Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 domestic cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 structure, representing the historic county

Historic counties of England

The historic counties of England are subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans and in most cases based on earlier Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and shires...

 of Middlesex

Middlesex

Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...

. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the Middlesex Panthers, following complaints made by Muslim and Jewish communities. Limited-overs kit colours are dark blue and pink quarters and from 2007, Middlesex have worn exclusive pink shirts during their Twenty20 matches in support of the Breakthrough Breast Cancer

Breakthrough Breast Cancer

Breakthrough Breast Cancer is a United Kingdom charity committed to fighting breast cancer through research, campaigning and education. Its vision is "to work for a future free from the fear of breast cancer".-History:...

 charity. To go along with their re-branding, Middlesex also introduced a new main sponsor for the 2009 season.

The club plays most of its home games at Lord's Cricket Ground

Lord's Cricket Ground

Lord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the...

 in St John's Wood

St John's Wood

St John's Wood is a district of north-west London, England, in the City of Westminster, and at the north-west end of Regent's Park. It is approximately 2.5 miles north-west of Charing Cross. Once part of the Great Middlesex Forest, it was later owned by the Knights of St John of Jerusalem...

, which is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...

. The club also plays some games around the county at the Walker Ground in Southgate

Southgate, London

Southgate is an area of north London, England, primarily within the London Borough of Enfield, although parts of its western fringes lie within the London Borough of Barnet. It is located around north of Charing Cross. The name is derived from being the south gate to Enfield Chase...

 which hosts the annual Middlesex County Cricket Festival, Uxbridge CC in Uxbridge

Uxbridge

Uxbridge is a large town located in north west London, England and is the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Hillingdon. It forms part of the ceremonial county of Greater London. It is located west-northwest of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres...

 and The Old Deer Park

Old Deer Park

Old Deer Park is an area of open space within Richmond-upon-Thames, England, and is in extent. The park is bounded generally by the River Thames to the west, Kew Gardens to the north, and urban areas of Richmond town to the east and south. Owned by the Crown Estate, the park forms part of a larger...

 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. A project was introduced at Radlett Cricket Club in 2010 to offer the cricketers increased training facilities.

Currently Richard Scott

Richard Scott (cricketer)

Richard John Scott is an English cricket coach and retired cricketer.Scott was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He started his playing career at Dorset, playing for them in the Minor Counties Championship. In 1983 he made his List-A or the county against Essex...

 is the Head Coach, Neil Dexter

Neil Dexter

Neil John Dexter is a South African-born English cricketer, currently playing for Middlesex.He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium bowler...

 County Captain and Angus Fraser

Angus Fraser

Angus Robert Charles Fraser is the current Managing Director of Cricket of Middlesex County Cricket Club, and a former English cricketer and journalist....

 is Managing Director of Cricket. Vinny Codrington

Vinny Codrington

Vincent Codrington is a cricket administrator and former rugby union player.Vinny Codrington was educated at St. Benedict's School, Ealing. He played rugby union as a fly half for Richmond and also served as its Director of Rugby, during its transition from amateur to professional rugby...

 is Chief Executive and Secretary of Middlesex CCC.

In 2008, Middlesex became the Twenty20 Cup Champions and therefore also historically became the first County Cricket Club to qualify for both the Stanford Super Series

Stanford Super Series

The Stanford Super Series were a series of Twenty20 cricket matches, sponsored by Sir Allen Stanford. The main game of the Series matched the English national cricket team against an all-star team from the Caribbean, called the Stanford Superstars....

 and the Twenty20 Champions League

Twenty20 Champions League

The Champions League Twenty20 is an international Twenty20 cricket competition between club teams from India, Australia, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies...

.

Ignis asset management

Ignis asset management

Ignis Asset Management is an asset management company with head offices in Glasgow and London. Ignis, formerly Resolution Asset Management, manages around £78 billion* of assets...

  is the principal club sponsor in a three-year deal with Middlesex County Cricket Club.

Honours

• Champion County' (0) - ; shared (1) - 1878
• County Championship (10) - 1903, 1920, 1921, 1947, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1990, 1993; shared (2) - 1949, 1977

Division Two (1) - 2011

• FP Trophy' (4) - 1977, 1980, 1984, 1988
• National League' (1) - 1992

Division Two (1) - 2004

• Twenty20 Cup (1) - 2008
• Benson & Hedges Cup (2) - 1983, 1986

Second XI honours

• Second XI Championship (5) - 1974, 1989, 1993, 1999, 2000; shared (0)
• Second XI Trophy (1) - 2007
• Minor Counties Championship (1) - 1935; shared (0)

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

History of cricket to 1696

The history of cricket to 1725 traces the sport's development from its perceived origins to the stage where it had become a major sport in England and had been introduced to other countries....

and History of cricket 1697 - 1725

History of cricket 1697 - 1725

Little is known about English cricket from the earliest known "great match" in 1697 to 1725 as few records were kept. Newspaper reports about the sport became more common after 1725 and gradually provided greater detail. By the end of the 17th century, English cricket had developed to the point...

The first definite mention of cricket in London or Middlesex dates from 1680. It is a clear reference to "the two umpires" (the earliest mention of an umpire in what seems to be a cricket connection) and 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 Fields in Holborn

Holborn

Holborn is an area of Central London. Holborn is also the name of the area's principal east-west street, running as High Holborn from St Giles's High Street to Gray's Inn Road and then on to Holborn Viaduct...

 on 3 July 1707 involving teams from London and Croydon. In 1718, the first reference is found to White Conduit Fields

White Conduit Fields

White Conduit Fields in Islington was an early venue of major cricket matches and the original home of the White Conduit Club, forerunner of MCC...

 in Islington

Islington

Islington is a neighbourhood in Greater London, England and forms the central district of the London Borough of Islington. It is a district of Inner London, spanning from Islington High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the area around the busy Upper Street...

, which later became a very famous London venue.

The earliest known reference to a team called Middlesex is on 5 August 1728 when it played London Cricket Club

London Cricket Club

The original London Cricket Club was formed by 1722 and was one of the foremost clubs in English cricket over the next four decades. It is closely associated with the Artillery Ground, where it played most of its home matches.-Early history of London cricket:...

 "in the fields behind the Woolpack, in Islington, near Sadlers Wells, for £50 a side". This was also the earliest known first-class

First-class cricket

First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...

 match involving a Middlesex team.

For information about Middlesex county teams before the formation of Middlesex CCC, see: Middlesex county cricket teams

Middlesex county cricket teams

Middlesex county cricket teams have been traced back to the 18th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. Given that the first definite mention of cricket anywhere in the world is dated c.1550 in Guildford, it is almost certain that the game had reached...

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 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

The Walkers of Southgate

The Walkers of Southgate were a cricketing family who lived at Arnos Grove Estate in Southgate, Middlesex. The family fortune was built through the brewing company Taylor Walker, and the seven brothers were all sent to Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge...

, 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.

Early history

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". Middlesex played at Lillie Bridge Grounds

Lillie Bridge Grounds

The Lillie Bridge Grounds was a sports ground in London near to present day Stamford Bridge, opened around 1867. The ground started to fall into disuse after the opening of Stamford Bridge, and after a riot on September 18, 1887 which destroyed the track and grandstand, it finally closed in...

