f20103 cc9977	Warwickshire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 4th, 6th, 7th July 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 148 runs
Points	Warwickshire 0; Middlesex 12
Umpires	H Elliott, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 23/0 (Gardner 12*, Horner 11*)
Close of play day 2	Warwickshire (2) 26/1 (Horner 9*, Bromley 6*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	b Bannister	49
HPH Sharp	c Townsend b KR Dollery	18
*WJ Edrich	b Bannister	77
AW Thompson	c HE Dollery b Townsend	12
D Bennett	lbw b KR Dollery	14
R Routledge	c Bromley b Wolton	92
FJ Titmus	b Wolton	33
+LH Compton	st Spooner b Bannister	12
JJ Warr	not out	0
JA Young	c Townsend b Wolton	0
AE Moss	c Heath b Wolton	0
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 119.5 overs)	309
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-110, 3-130, 4-170, 5-170, 6-278, 7-309, 8-309, 9-309, 10-309 (119.5 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
KR Dollery	30	7	64	2	-	-
Bannister	27	6	79	3	-	-
Weeks	28	12	57	0	-	-
Townsend	17	4	57	1	-	-
Bromley	12	4	35	0	-	-
Wolton	5.5	1	15	4	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	lbw b Titmus	47
NF Horner	c Compton b Warr	11
A Townsend	b Warr	14
+RT Spooner	b Bennett	10
*HE Dollery	b Young	50
AVG Wolton	c Edrich b Young	8
DMW Heath	c Moss b Titmus	4
PH Bromley	b Titmus	8
JD Bannister	c Edrich b Young	0
KR Dollery	c Bennett b Young	14
RT Weeks	not out	2
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 72 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-57, 3-74, 4-92, 5-109, 6-124, 7-152, 8-152, 9-152, 10-172 (72 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	14	5	45	0	-	-
Warr	13	3	27	2	-	-
Titmus	23	6	59	3	-	-
Bennett	3	0	11	1	-	-
Young	19	9	26	4	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	c Townsend b Weeks	17
HPH Sharp	c Heath b Bannister	55
*WJ Edrich	c Bromley b Wolton	61
AW Thompson	lbw b Weeks	52
R Routledge	b Weeks	2
D Bennett	not out	3
FJ Titmus	not out	3
+LH Compton	did not bat
JJ Warr	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb)	11
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 64 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-102, 3-196, 4-196, 5-201

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
KR Dollery	8	1	23	0	-	-
Bannister	12	5	34	1	-	-
Weeks	24	6	55	3	-	-
Townsend	6	1	22	0	-	-
Bromley	4	1	18	0	-	-
Wolton	10	1	41	1	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	lbw b Titmus	6
NF Horner	lbw b Young	64
PH Bromley	c Moss b Titmus	6
A Townsend	b Young	17
+RT Spooner	c Compton b Young	0
*HE Dollery	lbw b Young	0
AVG Wolton	b Young	39
DMW Heath	c Warr b Titmus	23
JD Bannister	b Young	8
KR Dollery	not out	4
RT Weeks	c Moss b Titmus	4
Extras	(22 b)	22
Total	(all out, 72.5 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-28, 3-67, 4-67, 5-73, 6-114, 7-163, 8-173, 9-186, 10-193 (72.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	5	1	13	0	-	-
Warr	2	1	2	0	-	-
Titmus	34.5	9	99	4	-	-
Young	31	15	57	6	-	-

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Notes
--> DMW Heath made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DMW Heath made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> SM Brown (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> A Townsend (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> WJ Edrich (2) passed 28500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 34
--> AVG Wolton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 3-20)
--> AVG Wolton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 3-20)
--> JA Young reached 1100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Warwickshire first innings
--> FJ Titmus reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Warwickshire second innings
--> FJ Titmus reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Warwickshire second innings

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