f19202 cc9478	Leicestershire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1951
Venue	Coventry Road, Hinckley on 23rd, 25th, 26th June 1951 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 4; Middlesex 0
Umpires	E Robinson, CH Welch
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 29/2 (Robertson 16*, Edrich 1*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 143/4 (Jackson 61*, Smithson 30*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Sims b Edrich	20
VS Munden	b Moss	7
M Tompkin	c Edrich b Moss	89
*CH Palmer	b Edrich	0
VE Jackson	c Compton b Bennett	18
GA Smithson	lbw b Young	4
GL Berry	c Fairbairn b Bennett	39
KD Smith	c Sharp b Young	22
DG Harron	b Young	7
+J Firth	not out	3
J Sperry	b Moss	12
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 5 w)	20
Total	(all out, 103 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-48, 3-52, 4-108, 5-150, 6-158, 7-209, 8-221, 9-224, 10-241 (103 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	27	7	60	3	-	-
Bennett	16	5	34	2	-	-
Young	37	16	72	3	-	-
Edrich	18	7	37	2	-	-
Sims	5	1	18	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Palmer b Lester	104			14	-
SM Brown	lbw b Sperry	0
A Fairbairn	c Firth b Jackson	10
*WJ Edrich	c Firth b Lester	54
HPH Sharp	lbw b Jackson	0
AW Thompson	c Munden b Jackson	8
+LH Compton	c Firth b Lester	4
D Bennett	st Firth b Lester	4
JM Sims	c Palmer b Lester	9
JA Young	not out	5
AE Moss	b Lester	0
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 100.4 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-26, 3-109, 4-118, 5-144, 6-151, 7-165, 8-185, 9-202, 10-202 (100.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	17	8	21	1	-	-
Palmer	15	3	38	0	-	-
Jackson	35	22	54	3	-	-
Munden	3	1	13	0	-	-
Lester	30.4	10	72	6	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Sims	5
VS Munden	lbw b Sims	11
M Tompkin	lbw b Sims	0
*CH Palmer	b Sims	33
VE Jackson	not out	61
GA Smithson	not out	30
GL Berry	did not bat
KD Smith	did not bat
DG Harron	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(4 wickets, 62 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-10, 3-35, 4-80

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	7	2	15	0	-	-
Young	25	13	31	0	-	-
Edrich	2	1	2	0	-	-
Sims	24	3	80	4	-	-
Sharp	4	1	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DG Harron made his debut in County Championship matches
--> DG Harron made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JDB Robertson (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 10
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 19
--> JA Young reached 600 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> G Lester reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> G Lester achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 6-87)
--> JM Sims reached 1500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> JM Sims reached 1100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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