f23729 cc11823	Middlesex v Lancashire
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 31st May, 1st, 2nd June 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 0; Lancashire 2
Umpires	N Oldfield, DJ Wood
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 30/1 (Gale 16*, White 7*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 30/1 (Gale 16*, White 7*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pullar	not out	165
A Bolton	b Moss	1
PT Marner	c Parfitt b Price	11
KJ Grieves	c Clark b Titmus	71
*RW Barber	c Murray b Bennett	18
JD Bond	b Bennett	12
R Collins	run out	5
+G Clayton	c Gale b Moss	7
JB Statham	not out	11
K Higgs	did not bat
C Hilton	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 108 overs)	306
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-20, 3-150, 4-195, 5-213, 6-221, 7-272

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	21	7	50	2	-	-
Price	20	1	64	1	-	-
Bennett	21	6	60	2	-	-
Titmus	24	9	61	1	-	-
Gale	5	0	18	0	-	-
Bedford	9	2	39	0	-	-
Parfitt	8	5	9	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	c Bolton b Collins	52
WE Russell	run out	7
RA White	b Collins	18
PH Parfitt	lbw b Hilton	3
EA Clark	b Hilton	0
FJ Titmus	not out	16
D Bennett	not out	11
+JT Murray	did not bat
*PI Bedford	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
JSE Price	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 35 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-78, 3-79, 4-80, 5-87

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	12	4	34	0	-	-
Hilton	10	0	28	2	-	-
Collins	6	1	19	2	-	-
Higgs	7	2	26	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pullar	c Price b Parfitt	21
A Bolton	st Murray b Bedford	11
PT Marner	c Parfitt b Bedford	4
R Collins	not out	19
KJ Grieves	not out	12
*RW Barber	did not bat
JD Bond	did not bat
+G Clayton	did not bat
JB Statham	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
C Hilton	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 15 overs)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-32, 3-36

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	4	2	6	0	-	-
Price	3	2	9	0	-	-
Bedford	5	0	32	2	-	-
Parfitt	3	0	20	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	c Statham b Barber	38
WE Russell	lbw b Barber	66
PH Parfitt	c Marner b Statham	33
EA Clark	b Higgs	51
FJ Titmus	c Marner b Statham	4
D Bennett	not out	7
+JT Murray	b Higgs	3
RA White	not out	1
*PI Bedford	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
JSE Price	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(6 wickets, 58 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-80, 2-113, 3-180, 4-194, 5-200, 6-204

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	13	4	38	2	-	-
Hilton	3	0	9	0	-	-
Collins	16	2	52	0	-	-
Higgs	13	2	54	2	-	-
Barber	13	2	50	2	-	-

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Notes
--> G Pullar (1) passed his previous highest score of 161 in County Championship matches
--> PT Marner (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> KJ Grieves (1) passed 18000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 38
--> JD Bond (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1

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