 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

Prince's Cricket Ground

Prince's Cricket Ground in Chelsea, London was a cricket ground, created by two brothers by the name of Prince, on which 37 first-class matches were played between 1872 and 1878. The ground was built on in 1883...

 from 1872 to 1876, and began using Lord's Cricket Ground

Lord's Cricket Ground

Lord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the...

 in 1877.

20th century

The Club has produced several noted players, particularly the great batsmen Patsy Hendren

Patsy Hendren

Elias Henry Hendren better known as Patsy Hendren was an English cricketer. Patsy was one of the most prolific English batsmen of the period between the wars, averaging 47.63 in his 51 Test matches...

, Bill Edrich

Bill Edrich

William John "Bill" Edrich DFC was a distinguished cricketer who played for Middlesex, MCC, Norfolk and England.Edrich's three brothers, Brian, Eric and Geoff, and also his cousin, John, all played first-class cricket...

 and Denis Compton

Denis Compton

Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE was an English cricketer who played in 78 Test matches, and a footballer...

.

Bill Edrich scored 1000 runs before the end of May in 1938. He needed just 15 innings, with 4 centuries, and every run was scored at Lord's. 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 unprecedented run scoring of Compton and Edrich. They both passed Tom Hayward

Tom Hayward

Thomas Walter Hayward was a cricketer who played for Surrey and England between the 1890s and the outbreak of World War I. He was primarily an opening batsman, noted especially for the quality of his off-drive...

'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 Hobbs

Jack Hobbs

Sir John Berry "Jack" Hobbs was an English professional cricketer who played for Surrey from 1905 to 1934 and for England in 61 Test matches from 1908 to 1930....

' former record of 16, set in 1925. 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.

Middlesex's most successful period coincided with the captaincies of Mike Brearley

Mike Brearley

John Michael Brearley OBE is a former cricketer who captained the England cricket team in 31 of his 39 Test matches, winning 17 and losing only 4. He was the President of the Marylebone Cricket Club in 2007–08.-Early life:...

 and Mike Gatting

Mike Gatting

Michael "Mike" William Gatting OBE is a former English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Middlesex and for England from 1977 to 1995, captaining the national side in twenty-three Test matches between 1986 and 1988...

 from 1971 to 1997. Brearley proved as astute for his county as he did for his country between 1971 and 1982. His team included Gatting and England spin bowlers John Emburey

John Emburey

John Ernest Emburey is a former English cricketer, who played for Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Western Province, Berkshire and England....

 and Phil Edmonds

Phil Edmonds

Phil Edmonds is a former English cricketer and a successful, albeit controversial, corporate executive....

; and overseas fast bowlers such as Wayne Daniel

Wayne Daniel

Wayne Wendell Daniel played 10 Tests and 18 One Day Internationals for the West Indies.A hostile and muscular fast bowler, Daniel seemed assured of a long and potent test career when he, in partnership with the lithe Michael Holding and the brooding Andy Roberts, battered England into submission...

.

Recent history

In 2007 Middlesex had mixed fortunes in Domestic Cricket. In the 4-Day version of the game, the club finished 3rd of the nine teams in Division 2 of the Liverpool Victoria County Championship, narrowly missing out on promotion. However, 3rd place in Division 2 of the NatWest Pro 40 League was enough to earn them a place in the play-off final against Northamptonshire Steelbacks. Middlesex won that game comfortably and therefore gained promotion to Division 1 for the 2008 Season. There was less success in the two knockout cups where Middlesex failed to progress beyond the group stages of either tournament. In the Friends Provident Trophy they finished 7th of the ten teams in the Southern Division. Likewise in the Twenty20 Cup, 5th place of the six teams in the Southern Division was not good enough to see them progress.

In 2008, Middlesex won the Twenty20 Cup by beating Kent in the final at The Rose Bowl

Rose Bowl, Hampshire

The Rose Bowl is an English cricket ground used for county, One Day International and Test Matches. It is situated at West End, Hampshire, near Southampton, and is home to Hampshire Cricket. The design of the venue is set into an amphitheatre creating a bowl, hence the name...

. As well as being the club's first major trophy for 15 seasons, the final was also memorable for Middlesex's record breaking 187/6 (the highest ever Twenty20 Cup Finals Day score) with Kent's retort of 184/5 (being second on the all-time list) and ensured that the Cup was decided on the last ball of the match. The victory is also made historic as Middlesex became the first County Cricket Club to gain entry to both the Twenty20 Champions League

Twenty20 Champions League

The Champions League Twenty20 is an international Twenty20 cricket competition between club teams from India, Australia, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies...

 and the Stanford Super Series

Stanford Super Series

The Stanford Super Series were a series of Twenty20 cricket matches, sponsored by Sir Allen Stanford. The main game of the Series matched the English national cricket team against an all-star team from the Caribbean, called the Stanford Superstars....

.

However 2008 also saw Middlesex suffer relegation in the Pro40 Division One (finishing in last place). And in a copy of their final standings from the previous season, Middlesex both failed to make it past the group stage in the Friends Provident Trophy and finished in 3rd place in the County Championship Division Two, again missing out on promotion by just one position.

Team records

• 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 - 20,000 runs

Batsman	Runs
Patsy Hendren Patsy Hendren Elias Henry Hendren better known as Patsy Hendren was an English cricketer. Patsy was one of the most prolific English batsmen of the period between the wars, averaging 47.63 in his 51 Test matches...	40,302 (1907–1937)
Mike Gatting Mike Gatting Michael "Mike" William Gatting OBE is a former English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Middlesex and for England from 1977 to 1995, captaining the national side in twenty-three Test matches between 1986 and 1988...	28,411 (1975–1998)
Jack Hearne Jack Hearne (John William Hearne) John William Hearne was a Middlesex leg-spinning all-rounder cricketer who played from 1909 to 1936, and represented England in 24 Test matches between 1911 and 1926.A skilful right-handed batsman, Hearne was...	27,612 (1909–1936)
Jack Robertson Jack Robertson Jack Robertson was an English cricketer, who played county cricket for Middlesex, and in eleven Tests for England....	27,088 (1937–1959)
Bill Edrich Bill Edrich William John "Bill" Edrich DFC was a distinguished cricketer who played for Middlesex, MCC, Norfolk and England.Edrich's three brothers, Brian, Eric and Geoff, and also his cousin, John, all played first-class cricket...	25,738 (1937–1959)
Clive Radley Clive Radley Clive Thornton Radley MBE is an English former cricketer, who played eight Tests and four One Day Internationals for England...	24,147 (1964–1987)
Eric Russell	23,103 (1956–1972)
Denis Compton Denis Compton Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE was an English cricketer who played in 78 Test matches, and a footballer...	21,781 (1936–1958)
Peter Parfitt Peter Parfitt Peter Parfitt is an English former cricketer. He attended Fakenham Grammar School, and King Edward VII Grammar School, in Kings Lynn, Norfolk....	21,302 (1956–1972)

