f22756 cc11357	Lancashire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Aigburth, Liverpool on 17th, 18th, 19th June 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 0; Middlesex 4 (Batting 2)
Umpires	N Oldfield, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 162/2 (Gale 75*, Hooker 1*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 203/1 (Wharton 118*, Grieves 34*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Barber	c Murray b Warr	44
A Wharton	c Murray b Bennett	55
G Pullar	c Murray b Warr	0
KJ Grieves	c Parfitt b Warr	5
*C Washbrook	b Hooker	19
PT Marner	c Murray b Warr	1
J Dyson	c Murray b Hurst	8
+G Clayton	b Bennett	19
MJ Hilton	c Parfitt b Hurst	12
K Higgs	b Bennett	2
C Hilton	not out	2
Extras	(4 b, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 70 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-92, 2-98, 3-108, 4-110, 5-111, 6-130, 7-138, 8-168, 9-168, 10-172 (70 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	20	5	57	4	-	-
Bennett	20	2	46	3	-	-
Hooker	9	4	24	1	-	-
Titmus	7	5	12	0	-	-
Robins	3	0	10	0	-	-
Hurst	11	6	18	2	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	c Clayton b C Hilton	83
WE Russell	b Higgs	7
PH Parfitt	c and b Higgs	73
RW Hooker	b C Hilton	36
+JT Murray	retired hurt	71
FJ Titmus	c Grieves b MJ Hilton	41
AC Walton	c Clayton b C Hilton	13
D Bennett	not out	12
RVC Robins	c sub b MJ Hilton	49
*JJ Warr	b Higgs	21
RJ Hurst	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 4 nb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 110.1 overs)	418
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-156, 3-174, 4-245, 5-307, 6-324, 7-391, 8-418 (110.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	27.1	6	86	3	-	-
C Hilton	27	2	125	3	-	-
Marner	7	1	22	0	-	-
Dyson	25	9	68	0	-	-
MJ Hilton	24	9	105	2	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	b Hooker	145
G Pullar	lbw b Titmus	38
KJ Grieves	lbw b Warr	37
PT Marner	c Russell b Warr	4
*C Washbrook	b Hooker	3
J Dyson	b Warr	17
+G Clayton	not out	74
MJ Hilton	c Parfitt b Warr	3
K Higgs	c Gale b Bennett	8
C Hilton	b Bennett	7
RW Barber	absent ill
Extras	(13 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 152.2 overs)	358
Fall of wickets:
1-127, 2-211, 3-235, 4-239, 5-243, 6-289, 7-311, 8-333, 9-358 (152.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	39	14	80	4	-	-
Bennett	21.2	4	57	2	-	-
Hooker	10	3	36	2	-	-
Titmus	26	13	44	1	-	-
Robins	29	7	71	0	-	-
Hurst	22	13	27	0	-	-
Parfitt	3	1	13	0	-	-
Gale	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	b Higgs	3
RW Hooker	c Grieves b C Hilton	6
FJ Titmus	c Grieves b C Hilton	0
RVC Robins	run out	31
AC Walton	c sub b C Hilton	4
PH Parfitt	not out	7
D Bennett	not out	4
WE Russell	did not bat
+JT Murray	did not bat
*JJ Warr	did not bat
RJ Hurst	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(5 wickets, 16 overs)	63
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-22, 3-37, 4-41, 5-54

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	4	0	30	1	-	-
C Hilton	4	0	23	3	-	-
Dyson	4	3	1	0	-	-
MJ Hilton	4	3	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RVC Robins (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in First-Class matches
--> RVC Robins (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in County Championship matches
--> JJ Warr (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> A Wharton (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 73
--> G Clayton (2) passed his previous highest score of 27 in County Championship matches
--> G Clayton (2) passed his previous highest score of 43 in First-Class matches
--> JT Murray retired hurt in the Middlesex first innings having scored 71 (team score 335/6)

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