f15957 cc7794	Middlesex v Surrey
	County Championship 1937
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 28th, 30th, 31st August 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 3; Surrey 5
Umpires	E Cooke, W Reeves
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 448/8 (Parker 23*, Brooks 12*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 377/6 (Owen-Smith 48*, Robins 30*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Sandham	b Allen	20
LB Fishlock	c Price b Smith	127
RJ Gregory	c Owen-Smith b Smith	10
HS Squires	st Price b Robins	31
HT Barling	c Smith b Sims	114
*ERT Holmes	run out	82
EW Whitfield	c Gray b Owen-Smith	10
JF Parker	c Compton b Robins	41
EA Watts	b Sims	0
+EWJ Brooks	b Robins	52
AR Gover	not out	0
Extras	(14 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 131.1 overs)	509
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-54, 3-126, 4-268, 5-361, 6-388, 7-431, 8-431, 9-508, 10-509 (131.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allen	21	0	84	1	-	-
Smith	24	7	42	2	-	-
Gray	20	1	89	0	-	-
Owen-Smith	23	0	100	1	-	-
Robins	20.1	1	90	3	-	-
Sims	23	1	82	2	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+WFF Price	lbw b Watts	2
GE Hart	b Gover	1
WJ Edrich	c Fishlock b Gover	96
EH Hendren	c Gregory b Squires	103
DCS Compton	c Gregory b Parker	28
GOB Allen	c Brooks b Gregory	53
HGO Owen-Smith	c Gregory b Gover	55
*RWV Robins	b Gover	46
JM Sims	b Watts	12
CIJ Smith	c sub b Gover	6
LH Gray	not out	0
Extras	(10 lb, 7 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 98.4 overs)	419
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-4, 3-186, 4-219, 5-281, 6-315, 7-398, 8-405, 9-417, 10-419 (98.4 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	25.4	3	130	5	-	-
Watts	20	1	87	2	-	-
Parker	15	2	39	1	-	-
Squires	19	0	81	1	-	-
Gregory	8	2	19	1	-	-
Whitfield	5	0	20	0	-	-
Holmes	6	1	26	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Sandham	lbw b Smith	4
LB Fishlock	b Smith	8
RJ Gregory	b Gray	19
HS Squires	c Allen b Gray	17
HT Barling	not out	71
*ERT Holmes	b Smith	58
JF Parker	b Smith	1
EA Watts	not out	26
EW Whitfield	did not bat
+EWJ Brooks	did not bat
AR Gover	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 44 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-16, 3-45, 4-54, 5-156, 6-158

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	12	2	44	4	-	-
Gray	15	0	76	2	-	-
Owen-Smith	5	0	21	0	-	-
Robins	3	0	13	0	-	-
Sims	8	1	45	0	-	-
Hart	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+WFF Price	b Gover	23
GE Hart	c Gregory b Watts	10
WJ Edrich	c Fishlock b Watts	25
EH Hendren	lbw b Watts	0
DCS Compton	b Watts	64
GOB Allen	not out	35
HGO Owen-Smith	b Watts	1
LH Gray	c and b Gregory	1
*RWV Robins	not out	9
JM Sims	did not bat
CIJ Smith	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 20 w)	34
Total	(7 wickets, 49.4 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-43, 3-44, 4-73, 5-155, 6-157, 7-158

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	8	2	27	1	-	-
Watts	14	0	62	5	-	-
Parker	8	0	20	0	-	-
Squires	5	1	25	0	-	-
Gregory	14	5	34	1	-	-
Holmes	0.4	0	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> EH Hendren made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> HGO Owen-Smith made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> RJ Gregory (1) passed 14000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> HT Barling (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 24
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 36
--> GOB Allen reached 700 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> RWV Robins reached 750 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> RWV Robins reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> CIJ Smith reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Surrey second innings

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