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 - 1,000 wickets

Bowler	Wickets
Fred Titmus Fred Titmus Frederick John Titmus MBE was an English cricketer, whose first-class career spanned five decades. Although he was best known for his off spin , he was an accomplished lower-order batsman who deserved to be called an all-rounder, even opening the batting for England on six occasions...	2,361 (1949–1982)
JT Hearne Jack Hearne (John Thomas Hearne) John Thomas Hearne was a Middlesex and England medium-fast bowler...	2,093 (1888–1923)
JW Hearne Jack Hearne (John William Hearne) John William Hearne was a Middlesex leg-spinning all-rounder cricketer who played from 1909 to 1936, and represented England in 24 Test matches between 1911 and 1926.A skilful right-handed batsman, Hearne was...	1,438 (1909–1936)
Jim Sims Jim Sims James Morton Sims was an English cricketer.Jim Sims represented Middlesex in 381 first-class matches matches between 1929 and 1952 as a right-handed batsman and off-break bowler who scored 7173 runs and took 1,257 wickets...	1,257 (1929–1952)
John Emburey John Emburey John Ernest Emburey is a former English cricketer, who played for Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Western Province, Berkshire and England....	1,250 (1973–1995)
Jack Young Jack Young (cricketer) John Albert "Jack" Young was an English cricketer, who played for Middlesex and England. His first-class cricket career lasted from 1933 to 1956....	1,182 (1933–1956)
Jack Durston Jack Durston Frederick John "Jack" Durston, born Clophill, Bedfordshire, on 11 July 1893 and died at Southall, Middlesex, on 8 April 1965, was a cricketer who played for Middlesex and England....	1,178 (1919–1933)
Alan Moss Alan Moss Alan Edward Moss is a former English cricketer, who played in nine Tests for England from 1954 to 1960....	1,088 (1950–1963)
Frank Tarrant Frank Tarrant Frank Tarrant Frank Tarrant Frank Tarrant (in full Francis Alfred Tarrant (Melbourne, Australia, 11 December 1880 – 29 January 1951 in Melbourne) was an Australian all-rounder who played with great success for Middlesex in the County Championship in the years before World War I.His record is...	1,005 (1904–1914)

Wicketkeeping records

Most dismissals for Middlesex

Qualification - 500 dismissals

Wicketkeeper	Dismissals
John Murray John Murray (cricketer) John Thomas Murray MBE is a former English cricketer. He played in twenty one Tests for England between 1961 and 1967.-Life and career:...	1,224 (1,024 catches & 200 stumpings) (1952–1975)
Fred Price Fred Price Wilfred Frederick Frank Price was a cricketer who played for Middlesex County Cricket Club from 1926 to 1947. Price also stood as an umpire from 1950 to 1967...	940 (629 catches & 311 stumpings) (1926–1947)
Joe Murrell Joe Murrell Harry Robert Murrell , commonly known as Joe Murrell, was an English cricketer.Murrell was born in Hounslow, Middlesex. He was a right-handed batsman, left-arm bowler and wicketkeeper, who played 378 first-class cricket matches for Kent , MCC and Middlesex...	779 (516 catches & 263 stumpings) (1906–1926)
Leslie Compton Leslie Compton Leslie Harry Compton was an English footballer and cricketer who played for Arsenal and Middlesex respectively...	596 (467 catches & 129 stumpings) (1938–1956)
Paul Downton Paul Downton Paul Downton is a former English cricketer, who played in thirty Tests and twenty eight ODIs from 1977 to 1989. He was a wicket-keeper and a useful batsman in the lower middle-order...	547 (484 catches & 63 stumpings) (1980–1991)

Best partnership for each wicket

Partnership	Runs Run (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen constitutes the team's score. A batsman scoring 50 or 100 runs , or any higher multiple of 50 runs, is considered a particular achievement...	Players	Opposition	Venue	Season
1st wicket	372	Mike Gatting Mike Gatting Michael "Mike" William Gatting OBE is a former English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Middlesex and for England from 1977 to 1995, captaining the national side in twenty-three Test matches between 1986 and 1988...  & Justin Langer Justin Langer Justin Lee Langer AM is a former international cricketer who represented Australia in 105 Test matches and the current Assistant Coach and Batting Coach of the Australian cricket team. A left-handed batsman, his opening partnership with Matthew Hayden was one of the most successful of all time...	v Essex Essex County Cricket Club Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...	Southgate	1998
2nd wicket	380	Frank Tarrant Frank Tarrant Frank Tarrant Frank Tarrant Frank Tarrant (in full Francis Alfred Tarrant (Melbourne, Australia, 11 December 1880 – 29 January 1951 in Melbourne) was an Australian all-rounder who played with great success for Middlesex in the County Championship in the years before World War I.His record is...  & Jack Hearne Jack Hearne Jack Hearne may refer to:*J. T. Hearne , English Test cricketer*J. W. Hearne , English Test cricketerSee also:*John Hearne...	v Lancashire Lancashire County Cricket Club Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...	Lord's Lord's Cricket Ground Lord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the...	1914
3rd wicket	424*	Bill Edrich Bill Edrich William John "Bill" Edrich DFC was a distinguished cricketer who played for Middlesex, MCC, Norfolk and England.Edrich's three brothers, Brian, Eric and Geoff, and also his cousin, John, all played first-class cricket...  & Denis Compton Denis Compton Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE was an English cricketer who played in 78 Test matches, and a footballer...	v Somerset Somerset County Cricket Club Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...	Lord's Lord's Cricket Ground Lord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the...	1948
4th wicket	325	Jack Hearne Jack Hearne Jack Hearne may refer to:*J. T. Hearne , English Test cricketer*J. W. Hearne , English Test cricketerSee also:*John Hearne...  & Patsy Hendren Patsy Hendren Elias Henry Hendren better known as Patsy Hendren was an English cricketer. Patsy was one of the most prolific English batsmen of the period between the wars, averaging 47.63 in his 51 Test matches...	v Hampshire Hampshire County Cricket Club Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...	Lord's Lord's Cricket Ground Lord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the...	1919
5th wicket	338	Robert Lucas & Tim O'Brien Sir Tim O'Brien, 3rd Baronet Sir Timothy "Tim" Carew O'Brien, 3rd Baronet was born at Dublin on 5 November 1861 and died at Ramsey, Isle of Man on 9 December 1948. He was an Irish baronet who played cricket for England in five Test matches....	v Sussex Sussex County Cricket Club Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...	Hove County Cricket Ground, Hove The County Cricket Ground, also known as the Probiz County Ground for sponsorship reasons, is a cricket venue in Hove, England. It is home to Sussex County Cricket Club. It is one of the few county grounds to have deckchairs for spectators - which are in the colours of Sussex CCC - blue and white....	1895
6th wicket	270	John Carr & Paul Weekes Paul Weekes Paul Nicholas Weekes is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm offspin bowler.Born in Hackney, Weekes made his first-class debut for Middlesex in 1990. He is the only English cricketer to have scored more than 150 runs in both innings of a first class game. He has twice...	v Gloucestershire Gloucestershire County Cricket Club Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....	Lord's Lord's Cricket Ground Lord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the...	1994
7th wicket	271*	Patsy Hendren Patsy Hendren Elias Henry Hendren better known as Patsy Hendren was an English cricketer. Patsy was one of the most prolific English batsmen of the period between the wars, averaging 47.63 in his 51 Test matches...  & Frank Mann	v Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...	Nottingham Trent Bridge Trent Bridge is a Test, One-day international and County cricket ground located in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England and is also the headquarters of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. As well as International cricket and Nottinghamshire's home games, the ground has hosted the Finals Day of...	1925
8th wicket	182*	Mordaunt Doll Mordaunt Doll Mordaunt Henry Caspers Doll was an English cricketer....  & Joe Murrell Joe Murrell Harry Robert Murrell , commonly known as Joe Murrell, was an English cricketer.Murrell was born in Hounslow, Middlesex. He was a right-handed batsman, left-arm bowler and wicketkeeper, who played 378 first-class cricket matches for Kent , MCC and Middlesex...	v Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...	Lord's Lord's Cricket Ground Lord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the...	1913
9th wicket	160*	Patsy Hendren Patsy Hendren Elias Henry Hendren better known as Patsy Hendren was an English cricketer. Patsy was one of the most prolific English batsmen of the period between the wars, averaging 47.63 in his 51 Test matches...  & Jack Durston Jack Durston Frederick John "Jack" Durston, born Clophill, Bedfordshire, on 11 July 1893 and died at Southall, Middlesex, on 8 April 1965, was a cricketer who played for Middlesex and England....	v Essex Essex County Cricket Club Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...	Leyton Leyton Cricket Ground Leyton Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Leyton, London.-Cricket ground:...	1927
10th wicket	230	Richard Nicholls & William Roche	v Kent Kent County Cricket Club Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...	Lord's Lord's Cricket Ground Lord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the...	1899
Source: Highest Partnership for Each Wicket for Middlesex CricketArchive.com; Last updated: 17 July 2007

