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

Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Test 8 1 28 0 - - - - Championship 127.5 20 445 15 29.66 3/34 - - Other matches 37 4 153 7 21.85 3/67 - - Total (8-ball) 172.5 25 626 22 28.45 3/34 - - Career (6-ball) 322.5 44 } 1865 59 31.61 3/11 - - (8-ball) 172.5 25 1944/45 Compton’s first overseas cricket proved to be a great statistical success as in eight first-class matches for various teams he scored 990 runs in thirteen innings at an average of 90.00. He played in three Ranji Trophy matches for Holkar, making his top score of 249 not out, against the strong Bombay side. He made four other hundreds in all. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 114. Europeans v Parsees, Bombay, November 15, 16, 17 (Match drawn) b N.H.Colah 7 300 23.4 5 51 2 N.H.Colah b 479 1 K.K.Tarapore lbw not out 79 180-2 115. Services v Cricket Club of India, Bombay, December 1, 2, 3, 4 (Cricket Club of India won by an innings and 35 runs) c R.S.Modi b S.N.Banerjee 16 342 18 1 80 0 615-4d st E.S.Maka b Amir Elahi 120 238 116. Services v Bengal Governor’s XI, Calcutta, December 16, 17, 18 (Services won by an innings and 1 run) st sub (Parthasarathi) b S.Mitter 109 471 3 1 9 0 143 13 1 63 2 N.R.Chatterjee lbw 327 M.Sen lbw 117. Services v Stuart’s XII, Calcutta, January 7, 8, 9 (Stuart’s XII won by seven wickets) c M.H.Mankad b C.S.Nayudu 26 136 4 0 14 0 228 1 st B.B.Nimbalkar b M.H.Mankad 123 315 - - - - 226-4 1 118. Holkar v Bengal, Indore, January 18, 19, 20 (Holkar won by an innings and 298 runs) c T.V.Parthasarathi b P.B.Dutt 22 538 - - - - 64 1 2 0 13 0 176 119. Holkar v Madras, Madras, February 17, 18, 19 (Holkar won by ten wickets) b C.R.Rangachari 81 403 3 1 7 0 254 did not bat - 11-0 6 0 19 1 M.Robinson lbw 158 120. C.K.Nayudu’s XI v Cricket Club of India, Bombay, February 27, 28, March 1 (Cricket Club of India won by an innings and 16 runs) c G.Kishenchand b Amir Elahi 38 397 10 1 47 0 654 c Anwar Hussain b Amir Elahi 100 241 121. Holkar v Bombay, Bombay, March 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (Bombay won by 374 runs) lbw b D.G.Phadkar 20 360 - - - - 462 not out 249 492 9 1 28 0 764 1 17