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EspañolMIDDLESEX COUNTY CRICKET CLUB
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'Middlesex County Cricket Club' is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex, which has now been entirely absorbed by London. Its limited overs team is called the 'Middlesex Crusaders'.
The club plays most of its home games at Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, which is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club. The club also plays some games around the county at the Walker Ground in Southgate which hosts the annual Middlesex County Cricket Festival, Uxbridge CC in Uxbridge and The Old Deer Park in Richmond (home of Richmond CC).
Middlesex CCC has an indoor school based in Finchley and the Middlesex Academy officially opened in October 2003 to provide specialist coaching to the 12 best county prospects.
Currently the former Middlesex and England spinner John Emburey is the director of cricket and the coach. Richard Pybus, a former coach of Pakistan, was appointed the 1st XI coach for 2007 but his contract was terminated less than 6 months later for "personal reasons".[1] Ed Smith is County Captain for the 2007 season.
★ 'Champion County'[2]' (1) - '1866; 'shared (1) - '1878
★ 'County Championship (10) - '1903, 1920, 1921, 1947, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1990, 1993; 'shared (2) - '1949, 1977
★ 'FP Trophy'[3]' (4) - '1977, 1980, 1984, 1988
★ 'National League'[4]' (1) - '1992
:''Division Two'' (1) - 2004
★ 'Twenty20 Cup (0) -'
★ 'Benson & Hedges Cup (2) - '1983, 1986
★ 'Second XI Championship (5) -' 1974, 1989, 1993, 1999, 2000; 'shared (0) -'
★ 'Second XI Trophy (0) -'
★ 'Minor Counties Championship (1) -' 1935; 'shared (0) -'
===First-class
Team records
Batting records
★ Highest Score - 331 JDB Robertson v Worcestershire at Worcester 1949
★ Highest Score Against - 341 CM Spearman for Gloucestershire at Gloucester 2004
★ Most Runs in Season - 2669 EH Hendren in 1923
'Most runs for Middlesex'
Qualification - 20000 runs [1]
★ Best Bowling - 10-40 GOB Allen v Lancashire at Lord's 1929
★ Best Bowling Against - 9-38 RC Robertson-Glasgow for Somerset at Lord's 1924
★ Best Match Bowling - 16-114 G Burton v Yorkshire at Sheffield 1888
★ Best Match Bowling Against - 16-100 JEBBPQC Dwyer for Sussex at Hove 1906
★ Wickets in Season - 158 FJ Titmus in 1955
'Most wickets for Middlesex'
Qualification - 1000 wickets [2]
===List A
Team records
Batting records
Bowling records
Best partnership for each wicket
★ 1st - 210
★ PN Weekes & ET Smith v Northumberland at Jesmond 2005
★ 2nd - 223 MJ Smith & CT Radley v Hampshire at Lord's 1977
★ 3rd - 165 MR Ramprakash & JD Carr v Nottinghamshire at Lord's 1993
★ 4th - 220 EC Joyce & JWM Dalrymple v Glamorgan at Lord's 2004
★ 5th - 147 MR Ramprakash & JD Carr v Leicestershire at Leicester 1992
★ 6th - 142
★ BL Hutton & NRD Compton v Lancashire at Shenley 2002
★ 7th - 132 KR Brown & NF Williams v Somerset at Lord's 1988
★ 8th - 112 DC Nash & AA Noffke v Sussex at Lord's 2002
★ 9th - 73 DC Nash & ARC Fraser v Northamptonshire at Lord's 1999
★ 10th - 57
★ EJG Morgan & Mohammad Ali v Somerset at Bath 2006
★ Denotes not out/unbroken partnership
It is almost certain that cricket reached London, and thereby Middlesex, by the 16th century. Early references to the game in London or Middlesex are often interchangeable and sometimes it is not clear if a particular team represents the city or the county.
'''See :'' History of cricket to 1696' and 'History of cricket 1697 - 1725'
The first definite mention of cricket in London or Middlesex dates from 1680 and is recorded in ''Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket'' by G B Buckley as that book's first entry. The reference "is quite unfit for publication nowadays" but contains, nevertheless, a clear reference to "the two umpires" (it is also the earliest mention of an umpire in what seems to be a cricket connection) and, as Mr Buckley points out, the reference also strongly suggests that the double wicket form of the game was already well known in London.