* - Indicates that the partnership was unbroken

Team records

• 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 - 163 AJ Strauss v Surrey at The Oval 2008
• 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

Current squad

The Middlesex squad for the 2012 season consists of (players with international caps are listed in bold):

{| class="wikitable" }
|-
! No.
! Name
! National team
! Date of Birth
! Batting
style
! Bowling
style
! Notes
|-

• No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt. denotes players with international caps. denotes a player who has been awarded a county cap.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; width:80%;"
|-
! colspan="7" | Batsmen
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|style="text-align:center"|4|| Neil Dexter

Neil Dexter

Neil John Dexter is a South African-born English cricketer, currently playing for Middlesex.He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium bowler...

 *  || || 21 August 1984 (age 27) || LHB || RMF || County captain

Captain (cricket)

The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...

|-
|style="text-align:center"| || Joe Denly

Joe Denly

Joseph Liam Denly is an English international cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and leg break bowler. An exciting stroke player who relishes short pitched bowling, Denly first came to attention during the England 2005 Under-19 tour of India where he made three half-centuries in three tests...

 || || 16 March 1986 (age 25) || RHB || LB

Leg break

A leg break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. A delivery of a right-handed leg spin bowler. Leg breaks are also colloquially known as leggies or wrist spinners, as the wrist is the body part which is primarily used to impart spin on the ball, as opposed to the fingers in the case of...

 ||
|-
|style="text-align:center"|19|| Adam London

Adam London

Adam Brian London is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler.Born in Ashford, Surrey, he has been selected for Middlesex and has been given the no.19 squad number because it is the same as boyhood hero Joleon Lescott of Manchester City FC.-Early...

 || || 12 October 1988 (age 23) || LHB || OB

Off spin

Off spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket which is bowled by an off spinner, a right-handed spin bowler who uses his or her fingers and/or wrist to spin the ball from a right-handed batsman's off side to the leg side...

 ||
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|style="text-align:center"|29|| Dawid Malan

Dawid Malan

Dawid Johannes Malan is an English cricketer.Malan is a left-handed opening batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler who has represented Boland in South Africa and the MCC Young Cricketers in 2006...

 *  || || 3 September 1987 (age 24) || LHB || LB

Leg break

A leg break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. A delivery of a right-handed leg spin bowler. Leg breaks are also colloquially known as leggies or wrist spinners, as the wrist is the body part which is primarily used to impart spin on the ball, as opposed to the fingers in the case of...

 ||
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|style="text-align:center"|77|| Scott Newman

Scott Newman

Scott Alexander Newman is an English cricketer, who was educated at Trinity School of John Whitgift. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler....

 *  || || 3 November 1979 (age 32) || LHB || RMF

Fast bowling

Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 ||
|-
|style="text-align:center"|12|| Sam Robson

Sam Robson

Sam David Robson is a first-class cricketer, who plays for Middlesex County Cricket Club.A right-handed batsman, Robson made his Middlesex first-class debut in June 2009, scoring 43 and 23 against Essex County Cricket Club...

 || || 1 July 1989 (age 22) || RHB || ||
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|style="text-align:center"|1|| Chris Rogers

Chris Rogers

Chris Rogers is a British television journalist. He is currently working freelance with media organisations based in London.Rogers debuted on BBC Radio 5's youth programme, Vibe. Presenting Buzz FM in Birmingham in 1990, then in 1992 he presented on Hallam FM where he anchored the evening show 'No...

 *  || || 31 August 1977 (age 34) || LHB || LBG

Leg spin

Leg spin is a type of spin bowling in the sport of cricket. A leg spinner bowls right-arm with a wrist spin action, causing the ball to spin from right to left in the cricket pitch, at the point of delivery. When the ball bounces, the spin causes the ball to deviate sharply from right to left, that...

 || Former Australia Test player
|-
|style="text-align:center"|39|| Paul Stirling

Paul Stirling

Paul Robert Stirling is an Irish cricketer. He debuted in first-class cricket in March 2008, playing for Ireland in the Intercontinental Cup. The same year Stirling made his debut in One Day Internationals . Having represented Middlesex's youth sides and Second XI, Stirling signed a contract...

   || || 3 September 1990 (age 21) || RHB || OB

Off break

Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners....

 || Ireland ODI and Twenty20 player
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|style="text-align:center"|6|| Andrew Strauss

Andrew Strauss

Andrew John Strauss, OBE is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club and is the captain of England's Test cricket team. A fluent left-handed opening batsman, Strauss favours scoring off the back foot, mostly playing cut and pull shots...

 *  || || 2 March 1977 (age 34) || LHB || LM

Fast bowling

Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 || England Test and former ODI player.
Current Test captain

Captain (cricket)

The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...

.
|-
! colspan="7" | All-rounders
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|style="text-align:center"|8|| Gareth Berg

Gareth Berg

Gareth Kyle Berg is a cricketer who currently plays for Middlesex County Cricket Club.Berg, a medium-fast pace bowler, made his first-class cricket debut for Middlesex on 24 April 2008 in the county championship match against Glamorgan.Berg was born in South Africa and attended the oldest school...

 *  || || 18 January 1981 (age 31) || RHB || RMF ||
|-
|style="text-align:center"|8|| Steven Crook

Steven Crook

Steven Paul Crook is an Australian cricketer who plays for Middlesex in English county cricket. He is an all-rounder, bowling right-arm fast medium pace.-Cricket career:...

 || || 28 May 1983 (age 28) || RHB || RFM

Fast bowling

Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 ||
|-
|style="text-align:center"|24|| Josh Davey

Josh Davey

Joshua Henry Davey is a Scottish cricketer who currently plays for Middlesex County Cricket Club as well as representing his country in One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals. He is a right hand batsman and right arm medium pace bowler.In April 2010, Davey made his county debut...

   || || 3 August 1990 (age 21) || RHB || RM || Scotland ODI player.
|-
! colspan="7" | Wicket-keepers
|-
|style="text-align:center"| || Andrew Balbirnie

Andrew Balbirnie

Andrew Balbirnie is an Irish cricketer. Balbirnie is right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break and who plays primarily as a wicketkeeper. Balbirnie plays international cricket for Ireland. He was born at Dublin, County Dublin....

    || || 28 December 1990 (age 21) || RHB || — || Ireland ODI wicketkeeper
|-
|style="text-align:center"| || Stewart Poynter   || || 18 October 1990 (age 21) || RHB || — || Ireland ODI wicketkeeper
|-
|style="text-align:center"| || Adam Rossington || || 5 May 1993 (age 18) || RHB || — || England Under-19 wicketkeeper
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|style="text-align:center"|20|| John Simpson

John Simpson

John Cody Fidler-Simpson CBE is an English foreign correspondent. He is world affairs editor of BBC News. He has spent all his working life at the Corporation...

