f13508 cc6242	Northamptonshire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1931
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 17th, 18th, 19th June 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 3; Middlesex 5
Umpires	W Bestwick, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 164/6 (Hulme 29*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 208/7 (Bellamy 49*, Brown 5*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Bakewell	b Durston	7
*VWC Jupp	b Stevens	25
JE Timms	lbw b Peebles	21
AL Cox	c Stevens b Peebles	3
ADG Matthews	b Peebles	4
CN Woolley	c Durston b Stevens	2
AG Liddell	c Hill b Peebles	5
+BW Bellamy	lbw b Peebles	5
WC Brown	lbw b Stevens	2
AE Thomas	not out	0
RJ Partridge	b Peebles	4
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 47.1 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-36, 3-47, 4-55, 5-66, 6-66, 7-78, 8-80, 9-80, 10-84 (47.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	8	1	19	0	-	-
Durston	10	5	12	1	-	-
Stevens	16	3	36	3	-	-
Peebles	13.1	5	11	6	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HW Lee	c Bellamy b Matthews	39
GTS Stevens	c Timms b Thomas	50
JW Hearne	run out	10
*NE Haig	b Thomas	7
JHA Hulme	st Bellamy b Jupp	44
RH Hill	lbw b Jupp	25
EG Canning	c Thomas b Jupp	1
CWH Howard	c Bellamy b Matthews	14
FJ Durston	c Timms b Matthews	8
+WFF Price	not out	25
IAR Peebles	not out	14
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 2 w)	8
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 94.2 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-87, 2-97, 3-108, 4-112, 5-162, 6-164, 7-194, 8-194, 9-213

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomas	29	7	55	2	-	-
Matthews	32.2	5	84	3	-	-
Partridge	8	2	15	0	-	-
Jupp	18	2	58	3	-	-
Cox	7	1	25	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Bakewell	c Price b Haig	7
*VWC Jupp	c Price b Durston	0
JE Timms	lbw b Peebles	64
AL Cox	b Stevens	18
ADG Matthews	c Peebles b Stevens	14
CN Woolley	c Stevens b Peebles	42
AG Liddell	c Durston b Peebles	1
+BW Bellamy	not out	80
WC Brown	c Price b Durston	15
AE Thomas	lbw b Haig	33
RJ Partridge	b Haig	4
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 121.1 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-14, 3-66, 4-96, 5-104, 6-105, 7-194, 8-225, 9-279, 10-289 (121.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	27.1	10	43	3	-	-
Durston	14	4	39	2	-	-
Stevens	34	3	115	2	-	-
Peebles	39	13	63	3	-	-
Hearne	7	2	18	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HW Lee	c Matthews b Thomas	20
GTS Stevens	c Bellamy b Thomas	3
JW Hearne	b Matthews	8
JHA Hulme	lbw b Matthews	0
*NE Haig	lbw b Jupp	40
RH Hill	c Liddell b Jupp	21
EG Canning	c Thomas b Matthews	8
CWH Howard	not out	2
FJ Durston	not out	2
+WFF Price	did not bat
IAR Peebles	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(7 wickets, 63.4 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-21, 3-21, 4-35, 5-70, 6-104, 7-106

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomas	23	8	35	2	-	-
Matthews	26	5	53	3	-	-
Jupp	14.4	4	16	2	-	-

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Notes
--> JHA Hulme (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 44
--> IAR Peebles reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> AE Thomas reached 700 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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