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

256. Middlesex v Lancashire, Lord’s, May 28, 30, 31 (Match drawn) c and b M.J.Hilton 179 356 5 0 16 0 304 5 1 25 0 114-3 257. Middlesex v Glamorgan, Swansea, June 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) c J.T.Eaglestone b W.Wooller 10 111 24 14 33 0 237 2 not out 67 139-2 7 3 18 0 183-7d 258. Middlesex v Sussex, Lord’s, June 4, 6, 7 (Match drawn) c H.T.Bartlett b J.H.Cornford 182 420-7d 17 3 64 1 G.Cox c W.J.Edrich 269 1 13 3 39 1 J.Langridge lbw 374-8 259. Middlesex v Warwickshire, Lord’s, June 8, 9, 10 (Match drawn) b W.E.Hollies 14 135 3 2 1 0 155 2 b T.L.Pritchard 14 340-6d 27 9 51 2 K.A.Taylor c L.H.Compton 291-9 C.W.C.Grove c H.P.H.Sharp 260. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Headingley, June 11, 13, 14 (Match drawn) st F.L.H.Mooney b T.B.Burtt 114 372 8 2 23 1 T.B.Burtt c A.V.Bedser 341 c F.L.H.Mooney b H.B.Cave26 267-4d 1 0 5 0 195-2 261. Middlesex v Yorkshire, Lord’s, June 18, 20, 21 (Match drawn) b N.W.D.Yardley 5 316 25 7 63 4 F.A.Lowson c and b 322-8d 2 J.V.Wilson lbw D.B.Close c and b E.P.Robinson b b N.W.D.Yardley 11 245-6d 5 0 16 0 71-1 262. Middlesex v Gloucestershire, Bristol, June 22, 23, 24 (Middlesex won by nine wickets) c C.A.Milton b T.W.J.Goddard 0 357 9 0 35 0 189 did not bat - 82-1 18 3 43 2 B.O.Allen c H.P.H.Sharp 246 1 C.A.Milton c and b 263. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Lord’s, June 25, 27, 28 (Match drawn) c B.Sutcliffe b T.B.Burtt 116 313-9d 7 0 33 1 V.J.Scott c W.J.Edrich 484 1 b T.B.Burtt 6 306-5 264. Middlesex v Lancashire, Old Trafford, June 29, 30, July 1 (Middlesex won by five wickets) run out 70 376-4d 16.4 3 40 3 K.J.Grieves c W.J.Edrich 221 R.Berry b A.Wilson lbw b P.Greenwood 7 107-5 35 9 93 5 W.Place b 261 1 N.D.Howard lbw P.Greenwood b R.Pollard b A.Wilson c W.J.Edrich 265. Middlesex v Leicestershire, Leicester, July 2, 4, 5 (Middlesex won by 100 runs) run out 99 333 24 1 130 1 F.T.Prentice c W.J.Edrich 475-8d c P.Corrall b J.Sperry 8 333 1 0 3 0 91 266. Middlesex v Yorkshire, Bramall Lane, July 9, 11, 12 (Match drawn) b A.Coxon 122 400 21 4 48 0 336 1 9 1 28 0 133-4 267. Players v Gentlemen, Lord’s, July 13, 14, 15 (Players won by four wickets) lbw N.W.D.Yardley 33 234 - - - - 105 c G.H.G.Doggart b F.R.Brown 17 139-6 6 1 13 0 267 1 268. Middlesex v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, July 16, 18, 19 (Match drawn) b A.H.Kardar 71 231-9d 18 2 62 3 A.Townsend c and b 279-8d 1 A.V.G.Wolton c L.H.Gray P.Cranmer c J.G.Dewes 19 7 26 1 A.H.Kardar lbw 115-7 269. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Old Trafford, July 23, 25, 26 (Match drawn) b J.Cowie 25 440-9d 6 0 28 1 T.B.Burtt st T.G.Evans 293 8 0 28 1 B.Sutcliffe lbw 348-7 270. Middlesex v Hampshire, Bournemouth, July 27, 28, 29 (Middlesex won by 137 runs) b D.Shackleton 2 450-8d 16.3 3 58 3 D.E.Blake b 227 C.Walker lbw R.A.Carty c L.H.Gray not out 102 190-5d 13 0 63 1 E.D.R.Eagar c J.M.Sims 276 31