Famous Cricketers No 39 - D.C.S.Compton

1936 Denis Compton’s debut impressed all those who saw it. Batting at number 11 he helped G.O.B.Allen to add 36 runs for the last wicket and give Middlesex a first ininings lead of 13 runs. He managed to take two wickets, one in each innings and make one catch. He soon progressed up the order and made 87 in his third match batting at number 7. He made his first hundred (100 not out) in his tenth first-class innings, at Northampton, and finished his debut season with 1004 runs, all but one game for Middlesex. He was only the twelfth player to accomplish the feat of a thousand runs in his debut season. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 1. Middlesex v Sussex, Lord’s, May 30, June 1, (2) (Match drawn) lbw b J.H.Parks 14 198 4 1 10 1 H.W.Parks c G.O.B.Allen 185 1 10 3 25 1 A.Melville c W.F.F.Price 189-3 2. Middlesex v Nottinghamshire, Lord’s, June 3, 4, 5 (Middlesex won by 181 runs) not out 26 243 2 1 1 0 148 lbw b H.Larwood 14 127 - - - - 41 1 3. Middlesex v Northamptonshire, Lord’s, June 6, 8, 9 (Middlesex won by 283 runs) c R.J.Partridge b E.W.Clark 0 192 1 0 6 0 68 c J.E.Timms b E.W.Clark 87 278 1 0 5 0 119 4. Middlesex v Yorkshire, Lord’s, June 10, 11, 12 (Match drawn) b H.Verity 26 162 242 c A.Wood b T.F.Smailes 1 77-6 165 5. Middlesex v Lancashire, Old Trafford, June (13), 15, (16) (Match drawn) b W.E.Phillipson 1 114 110-6 2 6. M.C.C. v Oxford University, Lord’s, June 20, 22 (M.C.C. won by an innings and 123 runs) c N.S.Mitchell-Innes b A.P.Singleton 15 333 1 0 1 2 J.H.Dyson c E.H.Hendren 128 1 R.F.H.Darwall-Smith b - - - - 82 7. Middlesex v Northamptonshire, Northampton, June 17, 18, 19 (Match drawn) not out 100 464 3 0 21 0 298 - - - - 141-8 8. Middlesex v Gloucestershire, Lord’s, June 24, 25, (26) (Match drawn) b W.R.Hammond 35 317 249 lbw b R.A.Sinfield 81 329 9. Middlesex v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, July 4, 6, 7 (Match drawn) b H.J.Butler 3 117 3 0 7 1 H.Larwood st W.F.F.Price 204 did not bat - 82-3 - - - - 91-5 10. Middlesex v Essex, Colchester, July 11, 13, 14 (Match drawn) b K.Farnes 53 238 3 1 9 0 144 1 b M.S.Nichols 5 138-7d - - - - 140-8 11. Middlesex v Kent, Maidstone, July 18, 20, 21 (Match drawn) c A.P.F.Chapman b W.H.Ashdown 87 313 201 c W.H.V.Levett b A.P.Freeman 96 287-6d 115-7 1 12. Middlesex v Hampshire, Bournemouth, July 22, (23), 24 (Match drawn) c W.C.L.Creese b G.S.Boyes14 126 112 b G.Hill 1 133-9d 89-5 13. Middlesex v Somerset, Taunton, July (25), 27, (28) (Match drawn) c W.T.Luckes b A.W.Wellard 3 142 146-7 14. Middlesex v Yorkshire, Scarborough, July 29, 30 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 170 runs) c A.Mitchell b T.F.Smailes 5 127 5 1 16 0 469 1 c W.Barber b M.Leyland 51 172 15. Middlesex v Sussex, Hove, August 1, 3, 4 (Middlesex won by an innings and 108 runs) hit wkt b A.Melville 80 337 115 114 16. Middlesex v Gloucestershire, Bristol, August 5, 6, 7 (Middlesex won by nine wickets) hit wkt b R.A.Sinfield 26 410 154 not out 6 19-1 273 9