The earliest known match in Middlesex took place at Lamb's Conduit Field in Holborn on 3 July 1707 involving teams from London and Croydon (see ''The Dawn of Cricket'' by H T Waghorn). In 1718, the first reference is found to White Conduit Fields in Islington, which later became a very famous London venue.
The earliest reference to a team called Middlesex is on 5 August 1728 when it played London Cricket Club "in the fields behind the Woolpack, in Islington, near Sadlers Wells, for £50 a side" (see Waghorn).
'''For information about Middlesex county teams before the formation of Middlesex CCC, see : ''Middlesex county cricket teams'
There are references to earlier county organisations, especially the MCC Thursday Club around 1800, but the definitive Middlesex club is the present Middlesex CCC. The club was informally founded on on 15 December 1863 at a meeting in the ''London Tavern''. Formal constitution took place on 2 February 1864. The creation of the club was largely through the efforts of the Walker family of Southgate, which included several notable players including the famous V E Walker, who in 1859 became the first player to take 10 wickets in an innings and score a century in the same match.
Middlesex CCC played its initial first-class match versus Sussex CCC at Islington on 6 & 7 June 1864. In the same season, the club was a contender for the title of "Champion County" and is regarded as a first-class team since that season (though numerous earlier Middlesex teams were also first-class). Middlesex played at Lillie Bridge Grounds from 1869 before leaving in 1872 due to the poor quality of the turf. The club nearly folded at this time, a vote for continuing being won 7-6. They played at Prince's Cricket Ground from 1872 to 1876, and began using Lord's in 1877.
Having been recently promoted from the second division of the National League, Middlesex endured a torrid 2006 season, which saw them relegated from the top tier of both of the divisions of First Class Cricket. The season took a turn for the worse after Middlesex narrowly missed out on getting into the final of the C&G Trophy, from which point, they seemed unable to put any sequence of wins together. It was widely accepted that it was the team's bowling weakness was what cost them the chance of staying up, as many batsmen, in particular Nick Compton, contributed consistently well all season. This is a weakness that the club looked to solve during the close season, with the signings of Chaminda Vaas, and Murali Kartik.
The club has produced a host of famous players, notably the batting greats Patsy Hendren, Jack Hearne, Jack Robertson, Bill Edrich and Denis Compton who dominated the English game with breathtaking stroke play after the Second World War.
Skipper Mike Brearley proved as astute for his county as he did for his country in the late 1970s and early 1980s and a team boasting the 'spin twins' of John Emburey and Phil Edmonds, the batting firepower of Mike Gatting and overseas fast bowlers of the quality of Wayne Daniel was hard to beat.
Mark Ramprakash, before his move to Surrey was an England team player while seamer Angus Fraser carried the attack through the 1990s. More recently, Andrew Strauss has become a fixture at the top of the England order and Owais Shah has made his Test debut in India. Jamie Dalrymple, Shah and Ed Joyce were named in the England Development Squad for 2006.
Popular overseas players have included Frank Tarrant, Tuppy Owen-Smith, Alan Connolly, Jacques Kallis, Lance Klusener, Nantie Hayward, Ajit Agarkar, Murali Kartik, Irfan Pathan, Stuart Clark, Glenn McGrath, Justin Langer, Chaminda Vaas and Stephen Fleming.
Famous fans include Mick Jagger and Johnny Borrell.
