f19315 cc9574	Kent v Middlesex
	County Championship 1951
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 8th, 9th, 10th August 1951 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 117 runs
Points	Kent 0; Middlesex 12
Umpires	TJ Bartley, D Davies
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 59/2 (Fagg 41*, Edrich 0*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 201/4 (Dewes 43*, LH Compton 6*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Hearn b Dovey	52
SM Brown	lbw b Ridgway	4
WJ Edrich	st Evans b Wright	67
*DCS Compton	c Clark b Dovey	63
JG Dewes	b Wright	5
R Routledge	not out	1
+LH Compton	did not bat
D Bennett	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 5 nb)	16
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 81.2 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-96, 3-192, 4-199, 5-208 (81.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	16	5	32	1	-	-
Dovey	32	6	77	2	-	-
Edrich	5	2	12	0	-	-
Cowdrey	1	1	0	0	-	-
Wright	19.2	5	56	2	-	-
Hearn	8	2	15	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c Brown b Young	41
AH Phebey	b Sims	9
P Hearn	run out	1
BR Edrich	lbw b Sims	4
MC Cowdrey	c LH Compton b Young	31
R Mayes	b Young	37
*DG Clark	b Sims	4
+TG Evans	c and b Young	27
RR Dovey	c and b DCS Compton	3
DVP Wright	not out	13
F Ridgway	b Sims	4
Extras	(6 b, 10 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 81.2 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-47, 3-63, 4-63, 5-135, 6-140, 7-142, 8-157, 9-185, 10-190 (81.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Young	39	18	67	4	-	-
DCS Compton	13	3	29	1	-	-
Sims	29.2	8	78	4	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	lbw b Wright	6
SM Brown	c and b Dovey	21
WJ Edrich	st Evans b Hearn	76
*DCS Compton	b Edrich	29
JG Dewes	b Wright	70
R Routledge	not out	6
+LH Compton	c Edrich b Wright	13
D Bennett	c Dovey b Wright	1
JA Young	c Dovey b Wright	0
JM Sims	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(18 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	21
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 86 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-50, 3-105, 4-181, 5-211, 6-224, 7-232, 8-243 (86 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	5	0	22	0	-	-
Dovey	32	9	68	1	-	-
Wright	34	10	96	5	-	-
Cowdrey	3	0	13	0	-	-
Edrich	10	3	19	1	-	-
Hearn	2	0	4	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	b Young	25
AH Phebey	b Robertson	28
+TG Evans	c DCS Compton b Young	6
MC Cowdrey	c and b DCS Compton	25
*DG Clark	c Moss b Young	1
BR Edrich	lbw b Young	5
RR Dovey	c Routledge b Young	23
P Hearn	c Moss b DCS Compton	0
R Mayes	not out	10
DVP Wright	lbw b DCS Compton	2
F Ridgway	st LH Compton b Young	4
Extras	(4 b, 11 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 56.5 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-46, 3-76, 4-83, 5-91, 6-103, 7-105, 8-137, 9-139, 10-144 (56.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	2	0	9	0	-	-
Bennett	2	0	3	0	-	-
Young	26.5	10	47	6	-	-
Sims	10	2	31	0	-	-
Robertson	6	1	11	1	-	-
DCS Compton	10	1	28	3	-	-

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Notes
--> DG Clark made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 27000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 58
--> DCS Compton (2) passed 14000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 20
--> AE Fagg (2) passed 20500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> JA Young reached 650 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Kent first innings
--> RR Dovey reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> JA Young reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent second innings
--> DCS Compton reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent second innings

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