 * || || 13 July 1988 (age 23) || LHB || — ||
|-
! colspan="7" | Bowlers
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|style="text-align:center"|32|| Corey Collymore

Corey Collymore

Corey Dalanelo Collymore is a Barbadian cricketer whose speciality is seam bowling. He has represented the West Indies team in both Tests and ODIs cricket. In a side that so often chopped and changed he became one of their most experienced bowlers...

 *  || || 29 December 1977 (age 34) || RHB || RFM

Fast bowling

Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 || Kolpak player & former West Indies
Test and ODI bowler
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|style="text-align:center"|9|| Steven Finn

Steven Finn (cricketer)

Steven Thomas Finn is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler.Educated at Parmiter's School in Garston, at the age of 16 Finn became Middlesex County Cricket Club's youngest debutant in first-class cricket, beating the record set by Fred Titmus in 1949...

 *  || || 4 April 1989 (age 22) || RHB || RFM

Fast bowling

Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 || England Test player
|-
|style="text-align:center"| || Tom Hampton || || 5 October 1990 (age 21) || RHB || RFM

Fast bowling

Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 ||
|-
|style="text-align:center"|88|| Anthony Ireland

Anthony Ireland

Anthony John Ireland is a cricketer from Zimbabwe. A tall fast bowler, he relies on bounce and swing, and performed consistently during his tenure with Zimbabwe, taking 38 wickets in just 26 matches at a healthy average of 29.34...

   || || 30 August 1984 (age 27) || RHB || RFM

Fast bowling

Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 || Former Zimbabwe ODI and
Twenty20 bowler. UK Passport
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|style="text-align:center"|34|| Tim Murtagh

Tim Murtagh

Tim Murtagh is an English professional cricketer.Murtagh is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He first shone in the 2000 Under-19s World Cup. Though he is first and foremost a seam bowler, Murtagh has progressed with his batting, and has stepped in on many occasions to...

 *  || || 2 August 1981 (age 30) || RHB || RFM

Fast bowling

Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 ||
|-
|style="text-align:center"|16|| Tom Parsons || || 2 May 1987 (age 24) || RHB || RFM

Fast bowling

Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 ||
|-
|style="text-align:center"| || Ravi Patel

Ravi Patel (cricketer)

Ravi Hasmukh Patel is an English cricketer. Patel is a right-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Harrow, London and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood....

 || || 4 August 1991 (age 20) || RHB || SLA  ||
|-
|style="text-align:center"| || Ollie Rayner

Ollie Rayner

Oliver Philip Rayner is a German-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler who currently plays for Middlesex.-Sussex:...

 || || 1 November 1985 (age 26) || RHB || OB

Off break

Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners....

 ||
|-
|style="text-align:center"|21|| Toby Roland-Jones

Toby Roland-Jones

Tobias Skelton Roland-Jones , is an English cricketer. A medium-fast, right arm bowler and a lower order right handed batsman, Roland-Jones represents Middlesex in the County Championship.-Youth career:Toby Roland-Jones represented the Middlesex colts in age group cricket throughout his childhood,...

 || || 29 January 1988 (age 24) || RHB || RMF

Fast bowling

Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 ||
|-
|style="text-align:center"| || Gurjit Sandhu || || 24 March 1992 (age 19) || RHB || LMF

Fast bowling

Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

  ||
|-
|style="text-align:center"|11|| Tom Smith

Tom Smith (cricketer born 1987)

Thomas Michael John Smith is an English cricketer who plays for Middlesex.He is a right-handed batsman and a left-arm spinner, who made his List A debut for Sussex in 2006. In October 2009 the ECB named him in their Performance Programme squad, and in the same month he signed a three-year contract...

 || || 3 September 1987 (age 24) || RHB || SLA ||
|-
|style="text-align:center"|21|| Robbie Williams

Robbie Williams (cricketer)

Robert Williams is an English cricketer.Robbie Williams made his first-class debut for Durham University Centre of Cricketing Excellence in three matches during 2007 as a six foot right-arm medium-fast bowler, before impressing for the Middlesex second XI. He made his List A and County...

 || || 19 January 1987 (age 25) || RHB || RMF

Fast bowling

Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 ||
|-
|}
Source: Middlesex CCC Players

Club presidents

• George Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford
  George Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford
  George Henry Charles Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford , styled Viscount Enfield between 1860 and 1886, was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:...
  
   1866–1898
• Edward Walker
  Vyell Edward Walker
  Vyell Edward Walker was an English cricketer and administrator.Edward Walker was born in Southgate, Middlesex and educated at Harrow School. He was the fifth of seven cricket playing brothers who resided at Arnos Grove. They played a major part in establishing the Middlesex County Cricket Club,...
  
   1899–1906
• Russell Walker
  Russell Walker
  Russell Donnithorne Walker was an English cricketer and cricket administrator.Russell Walker was born in Southgate, Middlesex. He was the sixth of seven cricket playing brothers, who were influential in the establishing of the Middlesex County Cricket Club in 1864...
  
   1907–1922
• Alexander Webbe
  Alexander Webbe
  Alexander Josiah Webbe was a cricketer who played for Oxford University and Middlesex. He also played one Test match for England.After being schooled at Harrow School, he went on to Trinity College, Oxford, where he got a Blue in his first year...
  
   1923–1936
• Plum Warner
  Plum Warner
  Sir Pelham Francis Warner MBE , affectionately and better known as Plum Warner, or even "the Grand Old Man" of English cricket was a Test cricketer....
  
   1937–1946
• Frank Mann 1947–1949
• Dick Twining 1950–1957
• Gerry Crutchley
  Gerry Crutchley
  Gerald Edward Victor Crutchley was an English cricketer.Gerry Crutchley was born in Chelsea, London and was educated at Oxford University. He played in first-class matches as a right-handed batsman for Oxford University , Middlesex and MCC...
  
   1958–1962
• George Newman
  George Newman (cricketer)
  George Christopher Newman was an English cricketer and all-round sportsman.Newman was born in Paddington. He was educated at Eton and Oxford...
  
   1963–1976
• Gubby Allen
  Gubby Allen
  Sir George Oswald Browning "Gubby" Allen, CBE was a cricketer who played for Middlesex, Cambridge University, MCC and England. Australian-born, Allen was a fast bowler and hard-hitting lower-order batsman, who captained England in eleven Test matches...
  
   1977–1979
• Tagge Webster
  Tagge Webster
  William Hugh Webster, CBE , universally known as Tagge, was an English cricketer, footballer, stockbroker and administrator.He was born in Hackney and educated at Highgate School and Cambridge University...
  
