f20082 cc9961	Lancashire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 27th, 29th, 30th June 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 4; Middlesex 0
Umpires	JS Buller, WT Jones
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 1/0 (Washbrook 1*, Ikin 0*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (1) 401/8 (Parr 2*, Tattersall 0*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	b Wharton	10
HPH Sharp	c Parr b Lomax	26
*WJ Edrich	c Howard b Berry	28
AW Thompson	c Howard b Tattersall	109
D Bennett	lbw b Berry	41
R Routledge	c and b Tattersall	21
FJ Titmus	c Ikin b Berry	11
+LH Compton	b Lomax	70
JJ Warr	c Place b Berry	5
JA Young	c Tattersall b Berry	14
AE Moss	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 132.2 overs)	346
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-63, 3-81, 4-203, 5-236, 6-244, 7-291, 8-305, 9-346, 10-346 (132.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lomax	23.2	2	72	2	-	-
Wharton	16	2	56	1	-	-
Berry	43	12	78	5	-	-
Grieves	5	2	14	0	-	-
Tattersall	34	12	76	2	-	-
Ikin	11	0	39	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	lbw b Moss	115
JT Ikin	c Warr b Moss	0
GA Edrich	b Young	74
W Place	b Bennett	27
KJ Grieves	b Titmus	66
*ND Howard	c Warr b Moss	46
A Wharton	c Sharp b Edrich	39
JG Lomax	c and b Titmus	17
+FD Parr	not out	2
R Tattersall	not out	0
R Berry	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	15
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 138 overs)	401
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-163, 3-204, 4-229, 5-318, 6-358, 7-394, 8-399

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	27	5	101	3	-	-
Warr	14	0	52	0	-	-
Bennett	16	3	44	1	-	-
Young	32	9	58	1	-	-
Titmus	44	14	108	2	-	-
Edrich	5	0	23	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	c Ikin b Lomax	57
HPH Sharp	c Howard b Berry	100
*WJ Edrich	st Parr b Edrich	105
AW Thompson	c Ikin b Berry	0
D Bennett	not out	24
R Routledge	did not bat
FJ Titmus	did not bat
+LH Compton	did not bat
JJ Warr	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 115 overs)	307
Fall of wickets:
1-102, 2-189, 3-195, 4-307 (115 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lomax	15	2	54	1	-	-
Wharton	10	2	20	0	-	-
Berry	34	16	57	2	-	-
Grieves	10	6	12	0	-	-
Tattersall	18	6	53	0	-	-
Ikin	20	4	55	0	-	-
Edrich	8	1	35	1	-	-

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Notes
--> SM Brown (1) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> AW Thompson (1) passed 6500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 76
--> GA Edrich (1) passed 10500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 50
--> KJ Grieves (1) passed 7500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 47
--> A Wharton (1) passed 6500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 9
--> SM Brown (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 47
--> WJ Edrich (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 20
--> R Tattersall reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> FJ Titmus reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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