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

match of the season Denis played a remarkable innings of 181 during which he and L.H.Gray put on 79 runs for the tenth wicket, Compton’s contribution being 78. He played for the Players against the Gentlemen at Lord’s making useful scores of 58 and 70. He finished the season with the impressive aggregate of 2,468 runs at an average of 56.09. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 83. M.C.C. v Surrey, Lord’s, May 3, 4 (Surrey won by 99 runs) c L.B.Fishlock b A.R.Gover 2 140 12 1 41 2 L.B.Fishlock c and b 221 1 H.T.Barling c B.H.Valentine c R.J.Gregory b E.A.Watts 5 121 1 0 5 0 139 1 84. M.C.C. v Yorkshire, Lord’s, May 6, 8 (Yorkshire won by nine wickets) st A.Wood b E.P.Robinson 21 92 148 1 lbw b H.Verity 9 114 59-1 85. Middlesex v Essex, Lord’s, May 10, 11, 12 (Middlesex won by two wickets) run out 181 353 403 c R.Smith b J.W.A.Stephenson 15 224-8 173-7d 86. M.C.C. v West Indians, Lord’s, May 13, (14), (15) (Match drawn) c I.M.Barrow b T.F.Johnson115 435-7 87. Middlesex v Northamptonshire, Lord’s, May (17), (18), 19 (Middlesex won by 118 runs) c J.E.Buswell b F.P.O’Brien 94 232-5d 5 1 10 1 D.Brookes c J.M.Sims 114 88. Middlesex v Gloucestershire, Lord’s, May 20, 22, 23 (Gloucestershire won by three wickets) b T.W.J.Goddard 44 236 - - - - 207 c W.R.Hammond b C.J.Scott46 207 2 0 5 0 239-7 89. Middlesex v Hampshire, Lord’s, May 24, 25, 26 (Middlesex won by nine wickets) b G.Hill 143 402 183 did not bat - 8-1 224 90. Middlesex v Sussex, Lord’s, May 27, 29, 30 (Middlesex won by seven wickets) c J.K.Nye b H.E.Hammond 81 264 182 not out 50 155-3 236 91. Middlesex v West Indians, Lord’s, June 3, 5, 6 (West Indians won by an innings and 228 runs) lbw b L.N.Constantine 13 183 12 1 67 3 J.E.D.Sealy c W.F.F.Price 665 1 L.N.Constantine c E.T.Killick E.A.Martindale c W.F.F.Price c G.A.Headley b C.B.Clarke 26 254 92. Middlesex v Somerset, Frome, June 7, 8, 9 (Middlesex won by five wickets) b H.T.F.Buse 30 312 354 not out 103 184-5 139 93. Middlesex v Yorkshire, Lord’s, June 10, 12 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 246 runs) lbw b W.E.Bowes 25 62 12 0 40 2 H.Sutcliffe c and b 430-5d 1 A.B.Sellers b c and b H.Verity 18 122 94. Middlesex v Northamptonshire, Northampton, June 17, 19, 20 (Middlesex won by seven wickets) b J.E.Timms 47 280 17 6 32 1 W.E.Merritt c W.J.Edrich 222 not out 111 288-3 12 2 27 0 343-9d 95. ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Lord’s, June 24, 26, 27 (England won by eight wickets) c J.B.Stollmeyer b C.B.Clarke 120 404-5d - - - - 277 1 did not bat - 100-2 3 0 8 0 225 96. M.C.C. v Oxford University, Lord’s, June 28, 29 (Match drawn) st P.H.Blagg b A.J.B.Marsham 34 269-7d 12 2 40 2 R.Sale c W.W.H.Hill-Wood 339-6d R.B.Proud b b D.E.Young 73 199 97. Middlesex v Lancashire, Old Trafford, July 1, 3, 4 (Middlesex won by 123 runs) c W.H.L.Lister b R.Pollard 7 317 4 0 21 2 J.L.Hopwood c and b 245 1 A.E.Nutter c C.I.J.Smith c A.E.Nutter b R.Pollard 115 217 3 0 7 0 166 98. Players v Gentlemen, Lord’s, July 5, 6, 7 (Match drawn) b J.W.A.Stephenson 58 270 158-7d c J.M.Brocklebank b J.W.A.Stephenson 70 202-4d 154 15