f20983 cc10465	Lancashire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Aigburth, Liverpool on 13th, 14th, 15th July 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 2 wickets
Points	Lancashire 4; Middlesex 12
Umpires	TJ Bartley, D Davies
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 18/0 (Robertson 10*, Brown 6*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 77/2 (Dyson 29*, Washbrook 6*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JT Ikin	b Tilly	17
J Dyson	c and b Young	19
GA Edrich	c Compton b Young	117
*C Washbrook	b Young	1
A Wharton	b Young	40
KJ Grieves	c Compton b Moss	42
R Collins	b Bennett	6
CS Smith	b Tilly	9
MJ Hilton	c Compton b Tilly	15
+A Wilson	not out	6
R Tattersall	c Edrich b Tilly	0
Extras	(11 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 118.2 overs)	287
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-44, 3-45, 4-113, 5-214, 6-226, 7-266, 8-266, 9-287, 10-287 (118.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	17	6	25	1	-	-
Bennett	19	4	40	1	-	-
Young	36	12	100	4	-	-
Tilly	33.2	7	68	4	-	-
Bick	9	1	35	0	-	-
Edrich	4	1	4	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Smith b Tattersall	79
SM Brown	c Grieves b Tattersall	83
*WJ Edrich	c and b Hilton	7
D Bennett	c Ikin b Hilton	13
HPH Sharp	c Edrich b Hilton	5
DO Baldry	c Washbrook b Hilton	17
DA Bick	c Ikin b Hilton	2
+LH Compton	c Grieves b Tattersall	16
HW Tilly	c and b Hilton	8
JA Young	not out	4
AE Moss	c Washbrook b Hilton	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 109.4 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-164, 2-169, 3-183, 4-192, 5-201, 6-214, 7-226, 8-240, 9-244, 10-244 (109.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	9	0	40	0	-	-
Wharton	4	2	7	0	-	-
Tattersall	40	14	71	3	-	-
Ikin	5	2	19	0	-	-
Hilton	36.4	17	65	7	-	-
Collins	10	3	18	0	-	-
Dyson	5	2	14	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JT Ikin	b Moss	6
J Dyson	b Moss	35
GA Edrich	lbw b Young	29
*C Washbrook	c Edrich b Young	38
A Wharton	c Bick b Young	30
KJ Grieves	c Bick b Young	3
R Collins	lbw b Young	5
CS Smith	c Sharp b Young	1
MJ Hilton	run out	5
+A Wilson	not out	1
R Tattersall	c Compton b Young	0
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 66.3 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-59, 3-95, 4-137, 5-151, 6-152, 7-153, 8-162, 9-162, 10-164 (66.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	10	1	36	2	-	-
Bennett	1	0	4	0	-	-
Young	23.3	9	45	7	-	-
Tilly	23	7	51	0	-	-
Robertson	9	1	17	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c and b Hilton	16
SM Brown	c Grieves b Collins	62
*WJ Edrich	c Washbrook b Hilton	35
D Bennett	b Dyson	8
HW Tilly	b Hilton	20
DO Baldry	b Tattersall	12
HPH Sharp	not out	17
+LH Compton	b Hilton	16
DA Bick	c Tattersall b Hilton	2
JA Young	not out	4
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 3 lb)	17
Total	(8 wickets, 70.3 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-90, 3-120, 4-130, 5-159, 6-169, 7-184, 8-188

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	2	0	10	0	-	-
Wharton	2	0	5	0	-	-
Tattersall	31	5	87	1	-	-
Hilton	27.3	10	69	5	-	-
Collins	4	1	15	1	-	-
Dyson	4	0	6	1	-	-

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Notes
--> HPH Sharp made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> GA Edrich (1) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 65
--> JDB Robertson (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 31
--> D Bennett (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> HW Tilly (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in County Championship matches
--> HW Tilly achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 0-13)
--> JA Young reached 1300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Lancashire second innings

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