f15747 cc7620	Middlesex v Lancashire
	County Championship 1937
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 5th, 7th, 8th June 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 22 runs
Points	Middlesex 0; Lancashire 15
Umpires	JA Smart, EJ Smith
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 132/4 (Edrich 58*, Hulme 6*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 223/6 (Oldfield 38*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Paynter	c Robins b Gray	2
JL Hopwood	b Gray	7
J Iddon	lbw b Sims	114
FB Watson	lbw b Sims	46
N Oldfield	lbw b Sims	10
WE Phillipson	b Sims	4
*WHL Lister	b Smith	3
R Pollard	c Hulme b Sims	0
+G Duckworth	c Price b Smith	38
FS Booth	b Smith	0
LL Wilkinson	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 73.5 overs)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-9, 3-106, 4-133, 5-147, 6-152, 7-153, 8-231, 9-231, 10-233 (73.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	25	7	51	3	-	-
Gray	17	3	57	2	-	-
Edrich	3	1	7	0	-	-
Robins	8	0	29	0	-	-
Sims	16.5	0	63	5	-	-
Compton	3	0	13	0	-	-
Butterworth	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
REC Butterworth	b Phillipson	0
+WFF Price	c Duckworth b Booth	2
WJ Edrich	lbw b Phillipson	175
EH Hendren	run out	49
DCS Compton	lbw b Wilkinson	8
JHA Hulme	c Duckworth b Booth	42
JH Human	b Phillipson	17
*RWV Robins	b Pollard	17
JM Sims	b Pollard	2
CIJ Smith	b Booth	40
LH Gray	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 16 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 98.1 overs)	369
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-106, 4-118, 5-209, 6-226, 7-280, 8-282, 9-349, 10-369 (98.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	23.1	2	96	3	-	-
Phillipson	21	5	66	3	-	-
Pollard	30	5	88	2	-	-
Wilkinson	13	0	53	1	-	-
Watson	11	1	49	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Paynter	lbw b Sims	51
JL Hopwood	c Sims b Smith	6
J Iddon	lbw b Robins	40
FB Watson	b Smith	19
N Oldfield	c Compton b Sims	65
WE Phillipson	c Edrich b Sims	33
*WHL Lister	c Price b Robins	30
R Pollard	c Hulme b Edrich	13
+G Duckworth	c Edrich b Sims	10
FS Booth	not out	16
LL Wilkinson	c Price b Smith	15
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 96.3 overs)	309
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-86, 3-118, 4-120, 5-175, 6-223, 7-259, 8-272, 9-277, 10-309 (96.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	22.3	4	69	3	-	-
Edrich	18	3	54	1	-	-
Robins	17	2	49	2	-	-
Sims	34	2	110	4	-	-
Compton	3	1	8	0	-	-
Butterworth	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
REC Butterworth	c Watson b Booth	2
+WFF Price	c Wilkinson b Phillipson	3
WJ Edrich	not out	73
EH Hendren	c and b Phillipson	3
JH Human	c Wilkinson b Phillipson	1
DCS Compton	c Pollard b Booth	5
JHA Hulme	c Paynter b Phillipson	3
*RWV Robins	c Duckworth b Pollard	18
JM Sims	c Duckworth b Phillipson	5
CIJ Smith	c Lister b Phillipson	33
LH Gray	run out	0
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 42 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-18, 3-21, 4-23, 5-28, 6-35, 7-78, 8-109, 9-151, 10-151 (42 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	13	2	39	2	-	-
Phillipson	21	7	63	6	-	-
Pollard	8	1	44	1	-	-

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Notes
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed his previous highest score of 57 in County Championship matches
--> WJ Edrich (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed his previous highest score of 114 in First-Class matches
--> JHA Hulme (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 38
--> FS Booth reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex first innings

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