★ George Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford 1866–1876 1877–1898
★ Edward Walker 1899–1906
★ Russell Walker 1907–1922
★ Alexander Webbe 1923–1936
★ Plum Warner 1937–1946
★ Frank Mann 1947–1949
★ Dick Twining 1950–1957
★ Gerry Crutchley 1958–1962
★ George Newman 1963–1976
★ Gubby Allen 1977–1979
★ Tagge Webster 1980–1982
★ George Mann 1983–1990
★ Denis Compton 1991–1997
★ Mike Murray 1997–1999
★ Ronald Gerard 1999–2001
★ Bob Gale 2001–2003
★ Alan Moss 2003–2005
★ Charles Robins 2005 –2007
★ Don Bennett 2007 to date
★ George Mann 1975–1984
★ Mike Murray 1984–1993
★ Michael Sturt 1993
★ Charles Robins 1994–1996
★ Alan Moss 1996–1999
★ Phil Edmonds 1999–2007
★ Ian Lovett 2007 to date
★ Edward Walker 1864–1872
★ Isaac Walker 1873–1884
★ Alexander Webbe 1885–1897
★ Alexander Webbe and Andrew Stoddart 1898
★ Gregor MacGregor 1899–1907
★ Plum Warner 1908–1920
★ Frank Mann 1921–1928
★ Nigel Haig 1929–1932
★ Tommy Enthoven and Nigel Haig 1933–1934
★ Walter Robins 1935–1938, 1946–1947, 1950
★ Ian Peebles 1939
★ George Mann 1948–1949
★ Denis Compton and Bill Edrich 1951–1952
★ Bill Edrich 1953–1957
★ John Warr 1958–1960
★ Ian Bedford 1961–1962
★ Colin Drybrough 1963–1964
★ Fred Titmus 1965–1968
★ Peter Parfitt 1968–1970
★ Mike Brearley 1971–1982
★ Mike Gatting 1983–1997
★ Mark Ramprakash 1997–1999
★ Justin Langer 2000
★ Angus Fraser 2001–2002
★ Andrew Strauss 2002–2004
★ Ben Hutton 2005–2006
★ Ed Smith 2007
★ Jack Robertson 1960–1968
★ Don Bennett 1969–1997
★ John Buchanan 1998
★ Mike Gatting 1999–2000
★ John Emburey 2001–2006
★ Richard Pybus 2007
★ John Emburey 2007–
★ George Burton
★ Joe Murrell 1946–1952
★ Patsy Hendren 1952–1960
★ Archie Fowler 1960
★ Jim Alldis 1960–1968
★ Jim Sims 1969–1973
★ Harry Sharp 1973–1993
★ Mike Smith 1994–2004
★ Don Shelley 2005 to date
★ Percy Thornton
★ Alexander Webbe 1900–1922
★ Sir Pelham Warner
★ Walter Robins
★ George Mann
★ Arthur Flower 1964–1980
★ Alan Burridge 1981
★ Alan Wright 1981–1983
★ Tim Lamb 1984–1987
★ Peter Packham 1988–1989
★ Joe Hardstaff 1989–1997
★ Vinny Codrington 1997 to date
===Batsmen===
★ Patsy Hendren 40,302 runs 1907–1937
★ Mike Gatting 28,411 runs 1975–1998
★ J W Hearne 27,612 runs 1909–1936
★ Jack Robertson 27,088 runs 1937–1959
★ Bill Edrich 25,738 runs 1937–1958
★ Clive Radley 24,147 runs 1964–1987
★ Eric Russell 23,103 runs 1956–1972
★ Denis Compton 21,781 runs 1936–1958
★ Peter Parfitt 21,304 runs 1956–1972
★ Plum Warner 19,507 runs 1894–1920
===Bowlers===
★ Fred Titmus 2,361 wickets 1949–1982
★ J T Hearne 2,093 wickets 1888–1923
★ J W Hearne 1,438 wickets 1909–1936
★ Jim Sims 1,257 wickets 1929–1952
★ John Emburey 1,250 wickets 1973–1995
★ Jack Young 1,182 wickets 1933–1956
★ Jack Durston 1,178 wickets 1919–1933
★ Alan Moss 1,088 wickets 1950–1963
★ Frank Tarrant 1,005 wickets 1904–1914
★ Albert Trott 946 wickets 1898–1910
===Wicket-keepers===
★ John Murray 1,223 dismissals (1024 catches and 199 stumpings)
★ Fred Price 938 dismissals (627 catches and 311 stumpings)
★ Joe Murrell 778 dismissals (517 catches and 261 stumpings)
★ Leslie Compton 596 dismissals (645 catches and 131 stumpings)
★ Paul Downton 567 dismissals (504 catches and 63 stumpings)
★ Keith Brown 501 dismissals (468 catches and 33 stumpings)
★ Gregor MacGregor 391 dismissals (280 catches and 111 stumpings)
★ David Nash 264 dismissals (243 catches and 21 stumpings)
★ Ian Gould 193 dismissals (170 catches and 26 stumpings)
★ Ben Scott 91 dismissals (80 catches and 11 stumpings)
★ Bill Edrich scored 1000 runs before the end of May in 1938. He did it in just 15 innings, with 4 centuries, and every run was scored at Lords. Don Bradman gave him the chance to score the 10 runs he needed in the Australian tour match with Middlesex by declaring his team's innings early.
