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

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Tests 5 9 1 406 114 50.75 1 2 9 Other matches 12 17 4 1375 300 105.76 7 2 16 Total 17 26 5 1781 300 84.80 8 4 25 Career 248 391 51 20737 300 60.99 74 89 209 Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Tests 98.2 20 308 7 44.00 5/70 1 - Other matches 177.2 20 743 23 32.30 6/62 1 - Total (8-ball) 275.4 40 1051 30 35.03 6/62 2 - Career (6-ball) 1924.1 342 } 8350 266 31.39 7/36 7 2 (8-ball) 531.3 76 1949 This summer was another one of fine weather and Compton performed well up to his usual standards. He made two hundreds against the visiting New Zealanders in a drawn series. Middlesex shared the County Championship with Yorkshire, the last time they were to head the county table for twenty-seven years. Denis scored 1,773 runs in the Championship at an average of 50.65 and took as many as 60 wickets which included five wickets in an innings on four separate occasions. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 249. M.C.C. v Surrey, Lord’s, May 4, 5, 6 (M.C.C. won by two wickets) b A.V.Bedser 26 179 3 0 17 0 285 b A.V.Bedser 12 281-8 - - - - 173 1 250. Middlesex v Nottinghamshire, Lord’s, May 7, 9, 10 (Match drawn) c P.F.Harvey b A.Jepson 4 309-7d 21.5 1 73 5 F.W.Stocks b 304 P.F.Harvey st L.H.Compton H.J.Butler b E.A.Meads st L.H.Compon F.G.Woodhead c H.P.H.Sharp run out 23 197-9 26.2 4 76 2 P.F.Harvey c A.W.Thompson 226 E.A.Meads c S.M.Brown 251. Middlesex v Northamptonshire, Lord’s, May 11, 12, 13 (Middlesex won by 62 runs) b R.G.Garlick 140 449-7d 22.5 2 90 3 F.Jakeman c W.J.Edrich 301 F.R.Brown c F.G.Mann R.W.Clarke c L.H.Compton b V.Broderick 63 190 7 0 28 0 276 252. Middlesex v Essex, Lord’s, May 14, 16, 17 (Middlesex won by 142 runs) c T.H.Wade b G.R.Pullinger 16 183 19.3 3 57 5 S.J.Cray st L.H.Compton 171 1 T.E.Bailey lbw T.N.Pearce c and b R.Smith lbw E.J.Price c L.H.Compton c A.V.Avery b G.R.Pullinger18 250 10.5 2 35 3 T.E.Bailey b 120 T.N.Pearce b T.H.Wade b 253. Middlesex v Leicestershire, Lord’s, May 18, 19 (Middlesex won by an innings and 44 runs) b V.E.Jackson 60 273 - - - - 70 8 0 19 0 159 2 254. M.C.C. v New Zealanders, Lord’s, May 21, 23, 24 (Match drawn) c W.A.Hadlee b H.B.Cave 63 379 20 3 61 1 W.M.Wallace c T.E.Bailey 313 did not bat - 34-1 255. Middlesex v Glamorgan, Lord’s, May 25, 26, 27 (Match drawn) c W.Wooller b N.G.Hever 4 322-9d 19 2 79 2 W.E.Jones c L.H.Compton 226 A.J.Watkins st L.H.Compton c M.Robinson b W.Wooller 19 52-3d 6 1 15 0 119-7 30