County Championship, 1938
Gloucestershire v Middlesex
County Ground, Bristol
15,16,17 June 1938 (3-day match)
Result: Middlesex won by an innings and 42 runs
Points: Middlesex 12, Gloucestershire 0
Toss: Gloucestershire
Umpires: N Kilner and TW Oates
Close of Play:
Day 1: Gloucestershire 209, Middlesex 184/2 (Edrich 102*, Compton 24*)
Day 2: Middlesex 573, Gloucestershire 118/3 (Allen 51*, Neale 27*)
Gloucestershire 1st innings
*BO Allen lbw b Robins 26
CJ Barnett c Edrich b Robins 43
GM Emmett c & b Robertson 41
JF Crapp c Price b Gray 2
WL Neale not out 54
RW Haynes b Edrich 1
+AE Wilson b Edrich 7
RA Sinfield b Robertson 2
CI Monks c Robertson b Robins 13
CJ Scott lbw b Smith 3
LM Cranfield c Brown b Compton 13
Extras (b 1, lb 3) 4
Total (all out, 84.2 overs) 209
FoW: 1-69, 2-70, 3-73, 4-143, 5-144, 6-154, 7-157, 8-177, 9-185,
10-209.
Bowling O M R W
Smith 21 6 35 1
Gray 17 4 51 1
Robins 25 3 91 3
Robertson 11 4 12 2
Edrich 10 2 16 2
Compton 0.2 0 0 1
Middlesex 1st innings
WJ Edrich c Crapp b Sinfield 118
JDB Robertson run out 43
SM Brown b Sinfield 4
DCS Compton lbw b Haynes 45
JHA Hulme b Sinfield 143
*RWV Robins c Barnett b Monks 78
GE Hart b Sinfield 6
BL Muncer c Emmett b Sinfield 26
+WFF Price not out 26
CIJ Smith b Emmett 66
LH Gray b Sinfield 0
Extras (b 10, lb 8) 18
Total (all out, 147.4 overs) 573
FoW: 1-128, 2-137, 3-222, 4-224, 5-340, 6-376, 7-436, 8-499,
9-568, 10-573.
Bowling O M R W
Scott 17 1 79 0
Barnett 4 1 4 0
Sinfield 63.4 9 184 6
Cranfield 7 0 29 0
Emmett 15 0 100 1
Haynes 36 4 123 1
Monks 3 0 24 1
Neale 2 0 12 0
Gloucestershire 2nd innings
*BO Allen lbw b Muncer 104
CJ Barnett b Gray 10
GM Emmett b Edrich 15
JF Crapp run out 4
WL Neale b Smith 94
RW Haynes b Smith 14
+AE Wilson c Hart b Muncer 8
RA Sinfield lbw b Edrich 10
CI Monks c & b Muncer 5
LM Cranfield not out 4
CJ Scott c Hulme b Compton 31
Extras (b 5, lb 15, w 2, nb 1) 23
Total (all out, 114.3 overs) 322
FoW: 1-19, 2-65, 3-72, 4-233, 5-259, 6-266, 7-272, 8-286, 9-286,
10-322.
Bowling O M R W
Smith 27 5 55 2
Gray 14 2 56 1
Robins 15 1 44 0
Robertson 13 4 29 0
Edrich 18 4 42 2
Compton 5.3 1 29 1
Muncer 22 7 44 3
- The Middlesex total of 573 was their highest against Gloucestershire,
beating their 537 in 1883.
- WJ Edrich 118 in 190 minutes, eleven 4's.
- JHA Hulme 143 in 185 minutes, one 6 and seven 4's.
- CIJ Smith scored 66 in 18 minutes, his fifty in a record eleven minutes.
He struck eight 6's and two 4's. He hit Sinfield for three successive 6's
and another five 6's off Emmett. He reached his half-century with only
twelve scoring strokes, equalling his performance against Kent in 1935.
- BO Allen 104 in 233 minutes, six 4's.
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