What was the first ever Middlesex game you attended?

[Middlesex Cricket]

What are your memories of the first time you watched us play live?

[alan]

I got taken to Lords as a toddler in the 1950's, but first game that I understood what was going on was Middlesex vs South Africa in 1960. Have followed Middlesex ever since.

[seaxeboy]

It was a John Player League match between Middlesex and Hampshire at Lord's on Sunday 25th May 1975.

I shall always remember a memorable 67 by Graham Barlow batting at no.5 as well as for his fielding.

Hampshire innings
BA Richards c Lamb b Edmonds 26
CG Greenidge c Radley b Titmus 19
DR Turner b Lamb 46
TE Jesty c Barlow b Lamb 41
*RMC Gilliat c +Murray b Selvey 20
PJ Sainsbury not out 8
MNS Taylor not out 31
Extras (5b,12lb, 0nb,3w) 20
Total (5 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs) 211

Did not bat:
JM Rice
+GR Stephenson
RS Herman
AME Roberts

Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-69, 3-142, 4-166, 5-170

Middlesex bowling
Selvey 8-1-29-1
Whiteside 8-0-34-0
Lamb 8-0-41-2
Titmus 8-0-44-1
Edmonds 8-1-43-1

Middlesex innings
MJ Smith b Sainsbury 13
CT Radley c +Stephenson b Roberts 10
*JM Brearley lbw b Rice 25
NG Featherstone lbw b Taylor 1
GD Barlow b Jesty 67
+JT Murray st +Stephenson b Jesty 7
PH Edmonds b Herman 16
FJ Titmus b Taylor 1
TM Lamb c Sainsbury b Taylor 3
MWW Selvey not out 3
CJ Whiteside c Taylor b Rice 0
Extras (0b, 7lb, 0nb, 2w) 9
Total (all out, 37 overs) 155

Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-28, 3-35, 4-104, 5-127, 6-134, 7-135, 8-145, 9-152, 10-155

Hampshire bowling
Roberts 6-0-12-1
Herman 6-0-30-1
Sainsbury 5-1-25-1
Taylor 8-0-31-3
Jesty 8-0-32-2
Rice 4-0-16-2

Umpires: AE Fagg, AGT Whitehead
Scorers: VH Isaacs (Hampshire), HPH Sharp (Middlesex)

ListA debut: CJ Whiteside (Middlesex)
Toss: Hampshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result: Hampshire won by 56 runs
Points: Middlesex 0 Hampshire 4

[janet]

Middlesex v Leicestershire.
John Player league,1971, at Lord's.

[janet]

Middlesex v Leicestershire.
John Player league, Lords 1971.

[philsil]

Late 50s v Yorkshire one Saturday with my Dad. I remember Fred Trueman spending most of the time talking to the pub crowd and having to put his pint down to field a ball. Peter Parfitt was my schoolboy hero. My Mum would make me a picnic and I would skip school (primary), take the Green Line from Finchley and watch in the sun. I went with a friend to watch Gloucester with Syd Russell scoring a century against us. My Dad also found out that I had skipped school and watched England v Pakistan. I had hopped over the turnstyle for half a dollar. Dad didn't seem to mind though.

[jdrobertson331]

Middlesex v Sussex 1950. Denis Compton’s birthday.
I was nearly 8 & was hooked from that day on!