CRICKET

Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27751, 31 August 1955, Page 4

CRICKET

MIDDLESEX NEEDS 307 RUNS SOUTH,AFRICA OUT FOR 187 (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, August 23. After saving a follow-on, by 3 .runs at Lords this morning, Middlesex dismissed the South Africans for 187 and were left to make 334 to win. . At the close, Middlesex had scored 27 without loss, and now need 307 for victory with one day left to play. A devastating spell by toe pace bowler, Peter Heine, put the tourists in a commanding position, but the South Africans batted shakily in the second innings to give Middlesex a chance. MIDDLESEX First Innings. J. D. Robertson, c Fuller, b Heine .. 44 D. Edrich. c Tayfield, b Heine .. 16 J. G. Dews, hit wicket, b Heine .. 17 D. C. Compton, std Waite, b Tayfield 8 G. P. S. Delisle, c Smith, b Heino .. 3 F. J. Titmus, run out .. .. 0 H. W. Tilley, c Tayfield, b Heine .. 1 L. Compton, c Waite, b Heine .. 4 J. J. Warr, b Tayfield .. .. 6 J. A. Young, b Heine .. ... 10 A. E. Moss, not out .. .. • • U Extras -.*• .. .. .. 2 Total .. .. .. ..108 Bowling analysis:—P. Heine, seven wickets for 60 runs; H. J. Tayfield, two for 32. Second Innings. D. Edrich, not out .. •« .. 16 J. D. Robertson, not out .. .. 9 Extras .. .. • • •• 3 Total .. .. .. ~21 SOUTH AFRICA First innings .. .. .. .. 254 Second Innings W. R. Endean, b Titmus .. ..39 T. L. Goddard, c Edrich, b Warr .. 0 C. Duckworth, b Moss .. .. 10 J. H. B. Waite, c and b Titmus .. 12 R. A. McLean, c Warr, b Young .. 58 J. E. Cheetham, c Robertson, b Titmus 5 P. Winslow, cD. Compton, b Titmus 6 H. J. Tayfield, not out .. .. 13 P. Heine, c sub, b Titmus .. .. 10 E. R. Fuller, c L. Compton, b Young 15 I. Smith, c L. Compton, b Young .. 0 Extras .. .. .. .. 19 Total .. .. ..187 Bowling analysis:—A. E. Moss, one wicket for 22 runs; J. J. Warr, one for 14; F. J. Titmus, five for 54; J. A. Young, three for 62.

COUNTY RECORD BROKEN

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, August 29. When F. J. Titmus, the 22-year-old offbreak bowler, captured the wicket of J. E. Cheetham. the South African captain, at Lord’s today, he broke a Middlesex record which had stood for 55 years. This wicket took his number of successes for Middlesex this season to 155 surpassing the 154 wickets of A. E. Trott in 1900.