f19343 cc9599	Middlesex v Somerset
	County Championship 1951
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 18th, 20th, 21st August 1951 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 137 runs
Points	Middlesex 12; Somerset 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 40/0 (Gimblett 20*, Angell 16*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 165/1 (Robertson 86*, Edrich 27*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Rogers b Redman	89
SM Brown	not out	232		320	27	1
*WJ Edrich	st Stephenson b Redman	2
JG Dewes	not out	68
HPH Sharp	did not bat
+LH Compton	did not bat
AW Thompson	did not bat
D Bennett	did not bat
R Routledge	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 1 nb)	11
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 112.3 overs)	402
Fall of wickets:
1-199, 2-204

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buse	30.3	0	105	0	-	-
Redman	13	2	40	2	-	-
Robinson	24	6	73	0	-	-
Hazell	26	4	103	0	-	-
Lawrence	19	2	70	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	lbw b Young	61
FL Angell	c and b Sims	27
HE Watts	st Compton b Sims	12
MF Tremlett	c Bennett b Young	41
HFT Buse	not out	47
*SS Rogers	c Edrich b Young	0
J Lawrence	run out	1
+HW Stephenson	run out	15
J Redman	b Bennett	0
HL Hazell	b Routledge	11
EP Robinson	c Dewes b Sims	10
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 97.2 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-104, 3-104, 4-158, 5-160, 6-164, 7-187, 8-187, 9-204, 10-231 (97.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	11	0	48	0	-	-
Bennett	19	4	38	1	-	-
Sims	26.2	7	61	3	-	-
Young	33	19	50	3	-	-
Sharp	4	2	13	0	-	-
Routledge	4	1	15	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	not out	86
SM Brown	c Gimblett b Robinson	52
*WJ Edrich	not out	27
JG Dewes	did not bat
HPH Sharp	did not bat
+LH Compton	did not bat
AW Thompson	did not bat
D Bennett	did not bat
R Routledge	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 30.1 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-109 (Brown)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buse	7	0	30	0	-	-
Redman	8	0	39	0	-	-
Hazell	8	0	57	0	-	-
Robinson	7	0	39	1	-	-
Lawrence	0.1	0	0	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Routledge b Young	38
FL Angell	c Compton b Bennett	1
HE Watts	c Edrich b Sims	30
MF Tremlett	c Sims b Young	70
HFT Buse	c Routledge b Sims	2
*SS Rogers	c Brown b Young	32
J Lawrence	c Compton b Young	16
+HW Stephenson	b Young	0
J Redman	c Young b Sims	5
HL Hazell	not out	1
EP Robinson	b Young	0
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 74.1 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-68, 3-78, 4-99, 5-140, 6-178, 7-178, 8-193, 9-199, 10-199 (74.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	5	0	12	0	-	-
Bennett	6	1	22	1	-	-
Young	32.1	14	61	6	-	-
Sims	31	8	100	3	-	-

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Notes
--> SM Brown (1) passed his previous highest score of 200 in First-Class matches
--> SM Brown (1) passed his previous highest score of 200 in County Championship matches
--> JG Dewes (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> H Gimblett (1) passed 18500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> JDB Robertson (2) passed 14000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 63
--> JA Young reached 850 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset second innings

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