First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

MIDDLESEX v WARWICKSHIRE Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, August 27, 28, 29, 1952. Warwickshire won by 72 runs. (Points: Middlesex 0, Warwickshire 12) WARWICKSHIRE 1 J.R.Thompson b Titmus 20 (8) c Bennett b Young 2 2 F.C.Gardner lbw b Moss 51 (1) b Moss 2 3 J.S.Ord c Warr b D.C.S.Compton 30 lbw b Young 11 4 A.Townsend st L.H.Compton b D.C.S.Compton 25 c Brown b Edrich 7 5 *H.E.Dollery c Robertson b Edrich 56 b Edrich 14 6 D.D.Taylor lbw b Edrich 27 c L.H.Compton b Edrich 21 7 †R.T.Spooner b Edrich 8 (2) lbw b Edrich 27 8 C.W.C.Grove b Young 18 (7) lbw b Edrich 2 9 J.D.Bannister c and b Edrich 4 b Young 0 10 R.T.Weeks run out 1 not out 18 11 W.E.Hollies not out 8 hit wkt b Edrich 7 Extras b 14, lb 5, nb 1 20 b 4, lb 4 8 —— —— 268 119 FoW (1): 1-33, 2-93, 3-129, 4-139, 5-187, 6-217, 7-234, 8-252, 9-256, 10-268 FoW (2): 1-6, 2-35, 3-49, 4-64, 5-68, 6-71, 7-94, 8-94, 9-110, 10-119 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson lbw b Grove 10 st Spooner b Weeks 15 2 S.M.Brown lbw b Townsend 66 lbw b Hollies 11 3 H.P.H.Sharp st Spooner b Hollies 11 (5) b Townsend 12 4 D.Bennett b Grove 4 (8) b Grove 0 5 *W.J.Edrich b Townsend 43 (3) c Taylor b Hollies 0 6 D.C.S.Compton c and b Townsend 13 (4) lbw b Hollies 40 7 F.J.Titmus b Townsend 2 (6) b Grove 28 8 †L.H.Compton lbw b Hollies 1 (7) b Grove 18 9 J.J.Warr c Taylor b Hollies 0 not out 11 10 J.A.Young b Townsend 0 b Grove 0 11 A.E.Moss not out 1 c Spooner b Hollies 12 Extras b 5, lb 6, nb 1 12 b 3, lb 2 5 —— —— 163 152 FoW (1): 1-31, 2-53, 3-65, 4-122, 5-158, 6-159, 7-162, 8-162, 9-162, 10-163 FoW (2): 1-26, 2-26, 3-26, 4-41, 5-81, 6-114, 7-118, 8-133, 9-133, 10-152 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Warr 7 2 14 0 (2) 2 0 10 0 Moss 12 2 30 1 (1) 4 1 7 1 Titmus 7 1 24 1 Bennett 8 2 18 0 D.C.S.Compton 18 2 53 2 Young 27 17 35 1 (3) 24 8 35 3 Edrich 20.5 3 74 4 (4) 23 7 59 6 Warwickshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Bannister 5 1 11 0 Grove 17 5 30 2 (1) 10 6 22 4 Townsend 12 3 27 5 (4) 9 0 31 1 Hollies 26 12 53 3 (2) 33 11 78 4 Weeks 17 6 30 0 (3) 14 8 16 1 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and H.Elliott. Toss: Warwickshire Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 58-2 (Brown 36*, Bennett 0*); 2nd day: Middlesex (2) 41-4 (D.C.S.Compton 3*). 416