f11197 cc4787	Middlesex v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1925
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 27th, 28th, 29th May 1925 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 3; Gloucestershire 1
Umpires	LC Braund, AE Street
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (1) 103/9 (Smith 48*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HL Dales	c Seabrook b Parker	6
HW Lee	c Dennett b Parker	1
JW Hearne	run out	30
EH Hendren	c Becher b Parker	52
GTS Stevens	b Parker	34
GOB Allen	c Dennett b Parker	17
*FT Mann	c Becher b Dennett	7
+GE Livock	c Waters b Dennett	0
NE Haig	c Waters b Parker	1
EJ North	not out	5
FJ Durston	run out	1
Extras	(2 lb, 2 w)	4
Total	(all out, 92 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-9, 3-62, 4-105, 5-137, 6-151, 7-152, 8-152, 9-158, 10-158 (92 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hammond	12	3	29	0	-	-
Parker	42	23	42	6	-	-
Waters	14	1	44	0	-	-
Dennett	22	6	36	2	-	-
Bessant	2	1	3	0	2	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FJ Seabrook	c Hendren b Haig	3
AE Dipper	b Durston	4
+H Smith	not out	60
BS Bloodworth	c Dales b Allen	5
WR Hammond	b Allen	8
*DC Robinson	b Allen	0
AWB Becher	b Haig	14
AE Waters	b Haig	3
JGWT Bessant	lbw b Allen	3
CWL Parker	c and b Stevens	4
EG Dennett	b Allen	3
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 57.4 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-11, 3-16, 4-36, 5-36, 6-71, 7-75, 8-86, 9-111, 10-120 (57.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	16	6	13	3	1	-
Durston	10	5	11	1	-	-
Allen	18.4	7	43	5	-	-
Stevens	13	1	40	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GTS Stevens	run out	21
HL Dales	b Waters	32
NE Haig	c Seabrook b Dennett	22
JW Hearne	not out	80
EH Hendren	not out	49
HW Lee	did not bat
GOB Allen	did not bat
*FT Mann	did not bat
+GE Livock	did not bat
EJ North	did not bat
FJ Durston	did not bat
Extras	(15 b)	15
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 46 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-64, 3-101

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hammond	9	2	29	0	-	-
Waters	12	0	61	1	-	-
Dennett	14	3	58	1	-	-
Becher	11	1	56	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DC Robinson	c Livock b Durston	61
WR Hammond	c Stevens b Durston	3
+H Smith	c and b Stevens	31
BS Bloodworth	not out	30
AE Dipper	not out	13
FJ Seabrook	did not bat
AWB Becher	did not bat
AE Waters	did not bat
JGWT Bessant	did not bat
CWL Parker	did not bat
EG Dennett	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(3 wickets, 55 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-99, 3-113

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	7	2	18	0	-	-
Durston	12	4	22	2	-	-
Allen	8	2	23	0	-	-
Stevens	18	5	33	1	-	1
Hearne	7	1	19	0	-	-
North	3	0	23	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AWB Becher made his debut in County Championship matches
--> EH Hendren (1) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 37
--> H Smith (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 44
--> AWB Becher made his debut for Gloucestershire in First-Class matches
--> AWB Becher made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> GTS Stevens reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings

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