★ Middlesex won the County Championship in 1947 thanks to the phenomenal run scoring of Denis Compton and Bill Edrich. They both passed Tom Hayward's 1906 record of 3518 runs in a season with Compton making 3816 at 90.86 and Edrich 3539 at 80.43 with a dozen centuries. Compton's 18 centuries surpassed Jack Hobb's former record of 16 in 1925. Compton scored 1,187 of his runs in the tests against South Africa, and Edrich 869 of his, but together with Jack Robertson's 2214 runs and Syd Brown's 1709 and the bowling of Jack Young, Jim Sims, Laurie Gray and Compton and Edrich themselves, the championship was won. The following season Compton and Edrich made their record unbeaten stand of 424 for the 3rd wicket against Somerset at Lords.
★ During 2007, Middlesex wore pink shirts during their Twenty20 matches in support of the Breakthrough Breast Cancer charity.
1. Pybus released by Middlesex
2. An unofficial seasonal title proclaimed by consensus of media and historians prior to December 1889 when the official County Championship was constituted
3. Formerly known as the Gillette Cup (1963-1980), NatWest Trophy (1981-2000) and C&G Trophy (2001-2006)
4. Formerly known as the Sunday League (1969-1998)
★ ''Cricket: History of its Growth and Development'' by Rowland Bowen
★ ''Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records'' by Peter Wynne-Thomas
★ ''Playfair Cricket Annual''
★ ''Wisden Cricketers Almanack'' (annual)
★ Middlesex County Cricket Club
★ Middlesex Cricket Archive
★ The Seaxe Club
★ Wisden Cricinfo
★ Middlesex Cricketers
★ The Hearne Family
★ Marylebone Cricket Club
★ Middlesex Cricket Board
★ The Seaxe Club
★ The Walkers of Southgate
★ Uxbridge Cricket Club
'Middlesex County Cricket Club' is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex, which has now been entirely absorbed by London. Its limited overs team is called the 'Middlesex Crusaders'.
The club plays most of its home games at Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, which is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club. The club also plays some games around the county at the Walker Ground in Southgate which hosts the annual Middlesex County Cricket Festival, Uxbridge CC in Uxbridge and The Old Deer Park in Richmond (home of Richmond CC).
Middlesex CCC has an indoor school based in Finchley and the Middlesex Academy officially opened in October 2003 to provide specialist coaching to the 12 best county prospects.
Currently the former Middlesex and England spinner John Emburey is the director of cricket and the coach. Richard Pybus, a former coach of Pakistan, was appointed the 1st XI coach for 2007 but his contract was terminated less than 6 months later for "personal reasons".[1] Ed Smith is County Captain for the 2007 season.