   1980–1982
• George Mann 1983–1990
• Denis Compton
  Denis Compton
  Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE was an English cricketer who played in 78 Test matches, and a footballer...
  
   1991–1997
• Mike Murray
  Mike Murray (cricketer)
  Michael Patrick Murray is a retired banker, cricketer and administrator.He was born in Westminster and represented Middlesex as a right-handed batsman in 1952 and 1953. He also captained Beddington C.C. and the Middlesex 2nd XI....
  
   1997–1999
• Ron Gerard 1999–2001
• Bob Gale 2001–2003
• Alan Moss
  Alan Moss
  Alan Edward Moss is a former English cricketer, who played in nine Tests for England from 1954 to 1960....
  
   2003–2005
• Charles Robins
  Charles Robins
  Robert Victor Charles Robins known as Charles Robins is a former English cricketer and insurance executive. He is the eldest son of the cricketer Walter Robins.-Career:...
  
   2005–2007
• Don Bennett
  Don Bennett (cricketer)
  Donald Bennett is a retired English cricketer and footballer.-Cricket career:As a cricketer, he made his first-class debut as a sixteen year old for Middlesex in 1950...
  
   2007–2009
• Peter Parfitt
  Peter Parfitt
  Peter Parfitt is an English former cricketer. He attended Fakenham Grammar School, and King Edward VII Grammar School, in Kings Lynn, Norfolk....
  
   2009–2011
• Geoff Norris 2011 to date

Club chairmen

• George Mann 1975–1984
• Mike Murray
  Mike Murray (cricketer)
  Michael Patrick Murray is a retired banker, cricketer and administrator.He was born in Westminster and represented Middlesex as a right-handed batsman in 1952 and 1953. He also captained Beddington C.C. and the Middlesex 2nd XI....
  
   1984–1993
• Michael Sturt
  Michael Sturt
  Michael Ormonde Cleasby Sturt is an English businessman and cricketer.Mike Sturt was born in Wembley, Middlesex. He played county cricket for Middlesex CCC in six separate seasons between 1961 and 1978, as a right-handed lower-order batsman and a highly efficient deputy wicketkeeper, for most of...
  
   1993
• Charles Robins
  Charles Robins
  Robert Victor Charles Robins known as Charles Robins is a former English cricketer and insurance executive. He is the eldest son of the cricketer Walter Robins.-Career:...
  
   1994–1996
• Alan Moss
  Alan Moss
  Alan Edward Moss is a former English cricketer, who played in nine Tests for England from 1954 to 1960....
  
   1996–1999
• Phil Edmonds
  Phil Edmonds
  Phil Edmonds is a former English cricketer and a successful, albeit controversial, corporate executive....
  
   1999–2007
• Ian Lovett
  Ian Lovett
  Ian Lovett is an English banker.Ian Lovett is the current Chairman of Dunbar Bank and Middlesex County Cricket Club. He has also held directorships of Barclays Bank, Zurich Financial Services and Openworld and has presented as an after dinner speaker.-External links:* * * *...
  
   2007 to date

Club captains

• Edward Walker
  Vyell Edward Walker
  Vyell Edward Walker was an English cricketer and administrator.Edward Walker was born in Southgate, Middlesex and educated at Harrow School. He was the fifth of seven cricket playing brothers who resided at Arnos Grove. They played a major part in establishing the Middlesex County Cricket Club,...
  
   1864–1872
• Isaac Walker 1873–1884
• Alexander Webbe
  Alexander Webbe
  Alexander Josiah Webbe was a cricketer who played for Oxford University and Middlesex. He also played one Test match for England.After being schooled at Harrow School, he went on to Trinity College, Oxford, where he got a Blue in his first year...
  
   1885–1897
• Alexander Webbe
  Alexander Webbe
  Alexander Josiah Webbe was a cricketer who played for Oxford University and Middlesex. He also played one Test match for England.After being schooled at Harrow School, he went on to Trinity College, Oxford, where he got a Blue in his first year...
  
   and Andrew Stoddart
  Andrew Stoddart
  Andrew Ernest Stoddart was an English cricketer and rugby union player. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1893.-Cricket career:...
  
   1898
• Gregor MacGregor 1899–1907
• Plum Warner
  Plum Warner
  Sir Pelham Francis Warner MBE , affectionately and better known as Plum Warner, or even "the Grand Old Man" of English cricket was a Test cricketer....
  
   1908–1920
• Frank Mann 1921–1928
• Nigel Haig
  Nigel Haig
  Nigel Esme Haig was a cricketer who played for Middlesex and England.Tall, stringy and deceptively frail in appearance, Haig played regularly from 1912 to 1934 as an amateur batsman who could open the innings or bat further down the order and as a tireless swing bowler somewhat above medium pace...
  
   1929–1932
• Tommy Enthoven
  Tommy Enthoven
  Henry John Enthoven was an English cricketer.Tommy Enthoven was born in Cartagena, Spain and was educated at Cambridge University. He played in 123 first-class matches for Middlesex CCC, as a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium bowler between 1923 and 1936, scoring 4478 runs and taking 100...
  
   and Nigel Haig
  Nigel Haig
  Nigel Esme Haig was a cricketer who played for Middlesex and England.Tall, stringy and deceptively frail in appearance, Haig played regularly from 1912 to 1934 as an amateur batsman who could open the innings or bat further down the order and as a tireless swing bowler somewhat above medium pace...
  
   1933–1934
• Walter Robins
  Walter Robins
  Robert Walter Vivian Robins was a dynamic English cricketer and footballer.Walter Robins was born in Stafford and was educated at Highgate School and Cambridge University. He played football for Nottingham Forest and first-class cricket for Middlesex, Cambridge University and England...
  
   1935–1938, 1946–1947, 1950
• Ian Peebles
  Ian Peebles
  Ian Alexander Ross Peebles was a cricketer who played for Oxford University, Middlesex, Scotland and England. After retiring from cricket he became a cricket writer, working as a journalist on The Sunday Times and as the author of many books on cricket.Peebles had one of the strangest...
  
   1939
• George Mann 1948–1949
• Denis Compton
  Denis Compton
  Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE was an English cricketer who played in 78 Test matches, and a footballer...
  
   and Bill Edrich
  Bill Edrich
  William John "Bill" Edrich DFC was a distinguished cricketer who played for Middlesex, MCC, Norfolk and England.Edrich's three brothers, Brian, Eric and Geoff, and also his cousin, John, all played first-class cricket...
  
   1951–1952
• Bill Edrich
  Bill Edrich
  William John "Bill" Edrich DFC was a distinguished cricketer who played for Middlesex, MCC, Norfolk and England.Edrich's three brothers, Brian, Eric and Geoff, and also his cousin, John, all played first-class cricket...
  
   1953–1957
• John Warr
  John Warr
  John James Warr is an English former cricketer. He played in two Test matches for England.His Test bowling average remains the worst of any English player, but Warr turned it into comic relief in his highly humorous after dinner speeches.-Life and career:He played for Middlesex as a right-arm...
  
   1958–1960
• Ian Bedford
  Ian Bedford
  Philip Ian Bedford was an English cricketer.Ian Bedford had a sensational start to his first-class cricket career with Middlesex CCC in 1947 as a 17-year-old lower-order batsman and leg break bowler. In his first match, against Essex, he was the fourth spin bowler used in the Essex first innings,...
  
