f15944 cc7778	Middlesex v Kent
	County Championship 1937
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 21st, 23rd, 24th August 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 71 runs
Points	Middlesex 15; Kent 0
Umpires	EJ Smith, FI Walden
Scorers	A Hearne (Kent), HR Murrell (Middlesex)
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 126/6 (Ames 70*, Spencer 0*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 32/0 (Ashdown 15*, Sunnucks 12*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+WFF Price	b Harding	43
GE Hart	c Ames b Watt	46
WJ Edrich	c Harding b Wright	59
EH Hendren	c Ames b Harding	60
DCS Compton	b Ashdown	4
*RWV Robins	c Valentine b Harding	1
GOB Allen	lbw b Todd	8
HGO Owen-Smith	c Valentine b Todd	38
JM Sims	lbw b Todd	1
CIJ Smith	b Todd	6
LH Gray	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 76.3 overs)	277
Fall of wickets:
1-75, 2-115, 3-182, 4-199, 5-202, 6-229, 7-243, 8-246, 9-252, 10-277 (76.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harding	21	0	96	3	-	-
Watt	18	2	58	1	-	-
Todd	23.3	1	75	4	-	-
Wright	10	3	27	1	-	-
Ashdown	4	0	10	1	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Ashdown	b Smith	2
PR Sunnucks	c Compton b Allen	0
FGH Chalk	lbw b Gray	25
+LEG Ames	lbw b Smith	73
LJ Todd	b Gray	2
*BH Valentine	lbw b Gray	2
TA Pearce	lbw b Robins	13
TW Spencer	not out	26
DVP Wright	c Price b Allen	5
NW Harding	c Price b Smith	4
AE Watt	c Gray b Smith	1
Extras	(14 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 50.3 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-7, 3-46, 4-53, 5-60, 6-122, 7-142, 8-147, 9-161, 10-173 (50.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allen	19	3	61	2	-	-
Smith	18.3	3	46	4	-	-
Gray	6	0	30	3	-	-
Owen-Smith	6	1	16	0	-	-
Robins	1	1	0	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+WFF Price	c Valentine b Watt	10
GE Hart	b Ashdown	118
WJ Edrich	st Ames b Ashdown	60
EH Hendren	run out	12
DCS Compton	b Ashdown	5
HGO Owen-Smith	b Ashdown	22
GOB Allen	not out	50
*RWV Robins	b Harding	13
JM Sims	not out	13
CIJ Smith	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras	(16 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	22
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 81.5 overs)	325
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-173, 3-218, 4-224, 5-227, 6-250, 7-287

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harding	26	4	73	1	-	-
Watt	12	3	45	1	-	-
Todd	16.5	0	62	0	-	-
Wright	12	0	70	0	-	-
Ashdown	15	1	53	4	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Ashdown	c Price b Smith	27
PR Sunnucks	b Robins	34
FGH Chalk	lbw b Sims	107
+LEG Ames	b Robins	90
TW Spencer	b Owen-Smith	2
*BH Valentine	c Price b Sims	23
TA Pearce	not out	16
LJ Todd	b Robins	0
DVP Wright	hit wkt b Allen	10
NW Harding	st Price b Robins	4
AE Watt	c Owen-Smith b Robins	3
Extras	(18 b, 19 lb, 5 nb)	42
Total	(all out, 96.2 overs)	358
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-104, 3-263, 4-270, 5-317, 6-317, 7-317, 8-340, 9-348, 10-358 (96.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allen	14	2	72	1	-	-
Smith	20	5	39	1	-	-
Gray	11	1	57	0	-	-
Owen-Smith	13	1	42	1	-	-
Robins	18.2	2	49	5	-	-
Sims	20	3	57	2	-	-

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Notes
--> GE Hart (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 105
--> FGH Chalk (2) passed his previous highest score of 88 in County Championship matches
--> FGH Chalk (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> FGH Chalk (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> NW Harding achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 2-43)
--> NW Harding achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 2-43)

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