Honours
★ 'Champion County'[2]' (1) - '1866; 'shared (1) - '1878
★ 'County Championship (10) - '1903, 1920, 1921, 1947, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1990, 1993; 'shared (2) - '1949, 1977
★ 'FP Trophy'[3]' (4) - '1977, 1980, 1984, 1988
★ 'National League'[4]' (1) - '1992
:''Division Two'' (1) - 2004
★ 'Twenty20 Cup (0) -'
★ 'Benson & Hedges Cup (2) - '1983, 1986
Second XI honours
★ 'Second XI Championship (5) -' 1974, 1989, 1993, 1999, 2000; 'shared (0) -'
★ 'Second XI Trophy (0) -'
★ 'Minor Counties Championship (1) -' 1935; 'shared (0) -'
Records
===First-class
★ Highest Total For - 642-3 declared v Hampshire at Southampton 1923
★ Highest Total Against - 850-7 declared by Somerset at Taunton 2007
★ Lowest Total For - 20 v MCC at Lord's 1864
★ Lowest Total Against - 31 by Gloucestershire at Bristol 1924
Batting records★ Highest Score - 331 JDB Robertson v Worcestershire at Worcester 1949
★ Highest Score Against - 341 CM Spearman for Gloucestershire at Gloucester 2004
★ Most Runs in Season - 2669 EH Hendren in 1923
'Most runs for Middlesex'
Qualification - 20000 runs [1]
| Player | Runs |
|---|---|
| Patsy Hendren | 40302 |
| Mike Gatting | 28411 |
| Jack Hearne | 27612 |
| Jack Robertson | 27088 |
| Bill Edrich | 25738 |
| Clive Radley | 24147 |
| Eric Russell | 23103 |
| Denis Compton | 21781 |
| Peter Parfitt | 21302 |
Bowling records
★ Best Bowling - 10-40 GOB Allen v Lancashire at Lord's 1929
★ Best Bowling Against - 9-38 RC Robertson-Glasgow for Somerset at Lord's 1924
★ Best Match Bowling - 16-114 G Burton v Yorkshire at Sheffield 1888
★ Best Match Bowling Against - 16-100 JEBBPQC Dwyer for Sussex at Hove 1906
★ Wickets in Season - 158 FJ Titmus in 1955
'Most wickets for Middlesex'
Qualification - 1000 wickets [2]
| Player | Wickets |
|---|---|
| Fred Titmus | 2361 |
| JT Hearne | 2093 |
| JW Hearne | 1438 |
| Jim Sims | 1257 |
| John Emburey | 1250 |
| Jack Young | 1182 |
| Jack Durston | 1178 |
| Alan Moss | 1088 |
| Frank Tarrant | 1005 |
Best partnership for each wicket
| Partnership | Runs | Players | Opposition | Venue | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st wicket | 372 | Mike Gatting & Justin Langer | v Essex | Southgate | 1998 |
| 2nd wicket | 380 | Frank Tarrant & Jack Hearne | v Lancashire | Lord's | 1914 |
| 3rd wicket | 424 ★ | Bill Edrich & Denis Compton | v Somerset | Lord's | 1948 |
| 4th wicket | 325 | Jack Hearne & Patsy Hendren | v Hampshire | Lord's | 1919 |
| 5th wicket | 338 | Robert Lucas & Tim O'Brien | v Sussex | Hove | 1895 |
| 6th wicket | 270 | John Donald Carr & Paul Weekes | v Gloucestershire | Lord's | 1994 |
| 7th wicket | 271 ★ | Patsy Hendren & Frank Mann | v Nottinghamshire | Nottingham | 1925 |
| 8th wicket | 182 ★ | Mordaunt Doll & Joe Murrell | v Nottinghamshire | Lord's | 1913 |
| 9th wicket | 160 ★ | Patsy Hendren & Jack Durston | v Essex | Leyton | 1927 |
| 10th wicket | 230 | Richard Nicholls & William Roche | v Kent | Lord's | 1899 |
| ''Source: CricketArchive.com''. Last updated: July 17 2007. | |||||
===List A
★ Highest Total For - 337-5 (45 overs) v Somerset at Southgate 2003
★ Highest Total Against - 353-8 (45 Overs) by Hampshire at Lord's 2005
★ Lowest Total For - 23 (32 overs) v Yorkshire at Leeds 1974
★ Lowest Total Against - 41 (19.4 overs) by Northamptonshire at Northampton 1972
Batting records
★ Highest Score - 158 GD Barlow v Lancashire at Lord's 1984
★ Highest Score Against - 163 CJ Adams for Sussex at Arundel 1999
Bowling records
★ Best Bowling For - 7-12 WW Daniel v Minor Counties East at Ipswich 1978
★ Best Bowling Against - 6-28 AW Greig for Sussex at Hove 1971
Best partnership for each wicket★ 1st - 210
★ PN Weekes & ET Smith v Northumberland at Jesmond 2005
★ 2nd - 223 MJ Smith & CT Radley v Hampshire at Lord's 1977
★ 3rd - 165 MR Ramprakash & JD Carr v Nottinghamshire at Lord's 1993
★ 4th - 220 EC Joyce & JWM Dalrymple v Glamorgan at Lord's 2004
★ 5th - 147 MR Ramprakash & JD Carr v Leicestershire at Leicester 1992
★ 6th - 142
★ BL Hutton & NRD Compton v Lancashire at Shenley 2002
★ 7th - 132 KR Brown & NF Williams v Somerset at Lord's 1988
★ 8th - 112 DC Nash & AA Noffke v Sussex at Lord's 2002
★ 9th - 73 DC Nash & ARC Fraser v Northamptonshire at Lord's 1999
★ 10th - 57
★ EJG Morgan & Mohammad Ali v Somerset at Bath 2006
★ Denotes not out/unbroken partnership
Earliest cricket
It is almost certain that cricket reached London, and thereby Middlesex, by the 16th century. Early references to the game in London or Middlesex are often interchangeable and sometimes it is not clear if a particular team represents the city or the county.
