f23758 cc11844	Middlesex v Somerset
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 10th, 12th, 13th June 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 2 wickets
Points	Middlesex 12; Somerset 4 (Batting 2)
Umpires	PA Gibb, HE Hammond
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 66/4 (Hooker 7*, Titmus 0*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 164/7 (Bennett 51*, Bedford 1*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Sturt b Hooker	31
B Roe	b Hooker	20
PB Wight	c Parfitt b Hooker	18
WE Alley	run out	13
JG Lomax	c Sturt b Bennett	1
JM Lawrence	lbw b Titmus	12
CRM Atkinson	c Russell b Hurst	27
KE Palmer	st Sturt b Titmus	9
*+HW Stephenson	c Hooker b Bennett	54
BA Langford	c Parfitt b Titmus	15
KD Biddulph	not out	1
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 93.1 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-66, 3-79, 4-85, 5-100, 6-100, 7-118, 8-146, 9-183, 10-207 (93.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	17	5	44	0	-	-
Bennett	14.1	4	23	2	-	-
Hooker	28	9	64	3	-	-
Titmus	28	13	49	3	-	-
Hurst	6	1	21	1	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	b Biddulph	3
WE Russell	lbw b CRM Atkinson	14
PH Parfitt	st Stephenson b CRM Atkinson	23
EA Clark	b Langford	12
RW Hooker	b Lomax	41
FJ Titmus	c Stephenson b Biddulph	2
RJ Hurst	c Stephenson b Lomax	2
*PI Bedford	c Lomax b Biddulph	1
D Bennett	not out	55
+MOC Sturt	b Alley	4
AE Moss	c and b Alley	7
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 80.4 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-32, 3-47, 4-59, 5-75, 6-141, 7-145, 8-164, 9-171, 10-179 (80.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	20	3	52	3	-	-
Palmer	14	3	25	0	-	-
CRM Atkinson	16	8	34	2	-	-
Langford	11	5	25	1	-	-
Lomax	10	5	19	2	-	-
Alley	9.4	5	9	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	lbw b Titmus	24
B Roe	c Bedford b Titmus	31
PB Wight	c Gale b Titmus	0
WE Alley	not out	70
JG Lomax	c and b Hurst	4
JM Lawrence	c and b Hurst	1
CRM Atkinson	c Clark b Titmus	2
KE Palmer	not out	34
*+HW Stephenson	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
KD Biddulph	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb)	10
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 62 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-56, 3-72, 4-92, 5-102, 6-113

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	5	2	13	0	-	-
Bennett	5	1	8	0	-	-
Hooker	9	2	32	0	-	-
Titmus	26	7	69	4	-	-
Hurst	17	3	44	2	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	c CRM Atkinson b Biddulph	17
WE Russell	b Biddulph	9
PH Parfitt	b Langford	18
EA Clark	c G Atkinson b CRM Atkinson	20
RW Hooker	b CRM Atkinson	0
FJ Titmus	c Alley b CRM Atkinson	18
RJ Hurst	run out	13
*PI Bedford	not out	52
D Bennett	lbw b Alley	44
+MOC Sturt	not out	4
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, 42.5 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-37, 3-50, 4-53, 5-86, 6-89, 7-126, 8-171

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	10.5	2	49	2	-	-
CRM Atkinson	13	1	61	3	-	-
Langford	11	3	53	1	-	-
Lomax	5	0	20	0	-	-
Alley	3	0	12	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JM Lawrence made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> B Roe (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> PI Bedford (2) passed his previous highest score of 44 in First-Class matches
--> PI Bedford (2) passed his previous highest score of 44 in County Championship matches
--> BA Langford reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> RJ Hurst reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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