   1961–1962
• Colin Drybrough
  Colin Drybrough
  Colin David Drybrough was an Australian-born cricketer who played all of his first-class cricket in EnglandBorn in East Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, Drybrough first appeared in first-class for Middlesex County Cricket Club in 1958 in matches against both Oxford University and Cambridge...
  
   1963–1964
• Fred Titmus
  Fred Titmus
  Frederick John Titmus MBE was an English cricketer, whose first-class career spanned five decades. Although he was best known for his off spin , he was an accomplished lower-order batsman who deserved to be called an all-rounder, even opening the batting for England on six occasions...
  
   1965–1968
• Peter Parfitt
  Peter Parfitt
  Peter Parfitt is an English former cricketer. He attended Fakenham Grammar School, and King Edward VII Grammar School, in Kings Lynn, Norfolk....
  
   1968–1970
• Mike Brearley
  Mike Brearley
  John Michael Brearley OBE is a former cricketer who captained the England cricket team in 31 of his 39 Test matches, winning 17 and losing only 4. He was the President of the Marylebone Cricket Club in 2007–08.-Early life:...
  
   1971–1982
• Mike Gatting
  Mike Gatting
  Michael "Mike" William Gatting OBE is a former English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Middlesex and for England from 1977 to 1995, captaining the national side in twenty-three Test matches between 1986 and 1988...
  
   1983–1997
• Mark Ramprakash
  Mark Ramprakash
  Mark Ravin Ramprakash is an English cricketer, playing for Surrey and England. A right-handed batsman, he initially made his name playing for Middlesex, and was selected for England aged 21...
  
   1997–1999
• Justin Langer
  Justin Langer
  Justin Lee Langer AM is a former international cricketer who represented Australia in 105 Test matches and the current Assistant Coach and Batting Coach of the Australian cricket team. A left-handed batsman, his opening partnership with Matthew Hayden was one of the most successful of all time...
  
   2000
• Angus Fraser
  Angus Fraser
  Angus Robert Charles Fraser is the current Managing Director of Cricket of Middlesex County Cricket Club, and a former English cricketer and journalist....
  
   2001–2002
• Andrew Strauss
  Andrew Strauss
  Andrew John Strauss, OBE is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club and is the captain of England's Test cricket team. A fluent left-handed opening batsman, Strauss favours scoring off the back foot, mostly playing cut and pull shots...
  
   2002–2004
• Ben Hutton
  Ben Hutton
  Benjamin Leonard Hutton , is a retired English cricketer.-Early life:Ben Hutton was educated at Radley and Durham University for whom he opened the innings with the current England captain Andrew Strauss....
  
   2005–2006
• Ed Smith
  Ed Smith (cricketer)
  Edward Thomas Smith is an English author and journalist, and former professional cricketer.-Background:He is the son of the novelist Jonathan Smith...
  
   2007–2008
• Shaun Udal
  Shaun Udal
  Shaun David Udal is an English cricketer. An off spin bowler and lower-middle order batsman, he was a member of England's Test team for their tours to Pakistan and India in 2005/06.-International career:...
  
   2009–2010
• Adam Gilchrist
  Adam Gilchrist
  Adam Craig Gilchrist AM , nicknamed "Gilly" or "Churchy", is an Australian international cricketer who currently captains Kings XI Punjab and recently captained Middlesex. He is an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-keeper, who redefined the role for the Australian national...
  
   2010 (Twenty20 only)
• Neil Dexter
  Neil Dexter
  Neil John Dexter is a South African-born English cricketer, currently playing for Middlesex.He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium bowler...
  
   2010 to date

Club coaches

• Jack Robertson
  Jack Robertson
  Jack Robertson was an English cricketer, who played county cricket for Middlesex, and in eleven Tests for England....
  
   1960–1968
• Don Bennett
  Don Bennett
  Air Vice Marshal Donald Clifford Tyndall Bennett CB CBE DSO RAF was an Australian aviation pioneer and bomber pilot who rose to be the youngest Air Vice-Marshal in the Royal Air Force. He led the "Pathfinder Force" from 1942 to the end of the Second World War in 1945...
  
   1969–1997
• John Buchanan
  John Buchanan (cricketer)
  John Marshall Buchanan is the former coach of the Australia national cricket team and of Kolkata Knight Riders team in the Indian Premier League. John Buchanan is a King's Old Collegian and is also an old boy of The Southport School, located in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia...
  
   1998
• Mike Gatting
  Mike Gatting
  Michael "Mike" William Gatting OBE is a former English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Middlesex and for England from 1977 to 1995, captaining the national side in twenty-three Test matches between 1986 and 1988...
  
   1999–2000
• John Emburey
  John Emburey
  John Ernest Emburey is a former English cricketer, who played for Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Western Province, Berkshire and England....
  
   2001–2006
• Richard Pybus
  Richard Pybus
  Richard Alexander Pybus is an English-born cricketer and cricket coach.Born in the North-East of England, Pybus was raised in Australia, attending Normanhurst Boys' High School in Sydney. Richard Pybus' cricketing ambitions as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler were thwarted...
  
   2007
• Toby Radford
  Toby Radford
  Toby Alexander Radford is a Welsh cricket coach, cricketer and cricket administrator.The son of a Welsh journalist Brian Radford, Toby represented Middlesex , Sussex and Berkshire as an right-handed opening batsman and an occasional off-spinner in fourteen first-class matches and six List A...
  
   2007–2009
• Richard Scott
  Richard Scott (cricketer)
  Richard John Scott is an English cricket coach and retired cricketer.Scott was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He started his playing career at Dorset, playing for them in the Minor Counties Championship. In 1983 he made his List-A or the county against Essex...
  
   2009 to date

Club scorers

• George Burton
• Joe Murrell
  Joe Murrell
  Harry Robert Murrell , commonly known as Joe Murrell, was an English cricketer.Murrell was born in Hounslow, Middlesex. He was a right-handed batsman, left-arm bowler and wicketkeeper, who played 378 first-class cricket matches for Kent , MCC and Middlesex...
  
   1946–1952
• Patsy Hendren
  Patsy Hendren
  Elias Henry Hendren better known as Patsy Hendren was an English cricketer. Patsy was one of the most prolific English batsmen of the period between the wars, averaging 47.63 in his 51 Test matches...
  
   1952–1960
• Archie Fowler
  Archie Fowler
  Archibald John Burgess Fowler was an English cricketer.Archie Fowler represented Middlesex County Cricket Club in 26 first-class matches between 1921 and 1930 and received his County Cap. He never quite established himself, but did well in 1924, when he took 5/29 versus a strong Lancashire team...
  
   1960
• Jim Alldis 1960–1962
• Jim Sims
  Jim Sims
  James Morton Sims was an English cricketer.Jim Sims represented Middlesex in 381 first-class matches matches between 1929 and 1952 as a right-handed batsman and off-break bowler who scored 7173 runs and took 1,257 wickets...
  
   1963–1973
• Harry Sharp
  Harry Sharp
  Harry Philip Hugh Sharp was an English cricketer, cricket coach and scorer.Harry Sharp was born in Kentish Town and played for London Schools. He was spotted by Jack Durston while practising at the Middlesex Indoor School at Acton. Seconded to MCC, his duties included rolling the wicket.He joined...
  