'''See :'' History of cricket to 1696' and 'History of cricket 1697 - 1725'
The first definite mention of cricket in London or Middlesex dates from 1680 and is recorded in ''Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket'' by G B Buckley as that book's first entry. The reference "is quite unfit for publication nowadays" but contains, nevertheless, a clear reference to "the two umpires" (it is also the earliest mention of an umpire in what seems to be a cricket connection) and, as Mr Buckley points out, the reference also strongly suggests that the double wicket form of the game was already well known in London.
The earliest known match in Middlesex took place at Lamb's Conduit Field in Holborn on 3 July 1707 involving teams from London and Croydon (see ''The Dawn of Cricket'' by H T Waghorn). In 1718, the first reference is found to White Conduit Fields in Islington, which later became a very famous London venue.
The earliest reference to a team called Middlesex is on 5 August 1728 when it played London Cricket Club "in the fields behind the Woolpack, in Islington, near Sadlers Wells, for £50 a side" (see Waghorn).
'''For information about Middlesex county teams before the formation of Middlesex CCC, see : ''Middlesex county cricket teams'
Origin of club
There are references to earlier county organisations, especially the MCC Thursday Club around 1800, but the definitive Middlesex club is the present Middlesex CCC. The club was informally founded on on 15 December 1863 at a meeting in the ''London Tavern''. Formal constitution took place on 2 February 1864. The creation of the club was largely through the efforts of the Walker family of Southgate, which included several notable players including the famous V E Walker, who in 1859 became the first player to take 10 wickets in an innings and score a century in the same match.
Middlesex CCC played its initial first-class match versus Sussex CCC at Islington on 6 & 7 June 1864. In the same season, the club was a contender for the title of "Champion County" and is regarded as a first-class team since that season (though numerous earlier Middlesex teams were also first-class). Middlesex played at Lillie Bridge Grounds from 1869 before leaving in 1872 due to the poor quality of the turf. The club nearly folded at this time, a vote for continuing being won 7-6. They played at Prince's Cricket Ground from 1872 to 1876, and began using Lord's in 1877.
Recent History
Having been recently promoted from the second division of the National League, Middlesex endured a torrid 2006 season, which saw them relegated from the top tier of both of the divisions of First Class Cricket. The season took a turn for the worse after Middlesex narrowly missed out on getting into the final of the C&G Trophy, from which point, they seemed unable to put any sequence of wins together. It was widely accepted that it was the team's bowling weakness was what cost them the chance of staying up, as many batsmen, in particular Nick Compton, contributed consistently well all season. This is a weakness that the club looked to solve during the close season, with the signings of Chaminda Vaas, and Murali Kartik.
Noted players
The club has produced a host of famous players, notably the batting greats Patsy Hendren, Jack Hearne, Jack Robertson, Bill Edrich and Denis Compton who dominated the English game with breathtaking stroke play after the Second World War.
