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

lbw b A.V.Bedser 20 78 125. Middlesex v Leicestershire, Lord’s, May 8, 9, 10 (Middlesex won by 65 runs) st P.Corrall b J.Sperry 74 275-6d 2 0 3 0 147 1 not out 13 142-2d - - - - 205 126. Middlesex v Northamptonshire, Lord’s, May 11, 13, 14 (Match drawn) not out 147 384-6d 17 5 37 2 W.Barron b 383 1 C.B.Clarke b run out 54 227-9 4 1 10 0 250-9d 127. Middlesex v Somerset, Lord’s, May 15, 16, 17 (Middlesex won by four wickets) lbw b J.Lawrence 50 260-9d 364 1 b H.L.Hazell 39 160-6 55 1 128. Middlesex v Hampshire, Lord’s, May 18, 20, 21 (Middlesex won by 208 runs) run out 39 209 3 0 4 0 70 c E.D.R.Eagar b J.Bailey 35 175 - - - - 106 1 129. Middlesex v Lancashire, Old Trafford, May 25, 27, 28 (Lancashire won by seven wickets) b R.Pollard 124 273 8.2 1 23 2 C Washbrook c and b 365 E.J.Price c B.L.Muncer st T.L.Brierley b E.J.Price 100 228 2 0 6 0 137-3 130. Middlesex v Nottinghamshire, Lord’s, May (29), 30, 31 (Match drawn) b A.Jepson 10 163 8 1 21 0 197-9d not out 0 8-2 131. Middlesex v Derbyshire, Lord’s, June (1), 3, 4 (Match drawn) lbw b A.E.G.Rhodes 7 153 8 1 24 1 D.B.Carr b 155-9d b A.E.G.Rhodes 1 145-5d 1 0 1 0 57-1 132. Middlesex v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, June 5, 6, 7 (Middlesex won by eight wickets) b P.E.Bodkin 202 408 14 2 31 1 G.L.Willatt c W.J.Edrich 285 did not bat - 41-2 - - - - 163 133. Middlesex v Sussex, Lord’s, June 8, 10, 11 (Match drawn) b J.Langridge 0 317-8d 243 1 did not bat - 101-1d 6-1 134. England v The Rest, Lord’s, June (12), 13, 14 (Match drawn) b J.W.Martin 0 294-7 209 135. Middlesex v Yorkshire, Lord’s, June 15, 17, 18 (Yorkshire won by 73 runs) c A.B.Sellers b T.F.Smailes 8 74 6 0 23 2 H.Beaumont c L.H.Gray 140 2 A.B.Sellers b lbw b T.F.Smailes 0 101 4 0 10 1 H.Beaumont lbw 108 136. Middlesex v Glamorgan, Swansea, June 19, 20 (Middlesex won by an innings and 94 runs) b J.C.Clay 1 368-9d 136 2 138 1 137. ENGLAND v INDIA, Lord’s, June 22, 24, 25 (England won by ten wickets) b N.B.Amarnath 0 428 200 did not bat - 48-0 275 138. Middlesex v Warwickshire, Lord’s, June 26, 27 (Middlesex won by an innings and 120 runs) c D.L.Clugston b W.E.Hollies 122 410-8d 127 1 163 139. Middlesex v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, June 29, July 1 (Middlesex won by an innings and 39 runs) c E.A.Meads b A.Jepson 3 484 263 182 140. Middlesex v Hampshire, Bournemouth, July 6, 8, 9 (Middlesex won by eight wickets) c G.Hill b A.C.Shirreff 115 355 - - - - 136 not out 55 180-2 13 2 26 0 398 1 141. The Rest v England XI, Canterbury, July 10, 11, 12 (England XI won by 18 runs) c L.Hutton b D.V.P.Wright 5 175 5 1 14 1 J.F.Crapp b 321-7d c J.F.Crapp b A.V.Bedser 103 307 3 0 9 0 179-9d 1 142. Middlesex v Somerset, Taunton, July 13, 15, 16 (Somerset won by an innings and 52 runs) c E.F.Longrigg b A.W.Wellard 7 205 3 0 24 0 523-9d lbw b H.T.F.Buse 42 266 143. Players v Gentlemen, Lord’s, July 17, 18 (Players won by an innings and 140 runs) b J.G.W.Davies 87 399-5d 144 115 1 19