wickets. (Points: Worcestershire 0, Middlesex 12) MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson c Broadbent b Horton 3 (2) not out 20 2 A.W.Thompson b Perks 158 (1) c Kenyon b Perks 12 3 W.J.Edrich not out 175 not out 22 4 S.M.Brown not out 5 5 D.C.S.Compton 6 W.Knightley-Smith 7 †L.H.Compton 8 J.M.Sims 9 J.A.Young 10 A.E.Moss 11 D.Bennett Extras lb 4, w 3, nb 2 9 —— —— (2 wickets, declared) 350 (1 wicket) 54 FoW (1): 1-7, 2-322 FoW (2): 1-16 (1) WORCESTERSHIRE 1 D.Kenyon c Edrich b Bennett 9 c D.C.S.Compton b Moss 1 2 P.E.Richardson b Bennett 0 lbw b D.C.S.Compton 25 3 L.F.Outschoorn lbw b Bennett 6 run out 85 4 *R.E.Bird st L.H.Compton b D.C.S.Compton 10 c L.H.Compton b Sims 40 5 R.G.Broadbent lbw b Edrich 44 c L.H.Compton b Moss 58 6 G.Dews c D.C.S.Compton b Moss 4 b Young 1 7 R.O.Jenkins c Brown b D.C.S.Compton 28 c Brown b Young 0 8 M.J.Horton b D.C.S.Compton 5 c Robertson b Bennett 19 9 †H.Yarnold b Edrich 7 c Thompson b Young 10 10 R.T.D.Perks c Bennett b Edrich 29 c Thompson b Young 1 11 M.E.Bradley not out 2 not out 0 Extras b 4, lb 10 14 b 1, lb 4 5 —— —— 158 245 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-19, 3-30, 4-34, 5-42, 6-108, 7-118, 8-122, 9-145, 10-158 FoW (2): 1-2, 2-71, 3-141, 4-173, 5-174, 6-174, 7-222, 8-242, 9-244, 10-245 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Perks 27 3 99 1 7 1 26 1 Horton 24 5 90 1 Jenkins 22 3 72 0 1 0 5 0 Bradley 20 0 80 0 Broadbent (2) 6 1 20 0 Bird (4) 0.1 0 3 0 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Moss 11 2 26 1 12.2 0 50 2 Bennett 18 7 27 3 7 2 13 1 D.C.S.Compton 23 4 48 3 (4) 17 3 63 1 Young 8 3 20 0 (5) 24 10 53 4 Edrich 7.5 1 23 3 (3) 11 2 25 0 Sims (6) 13 1 36 1 Umpires: B.Bayly and H.L.Palmer and A.E.Pothecary. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Worcestershire (1) 40-4 (Broadbent 5*, Dews 3*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. A.W.Thompson’s 158 took 270 minutes. W.J.Edrich’s 175 took 270 minutes. A.E.Pothecary was replaced as umpire by B.Bayly for the last half-hour of the first day. 280