First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE v MIDDLESEX Played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, July 23, 24, 25, 1952. Match drawn. (Points: Nottinghamshire 0, Middlesex 4) NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 1 R.J.Giles c Moss b Warr 11 2 E.J.Martin c Sharp b Young 35 (1) b Young 16 3 J.D.Clay c Knightley-Smith b Warr 6 (2) c Knightley-Smith b Young 139 4 *J.Hardstaff not out 144 c Routledge b Thompson 22 5 C.J.Poole c Compton b Moss 29 (3) c Young b Thompson 7 6 F.W.Stocks c Compton b Young 20 (5) not out 34 7 K.Smales c Routledge b Young 0 (6) not out 11 8 P.F.Harvey b Warr 1 9 A.Jepson c Routledge b Young 46 10 W.Voce c Compton b Young 5 11 †E.A.Meads b Young 7 Extras lb 6, nb 2 8 b 4, lb 4 8 —— —— 312 (4 wickets, declared) 237 FoW (1): 1-13, 2-29, 3-93, 4-139, 5-174, 6-174, 7-193, 8-288, 9-296, 10-312 FoW (2): 1-38, 2-77, 3-137, 4-213 MIDDLESEX 1 A.W.Thompson c Stocks b Voce 0 c sub b Smales 24 2 S.M.Brown b Smales 123 b Jepson 15 3 H.P.H.Sharp c Voce b Smales 40 4 W.Knightley-Smith b Harvey 17 5 M.P.Murray c Voce b Stocks 23 (3) not out 20 6 R.Routledge b Jepson 2 (5) not out 25 7 †L.H.Compton c Poole b Stocks 72 (4) c sub b Smales 7 8 J.M.Sims not out 32 9 *J.J.Warr not out 0 10 J.A.Young 11 A.E.Moss Extras b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 1 9 lb 3 3 —— —— (7 wickets, declared) 318 (3 wickets) 94 FoW (1): 1-10, 2-111, 3-174, 4-191, 5-208, 6-224, 7-314 FoW (2): 1-39, 2-39, 3-48 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Moss 31 4 100 1 10 3 22 0 Warr 36 11 71 3 9 1 26 0 Routledge 12 3 29 0 (4) 2 0 10 0 Young 37.2 12 68 6 (3) 39 14 79 2 Sims 15 5 36 0 Thompson (5) 22 7 39 2 Knightley-Smith (6) 4 0 53 0 Nottinghamshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Voce 27 11 53 1 Jepson 16 3 40 1 (1) 9 1 36 1 Harvey 28 6 70 1 (4) 5 2 3 0 Smales 27 5 85 2 (2) 10 1 41 2 Stocks 20 3 61 2 (3) 7 4 11 0 Umpires: F.Chester and F.S.Lee. Toss: Nottinghamshire Close of Play: 1st day: Nottinghamshire (1) 296-9 (Hardstaff 136*, Meads 0*); 2nd day: Middlesex (1) 318-7 (Sims 32*, Warr 0*). J.Hardstaff’s 144 took 330 minutes and included 14 fours. S.M.Brown’s 123 took 185 minutes and included 23 fours. 332