f16545 cc8109	Northamptonshire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1939
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 17th, 19th, 20th June 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 7 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Middlesex 12
Umpires	CWL Parker, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 91/2 (Edrich 17*, DCS Compton 43*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 177/2 (Davis 76*, Timms 42*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HW Greenwood	lbw b Sims	11
CP Davis	c Price b Sims	74
D Brookes	st Price b Sims	25
JE Timms	lbw b Sims	1
*RP Nelson	run out	2
+KC James	c Price b Sims	12
WE Merritt	c Edrich b DCS Compton	59
MEF Dunkley	st Price b Sims	14
SM Nasiruddin	b Sims	12
RJ Partridge	not out	1
EJ Herbert	lbw b Peebles	0
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 77.5 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-65, 3-69, 4-77, 5-107, 6-190, 7-190, 8-216, 9-221, 10-222 (77.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	10	0	47	0	-	-
Edrich	3	0	4	0	-	-
Sims	27	2	79	7	-	-
Peebles	11.5	2	27	1	-	-
DCS Compton	17	6	32	1	-	-
Robertson	9	2	22	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	run out	21
SM Brown	c Greenwood b Timms	9
WJ Edrich	c Nelson b Timms	81
DCS Compton	b Timms	47
JHA Hulme	b Partridge	3
AW Thompson	c Herbert b Partridge	38
+WFF Price	b Partridge	6
LH Compton	c Davis b Merritt	24
JM Sims	c Greenwood b Herbert	24
*IAR Peebles	c Partridge b Merritt	10
LH Gray	not out	0
Extras	(13 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 90.5 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-41, 3-95, 4-98, 5-204, 6-215, 7-220, 8-270, 9-280, 10-280 (90.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Partridge	27	6	66	3	-	-
Timms	21	5	55	3	-	-
Nelson	13	1	51	0	-	-
Merritt	15	1	58	2	-	-
Herbert	14.5	5	33	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HW Greenwood	lbw b Sims	24
CP Davis	c Price b Sims	80
D Brookes	b Edrich	23
JE Timms	not out	120
*RP Nelson	c LH Compton b Sims	15
+KC James	b Gray	23
WE Merritt	c Price b Gray	5
MEF Dunkley	b Sims	12
SM Nasiruddin	run out	0
RJ Partridge	c LH Compton b Sims	21
EJ Herbert	not out	3
Extras	(10 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	17
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 96 overs)	343
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-90, 3-198, 4-226, 5-263, 6-273, 7-299, 8-306, 9-333

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	20	2	66	2	-	-
Edrich	12	0	41	1	-	-
Sims	35	4	145	5	-	-
Peebles	17	4	47	0	-	-
DCS Compton	12	2	27	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Nelson	144
SM Brown	b Nelson	24
WJ Edrich	b Merritt	7
DCS Compton	not out	111
JHA Hulme	not out	2
AW Thompson	did not bat
+WFF Price	did not bat
LH Compton	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
*IAR Peebles	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(3 wickets, 41.4 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-89, 2-102, 3-282

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Partridge	13	0	79	0	-	-
Timms	4.4	0	48	0	-	-
Nelson	8	1	56	2	-	-
Merritt	4	0	28	1	-	-
Herbert	12	0	77	0	-	-

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Notes
--> SM Nasiruddin made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> AW Thompson (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in County Championship matches
--> AW Thompson (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in First-Class matches
--> LH Compton (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in First-Class matches
--> LH Compton (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in County Championship matches
--> JDB Robertson (2) passed his previous highest score of 91 in County Championship matches
--> JDB Robertson (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> JDB Robertson (2) passed his previous highest score of 106 in First-Class matches
--> JDB Robertson (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 103
--> DCS Compton (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 80
--> JM Sims reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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