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

had a good start to the tour and had hit four scores of over fifty in his eight first-class innings up to the First Test. His record in the first three Tests was disappointing; he made only one fifty in these six innings. After this however his record improved dramatically and he hit four centuries in succession in two games in Tasmania and then more importantly in the Fourth Test, at Adelaide, a match where the temperature reached 105 degrees Fahrenheit. In a superb innings lasting four and a quarter hours he hit fifteen fours and had valuable partnerships with J.Hardstaff, J.T.Ikin and N.W.D.Yardley. In their second innings England lost eight wickets for 255 runs but then T.G.Evans, in a remarkably restrained way, helped Compton to add 85 runs before W.R.Hammond declared. Evans was at the wicket for ninety-five minutes before scoring his first run. Denis made 103 not out in the second innings. Arthur Morris of Australia also made two hundreds in this match, the first time two players had accomplished the feat in the same Test match. Compton narrowly missed a fifth successive first-class hundred when he was dismissed for 93 in the return match with Victoria. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 154. M.C.C. v Combined XI, Perth, October 17, 18, 19 (Match drawn) st G.T.Kessey b B.Dooland 98 302 2 0 14 0 462 155. M.C.C. v South Australia, Adelaide, October 25, 26, 28, 29 (Match drawn) c K.I.O’Neill b J.L.Mann 71 506-5d - - - - 266 1 17 5 46 2 P.L.Ridings c W.R.Hammond 276-8 R.A.Hamence st T.G.Evans 156. M.C.C. v Victoria, Melbourne, October 31, November 1, 2, 4 (M.C.C. won by 244 runs) c R.N.Harvey b D.T.Ring 143 358 - - - - 189 c G.E.Tribe b D.T.Ring 18 279-7d 5 0 17 0 204 1 157. M.C.C. v Australian XI, Melbourne, November (8), 9, 11, (12), 13 (Match drawn) st R.A.Saggers b C.L.McCool 24 314 14 3 26 1 D.G.Bradman c R.Pollard 327-5 158. M.C.C. v New South Wales, Sydney, November 15, (16), (18), 19 (Match drawn) not out 1 156-2 165-4d 159. M.C.C. v Queensland, Brisbane, November 22, 23, 25, 26 (Match drawn) b L.J.Johnson 55 310 4 0 14 0 400 1 c J.A.Ellis b C.L.McCool 13 238-6 3 1 14 0 230-6d 1 160. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, November 29, 30, December 2, 3, 4, 5 (Australia won by an innings and 332 runs) lbw b K.R.Miller 17 141 6 0 20 0 645 c S.G.Barnes b E.R.H.Toshack 15 172 161. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Sydney, December 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19 (Australia won by an innings and 33 runs) c D.Tallon b C.L.McCool 5 255 6 0 38 0 659-8d 1 c D.G.Bradman b F.W.Freer 54 371 162. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, January 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 (Match drawn) lbw b E.R.H.Toshack 11 351 365 run out 14 310-7 536 1 163. M.C.C. v Combined XI, Hobart, January 10, 11, 13 (Match drawn) c R.O.G.Morrisby b J.I.Murfett 11 278 13 1 58 2 I.W.Johnson c W.J.Edrich 374 J.F.L.Laver c T.G.Evans c S.G.Barnes b J.F.L.Laver 124 353-9d 3 0 17 0 145-2 164. M.C.C. v Tasmania, Launceston, January 15, 16, 17 (Match drawn) c C.G.Richardson b D.J.Clark 163 467-5d - - - - 103 6 1 27 1 D.Calvert c N.W.D.Yardley 129-6 1 165. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Adelaide, January 31, February 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 (Match drawn) c and b R.R.Lindwall 147 460 3 0 12 0 487 not out 103 340-8d - - - - 215-1 166. M.C.C. v Victoria, Melbourne, February 14, 15, 17, 18 (Match drawn) c and b K.R.Miller 93 355 327 c F.W.Freer b D.T.Ring 10 118 167. M.C.C. v New South Wales, Sydney, February 21, 22, 24, 25 (Match drawn) b J.Pettiford 75 266 342 not out 74 205-3d 262-6d 21