Skipper Mike Brearley proved as astute for his county as he did for his country in the late 1970s and early 1980s and a team boasting the 'spin twins' of John Emburey and Phil Edmonds, the batting firepower of Mike Gatting and overseas fast bowlers of the quality of Wayne Daniel was hard to beat.
Mark Ramprakash, before his move to Surrey was an England team player while seamer Angus Fraser carried the attack through the 1990s. More recently, Andrew Strauss has become a fixture at the top of the England order and Owais Shah has made his Test debut in India. Jamie Dalrymple, Shah and Ed Joyce were named in the England Development Squad for 2006.
Popular overseas players have included Frank Tarrant, Tuppy Owen-Smith, Alan Connolly, Jacques Kallis, Lance Klusener, Nantie Hayward, Ajit Agarkar, Murali Kartik, Irfan Pathan, Stuart Clark, Glenn McGrath, Justin Langer, Chaminda Vaas and Stephen Fleming.
Famous fans include Mick Jagger and Johnny Borrell.
Staff
★ George Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford 1866–1876 1877–1898
★ Edward Walker 1899–1906
★ Russell Walker 1907–1922
★ Alexander Webbe 1923–1936
★ Plum Warner 1937–1946
★ Frank Mann 1947–1949
★ Dick Twining 1950–1957
★ Gerry Crutchley 1958–1962
★ George Newman 1963–1976
★ Gubby Allen 1977–1979
★ Tagge Webster 1980–1982
★ George Mann 1983–1990
★ Denis Compton 1991–1997
★ Mike Murray 1997–1999
★ Ronald Gerard 1999–2001
★ Bob Gale 2001–2003
★ Alan Moss 2003–2005
★ Charles Robins 2005 –2007
★ Don Bennett 2007 to date
★ George Mann 1975–1984
★ Mike Murray 1984–1993
★ Michael Sturt 1993
★ Charles Robins 1994–1996
★ Alan Moss 1996–1999
★ Phil Edmonds 1999–2007
★ Ian Lovett 2007 to date
★ Edward Walker 1864–1872
★ Isaac Walker 1873–1884
★ Alexander Webbe 1885–1897
★ Alexander Webbe and Andrew Stoddart 1898
★ Gregor MacGregor 1899–1907
★ Plum Warner 1908–1920
★ Frank Mann 1921–1928
★ Nigel Haig 1929–1932
★ Tommy Enthoven and Nigel Haig 1933–1934
★ Walter Robins 1935–1938, 1946–1947, 1950
★ Ian Peebles 1939
★ George Mann 1948–1949
★ Denis Compton and Bill Edrich 1951–1952
★ Bill Edrich 1953–1957
★ John Warr 1958–1960
★ Ian Bedford 1961–1962
★ Colin Drybrough 1963–1964
★ Fred Titmus 1965–1968
★ Peter Parfitt 1968–1970
★ Mike Brearley 1971–1982
★ Mike Gatting 1983–1997
★ Mark Ramprakash 1997–1999
★ Justin Langer 2000
★ Angus Fraser 2001–2002
★ Andrew Strauss 2002–2004
★ Ben Hutton 2005–2006
★ Ed Smith 2007
County Coaches
★ Jack Robertson 1960–1968
★ Don Bennett 1969–1997
★ John Buchanan 1998
★ Mike Gatting 1999–2000
★ John Emburey 2001–2006
★ Richard Pybus 2007
★ John Emburey 2007–
★ George Burton
★ Joe Murrell 1946–1952
★ Patsy Hendren 1952–1960
★ Archie Fowler 1960
★ Jim Alldis 1960–1968
★ Jim Sims 1969–1973
★ Harry Sharp 1973–1993
★ Mike Smith 1994–2004
★ Don Shelley 2005 to date
★ Percy Thornton
★ Alexander Webbe 1900–1922
★ Sir Pelham Warner
★ Walter Robins
★ George Mann
★ Arthur Flower 1964–1980
★ Alan Burridge 1981
★ Alan Wright 1981–1983
★ Tim Lamb 1984–1987
★ Peter Packham 1988–1989
★ Joe Hardstaff 1989–1997
★ Vinny Codrington 1997 to date
===Batsmen===
★ Patsy Hendren 40,302 runs 1907–1937
★ Mike Gatting 28,411 runs 1975–1998
★ J W Hearne 27,612 runs 1909–1936
★ Jack Robertson 27,088 runs 1937–1959
★ Bill Edrich 25,738 runs 1937–1958
★ Clive Radley 24,147 runs 1964–1987