   1973–1993
• Mike Smith 1994–2004
• Don Shelley
  Don Shelley
  Donald Kenneth Shelley is an English cricket scorer.He has been active in recreational cricket within the county of Middlesex for a number of years and is the Results Secretary for the Middlesex Cricket Board...
  
   2005 to date

Club secretaries

• Percy Thornton
  Percy Thornton
  Percy Melville Thornton was a British Conservative politician and author.He was the oldest surviving son of Rear Admiral Samuel Thornton and Emily Elizabeth Rice. His grandfather was the abolitionist MP Samuel Thornton and his uncle was Henry Thornton, founder of the Clapham Sect.Thornton...
  
  
• Alexander Webbe
  Alexander Webbe
  Alexander Josiah Webbe was a cricketer who played for Oxford University and Middlesex. He also played one Test match for England.After being schooled at Harrow School, he went on to Trinity College, Oxford, where he got a Blue in his first year...
  
   1900–1922
• Sir Pelham Warner
• Walter Robins
  Walter Robins
  Robert Walter Vivian Robins was a dynamic English cricketer and footballer.Walter Robins was born in Stafford and was educated at Highgate School and Cambridge University. He played football for Nottingham Forest and first-class cricket for Middlesex, Cambridge University and England...
  
  
• George Mann 1951–1965
• Arthur Flower
  Arthur Flower
  Arthur W. Flower was a cricket administrator.Arthur Flower entered cricket administration with Marylebone Cricket Club, before joining Middlesex County Cricket Club in 1946, as Assistant Secretary...
  
   1964–1980
• Alan Burridge
  Alan Burridge
  Alan Burridge was a cricketer and cricket administrator. He played one first-class cricket game for the Minor Counties against the West Indies cricket team in 1973 and many domestic one-day cricket games for Durham County Cricket Club, Hertfordshire County Cricket Club and the Minor Counties.He...
  
   1981
• Alan Wright
  Alan Wright
  Alan Geoffrey Wright is an English professional footballer. He is a coach in the Centre of Excellence at his first club, Blackpool, a role he assumed in June 2011....
  
   1981–1983
• Tim Lamb
  Tim Lamb
  Timothy Michael Lamb was an English County Cricketer and Cricket Administrator, the first Chief Executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board and is now Chief Executive of the Sport and Recreation Alliance .He was educated at Shrewsbury School and The Queen's College, Oxford University...
  
   1984–1987
• Peter Packham
  Peter Packham
  Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Packham is a retired British army officer who also served as Secretary of Middlesex County Cricket Club.He retired from the British army in 1985 and succeeded Tim Lamb as Secretary of Middlesex County Cricket Club in 1988. During his tenure of office, Middlesex won the...
  
   1988–1989
• Joe Hardstaff
  Joe Hardstaff (Air Commodore)
  Joseph Hardstaff, MBE is a retired Air Commodore and an English cricketer.Joe Hardstaff was born in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire and is the third member in successive generations to represent his family in first-class cricket. His grandfather Joe Hardstaff Sr. and his father Joe Hardstaff...
  
   1989–1997
• Vinny Codrington
  Vinny Codrington
  Vincent Codrington is a cricket administrator and former rugby union player.Vinny Codrington was educated at St. Benedict's School, Ealing. He played rugby union as a fly half for Richmond and also served as its Director of Rugby, during its transition from amateur to professional rugby...
  
   1997 to date

Managing Directors of Cricket

• Angus Fraser
  Angus Fraser
  Angus Robert Charles Fraser is the current Managing Director of Cricket of Middlesex County Cricket Club, and a former English cricketer and journalist....
  
   2009 to date

Executive Board

• Chairman Ian Lovett
  Ian Lovett
  Ian Lovett is an English banker.Ian Lovett is the current Chairman of Dunbar Bank and Middlesex County Cricket Club. He has also held directorships of Barclays Bank, Zurich Financial Services and Openworld and has presented as an after dinner speaker.-External links:* * * *...
  
  
• Chief Executive Vinny Codrington
  Vinny Codrington
  Vincent Codrington is a cricket administrator and former rugby union player.Vinny Codrington was educated at St. Benedict's School, Ealing. He played rugby union as a fly half for Richmond and also served as its Director of Rugby, during its transition from amateur to professional rugby...
  
  
• Treasurer Mike O'Farrell
• Managing Director of Cricket Angus Fraser
  Angus Fraser
  Angus Robert Charles Fraser is the current Managing Director of Cricket of Middlesex County Cricket Club, and a former English cricketer and journalist....
  
  
• Middlesex Cricket Board Chairman Bob Baxter
• Board Member Paul Downton
  Paul Downton
  Paul Downton is a former English cricketer, who played in thirty Tests and twenty eight ODIs from 1977 to 1989. He was a wicket-keeper and a useful batsman in the lower middle-order...
  
   2010-2013
• Board Member Chris Goldie
  Chris Goldie
  Christopher Frederick Evelyn Goldie is a retired South African born English cricketer. Goldie was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper....
  
   2011-2014
• Board Member Ben Hutton
  Ben Hutton
  Benjamin Leonard Hutton , is a retired English cricketer.-Early life:Ben Hutton was educated at Radley and Durham University for whom he opened the innings with the current England captain Andrew Strauss....
  
   2011-2012
• Board Member David Kendix 2011-2014
• Board Member Chris Lowe
  Chris Lowe (journalist)
  John Christopher Lowe is a news presenter who worked for BBC News for 37 years until his retirement on 4 January 2009.-Education:...
  
   2010-2013
• Board Member Alan Moss
  Alan Moss
  Alan Edward Moss is a former English cricketer, who played in nine Tests for England from 1954 to 1960....
  
   2010-2012

See also

• Middlesex First-class Cricketers
• Middlesex List A Limited-overs Cricketers
• Middlesex Twenty 20 Cricketers
• The Hearne Family
  Hearne family
  The Hearne family is an English cricketing family. Twelve members of the family played first-class cricket, including five for Kent and five for Middlesex...
  
  
• Marylebone Cricket Club
  Marylebone Cricket Club
  Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
  
  
• Middlesex Cricket Board
  Middlesex Cricket Board
  The Middlesex Cricket Board was formed in 1996. It is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Middlesex.The Board of the MCB consists of four representatives nominated by the Middlesex County Cricket Club, three nominated by other specific affiliated associations,...
  
  
• The Seaxe Club
  The Seaxe Club
  Founded in 1968, The Seaxe Club is the Official Supporters Club of Middlesex County Cricket Club, whose principal aim is to support cricket and foster interest at all levels from grass roots to county level within the County of Middlesex....
  
  
• The Walkers of Southgate
  The Walkers of Southgate
  The Walkers of Southgate were a cricketing family who lived at Arnos Grove Estate in Southgate, Middlesex. The family fortune was built through the brewing company Taylor Walker, and the seven brothers were all sent to Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge...
  
  
• Uxbridge Cricket Club
  Uxbridge Cricket Club
  Uxbridge Cricket Club is a cricket club based in Uxbridge, Middlesex. Uxbridge CC is a member of the Middlesex County Cricket League which is a designated ECB Premier League.-History:...
  
  

External links

• Middlesex County Cricket Club
• Middlesex Cricket Archive
• The Seaxe Club
• Wisden Cricinfo