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

72. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Headingley, July 22, 23, 25 (Australia won by five wickets) b W.J.O’Reilly 14 223 242 c B.A.Barnett b W.J.O’Reilly15 123 107-5 73. Middlesex v Sussex, Hove, July 30, August 1, 2 (Middlesex won by three wickets) c W.L.Cornford b H.E.Hammond 31 178 296 c H.E.Hammond b J.K.Nye 4 301-7 181 1 74. Middlesex v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, August 3, 4, 5 (Middlesex won by 162 runs) b J.H.Mayer 58 395 206 c A.J.W.Croom b K.Wilmot 19 184-7d 211 1 75. Middlesex v Surrey, Kennington Oval, August 6, 8, 9 (Surrey won by 200 runs) c E.A.Watts b R.J.Gregory 38 190 5 0 15 0 339 1 c R.J.Gregory b H.S.Squires 1 131 - - - - 182-6d 1 76. Middlesex v Kent, Lord’s, August 10, 11, 12 (Middlesex won by an innings and 18 runs) c W.H.V.Levett b A.E.Watt 43 212-9d 107 87 2 77. Middlesex v Somerset, Lord’s, August 13, 15, 16 (Middlesex won by 263 runs) c H.D.Burrough b H.T.F.Buse 33 267 125 1 b H.T.F.Buse 34 275-9d 154 78. Middlesex v Essex, Lord’s, August 17, 18, 19 (Middlesex won by ten wickets) not out 180 392 - - - - 108 did not bat - 26-0 3 0 18 0 309 79. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Kennington Oval, August 20, 22, 23, 24 (England won by an innings and 579 runs) b M.G.Waite 1 903-7d 201 1 123 80. Middlesex v Surrey, Lord’s, August 27, 29, 30 (Match drawn) c and b H.M.Garland-Wells 52 241 1 0 6 0 396 1 c E.W.J.Brooks b H.S.Squires 29 183-8 81. An England XI v Australians, Folkestone, September 3, 5, 6 (Match drawn) b F.A.Ward 17 223 5 0 19 1 J.W.H.Fingleton b 390 did not bat - 38-0 6 1 18 1 M.G.Waite c G.H.Pope 327-7d 82. P.F.Warner’s XI v England Past and Present, Folkestone, September 7, 8, 9 (Match drawn) c W.F.F.Price b D.V.P.Wright 50 173 - - - - 256 1 did not bat - 39-0 4 0 44 1 E.Paynter c H.E.Dollery 329-8d 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Tests 4 6 1 214 102 42.80 1 1 4 Players v Gentlemen 1 2 0 51 45 25.50 - - 2 Championship 17 27 3 1195 180* 49.79 3 4 19 Other matches 8 12 2 408 100 40.80 1 3 10 Total 30 47 6 1868 180* 45.56 5 8 35 Career 82 125 13 4852 180* 43.32 9 32 72 Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Championship 55 10 194 8 24.25 3/32 - - Other matches 75 8 310 8 38.75 2/65 - - Total 130 18 504 16 31.50 3/32 - - Career (6-ball) 322.5 44 1239 37 33.48 3/11 - - 1939 Compton scored his first Test century at Lord’s in the First Test versus the West Indies. He and L.Hutton made 248 for the fourth wicket in only 140 minutes. In Middlesex’s first Championship 14