★ Eric Russell 23,103 runs 1956–1972
★ Denis Compton 21,781 runs 1936–1958
★ Peter Parfitt 21,304 runs 1956–1972
★ Plum Warner 19,507 runs 1894–1920
===Bowlers===
★ Fred Titmus 2,361 wickets 1949–1982
★ J T Hearne 2,093 wickets 1888–1923
★ J W Hearne 1,438 wickets 1909–1936
★ Jim Sims 1,257 wickets 1929–1952
★ John Emburey 1,250 wickets 1973–1995
★ Jack Young 1,182 wickets 1933–1956
★ Jack Durston 1,178 wickets 1919–1933
★ Alan Moss 1,088 wickets 1950–1963
★ Frank Tarrant 1,005 wickets 1904–1914
★ Albert Trott 946 wickets 1898–1910
===Wicket-keepers===
★ John Murray 1,223 dismissals (1024 catches and 199 stumpings)
★ Fred Price 938 dismissals (627 catches and 311 stumpings)
★ Joe Murrell 778 dismissals (517 catches and 261 stumpings)
★ Leslie Compton 596 dismissals (645 catches and 131 stumpings)
★ Paul Downton 567 dismissals (504 catches and 63 stumpings)
★ Keith Brown 501 dismissals (468 catches and 33 stumpings)
★ Gregor MacGregor 391 dismissals (280 catches and 111 stumpings)
★ David Nash 264 dismissals (243 catches and 21 stumpings)
★ Ian Gould 193 dismissals (170 catches and 26 stumpings)
★ Ben Scott 91 dismissals (80 catches and 11 stumpings)
Middlesex Facts and Feats
★ Bill Edrich scored 1000 runs before the end of May in 1938. He did it in just 15 innings, with 4 centuries, and every run was scored at Lords. Don Bradman gave him the chance to score the 10 runs he needed in the Australian tour match with Middlesex by declaring his team's innings early.
★ Middlesex won the County Championship in 1947 thanks to the phenomenal run scoring of Denis Compton and Bill Edrich. They both passed Tom Hayward's 1906 record of 3518 runs in a season with Compton making 3816 at 90.86 and Edrich 3539 at 80.43 with a dozen centuries. Compton's 18 centuries surpassed Jack Hobb's former record of 16 in 1925. Compton scored 1,187 of his runs in the tests against South Africa, and Edrich 869 of his, but together with Jack Robertson's 2214 runs and Syd Brown's 1709 and the bowling of Jack Young, Jim Sims, Laurie Gray and Compton and Edrich themselves, the championship was won. The following season Compton and Edrich made their record unbeaten stand of 424 for the 3rd wicket against Somerset at Lords.
★ During 2007, Middlesex wore pink shirts during their Twenty20 matches in support of the Breakthrough Breast Cancer charity.
Notes
1. Pybus released by Middlesex
2. An unofficial seasonal title proclaimed by consensus of media and historians prior to December 1889 when the official County Championship was constituted
3. Formerly known as the Gillette Cup (1963-1980), NatWest Trophy (1981-2000) and C&G Trophy (2001-2006)
4. Formerly known as the Sunday League (1969-1998)
References
★ ''Cricket: History of its Growth and Development'' by Rowland Bowen
★ ''Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records'' by Peter Wynne-Thomas
★ ''Playfair Cricket Annual''
★ ''Wisden Cricketers Almanack'' (annual)
External links
★ Middlesex County Cricket Club
★ Middlesex Cricket Archive
★ The Seaxe Club
★ Wisden Cricinfo
See also
★ Middlesex Cricketers
★ The Hearne Family
★ Marylebone Cricket Club
★ Middlesex Cricket Board
★ The Seaxe Club
★ The Walkers of Southgate
★ Uxbridge Cricket Club
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