f10825 cc4553	Middlesex v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1924
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 17th, 19th, 20th May 1924 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Middlesex won by 216 runs
Points	Middlesex 5; Gloucestershire 0
Umpires	T Flowers, F Parris
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 112/5 (Lyon 9*, Parker 0*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 284/4 (Hearne 87*, Haig 2*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HW Lee	lbw b Parker	3
HL Dales	b Parker	12
JW Hearne	lbw b Parker	14
EH Hendren	c Dipper b Mills	55
GOB Allen	b Dennett	3
NE Haig	c Hammond b Parker	49
*FT Mann	b Mills	4
AR Tanner	c Hobbs b Mills	25
RH Hill	lbw b Parker	4
+HR Murrell	c Rogers b Mills	0
FJ Durston	not out	0
Extras	(12 b, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 82.3 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-16, 3-47, 4-71, 5-121, 6-129, 7-170, 8-181, 9-182, 10-182 (82.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hammond	13	3	34	0	1	-
Parker	32	10	65	5	-	-
Mills	28.3	9	59	4	-	-
Dennett	9	4	11	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Dipper	b Haig	12
WR Hammond	b Allen	25
FG Rogers	c and b Hearne	36
BS Bloodworth	st Murrell b Haig	11
*DC Robinson	b Hearne	7
BH Lyon	b Haig	12
CWL Parker	b Haig	3
+H Smith	c Tanner b Hearne	14
NFC Hobbs	b Hearne	2
PT Mills	b Hearne	5
EG Dennett	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 64.1 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-72, 3-82, 4-93, 5-108, 6-117, 7-121, 8-126, 9-136, 10-139 (64.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allen	13	3	30	1	-	4
Haig	21	5	43	4	-	-
Durston	9	3	16	0	1	-
Hearne	21.1	5	38	5	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HW Lee	run out	15
HL Dales	c Hobbs b Mills	83
JW Hearne	b Mills	93
EH Hendren	b Parker	87
GOB Allen	b Mills	2
NE Haig	c Dennett b Parker	2
AR Tanner	c Rogers b Parker	1
+HR Murrell	not out	4
*FT Mann	did not bat
RH Hill	did not bat
FJ Durston	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 111.2 overs)	295
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-134, 3-264, 4-275, 5-284, 6-291, 7-295 (111.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hammond	7	0	33	0	-	-
Parker	42.2	15	78	3	-	-
Mills	30	9	95	3	-	-
Dennett	28	8	65	0	-	-
Lyon	4	0	16	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Dipper	b Allen	4
WR Hammond	c Tanner b Durston	20
FG Rogers	c and b Hearne	28
BS Bloodworth	st Murrell b Hearne	31
*DC Robinson	b Hearne	0
BH Lyon	b Hearne	3
CWL Parker	b Hearne	2
NFC Hobbs	st Murrell b Haig	28
PT Mills	c Tanner b Hearne	1
EG Dennett	not out	0
+H Smith	absent hurt
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 45.4 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-50, 3-54, 4-54, 5-64, 6-66, 7-121, 8-121, 9-122 (45.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	10	3	22	1	-	1
Allen	9	3	24	1	-	1
Hearne	16.4	3	36	6	-	-
Durston	6	0	20	1	-	-
Tanner	4	0	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HL Dales (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 77
--> JW Hearne reached 1100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> JW Hearne reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings

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