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f20489 cc10187	Middlesex v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1954
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 19th, 21st, 22nd June 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 4; Yorkshire 0
Umpires	P Corrall, GS Mobey
Scorers	EH Hendren (Middlesex), C Turner (Yorkshire)
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 400 all out
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 300/5 (Bennett 51, Titmus 0)

Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	c Bennett b Moss	10
FA Lowson	c LH Compton b Young	107
JV Wilson	c Young b Bennett	111
EI Lester	c Titmus b Warr	19
W Watson	c Young b Titmus	47
*NWD Yardley	c Moss b Young	41
DB Close	c Bennett b Titmus	26
JH Wardle	c Robertson b Young	5
+R Booth	not out	11
FS Trueman	b Young	7
R Appleyard	st LH Compton b Young	8
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 119.4 overs)	400
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-192, 3-215, 4-286, 5-322, 6-356, 7-364, 8-375, 9-386, 10-400 (119.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	20	8	59	1	-	-
Warr	14	4	27	1	1	-
Bennett	15	2	63	1	-	2
Young	23.4	4	95	5	-	-
Titmus	28	7	79	2	-	-
DCS Compton	17	3	55	0	-	-
Edrich	2	0	14	0	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Lowson b Wardle	125
SM Brown	b Appleyard	10
*WJ Edrich	lbw b Trueman	25
HPH Sharp	b Trueman	5
DCS Compton	c Booth b Yardley	52
D Bennett	st Booth b Wardle	116
FJ Titmus	c Booth b Close	17
+LH Compton	lbw b Wardle	23
JJ Warr	c Yardley b Wardle	10
JA Young	not out	1
AE Moss	st Booth b Wardle	5
Extras	(14 b, 18 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	41
Total	(all out, 177.3 overs)	430
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-79, 3-97, 4-177, 5-292, 6-349, 7-392, 8-424, 9-424, 10-430 (177.3 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	25	6	72	2	-	-
Appleyard	45	10	95	1	-	-
Wardle	70.3	29	117	5	-	-
Close	29	6	75	1	-	-
Yardley	8	0	30	1	-	-

Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	c Robertson b Moss	2
FA Lowson	c LH Compton b Moss	1
JV Wilson	c Moss b Sharp	91
EI Lester	b Moss	3
W Watson	lbw b Young	26
*NWD Yardley	c Robertson b Young	13
DB Close	run out	17
+R Booth	c LH Compton b Sharp	1
JH Wardle	not out	5
R Appleyard	c Warr b Robertson	13
FS Trueman	absent hurt
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 65.4 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-4, 3-12, 4-67, 5-105, 6-153, 7-155, 8-164, 9-175 (65.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	8	1	43	3	-	-
Warr	4	0	13	0	-	-
Young	19	8	41	2	-	-
Titmus	20	11	30	0	-	-
Robertson	7.4	3	12	1	-	-
Sharp	7	1	33	2	-	-

Notes
--> JV Wilson (1) passed 10500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 95
--> EI Lester (1) passed 9500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 11
--> D Bennett (1) passed his previous highest score of 66 in first-class matches
--> D Bennett (1) made his first century in first-class matches
--> D Bennett (1) passed his previous highest score of 66 in County Championship matches
--> D Bennett (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> D Bennett (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 50
--> AE Moss reached 300 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Yorkshire second innings