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

Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Tests 33 2 126 5 25.20 1/6 - - Players v Gentlemen 6 1 13 0 - - - - Championship 647.1 119 2003 60 33.38 5/57 4 - Other matches 54.3 3 244 8 30.50 3/66 - - Total (6-ball) 740.4 125 2386 73 32.68 5/57 4 - Career (6-ball) 2664.5 467 } 10736 339 31.66 7/36 11 2 (8-ball) 531.3 76 1950 This was the year of Compton’s knee and the question hung over all his season as to whether he would be fit for the Australian tour the following winter. A serious operation kept him out of the game for most of June and July. He finally returned to Test cricket in the Fourth and final Test against the West Indies at Kennington Oval where he scored 44 and 11 in a match in which England were overwhelmed by the visitors. The record of England this summer did not bode well for their forthcoming trip to Australasia. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 282. Middlesex v Hampshire, Lord’s, May (6), (8), 9 (Hampshire won by nine wickets) b V.H.D.Cannings 4 103 8 1 26 0 209-3 283. Middlesex v Warwickshire, Lord’s, May 10, 11, 12, (Warwickshire won by 244 runs) b T.L.Pritchard 41 143 12 2 45 1 H.E.Roberts lbw 326 1 c H.E.Roberts b C.W.C.Grove 45 157 - - - - 218-7d 284. Middlesex v Somerset, Lord’s, May 13, 15, 16 (Middlesex won by eight wickets) c and b M.F.Tremlett 144 425-9d 16 7 25 0 214 not out 34 139-2 33 7 75 1 H.W.Stephenson b 346 285. Middlesex v Glamorgan, Lord’s, May 17, 18, 19 (Match drawn) b W.Wooller 75 423 4 2 15 0 242 1 23 4 63 0 337-6d 2 286. Middlesex v Sussex, Lord’s, May 27, 29, 30 (Match drawn) b A.E.James 50 319 257 did not bat - 234-6d 253-8 287. Middlesex v Surrey, Kennington Oval, July 29, 31, August 1 (Surrey won by ten wickets) not out 115 229 6 0 23 0 401 c B.Constable b G.A.R.Lock 25 199 - - - - 28-0 288. Middlesex v Leicestershire, Leicester, August 2, 3, 4 (Middlesex won by 185 runs) c P.Corrall b V.S.Munden 68 378-6d 3 1 6 0 176 1 c W.R.Parkins b T.J.Goodwin 28 179-7d 10 2 36 3 V.S.Munden st L.H.Compton 196 C.R.D.Wooler c R.S.Cooper J.E.Walsh b 289. Middlesex v Sussex, Hove, August 5, 7, 8 (Middlesex won by 24 runs) c J.G.Langridge b D.J.Wood 12 257 22 6 65 2 G.Cox c J.D.B.Robertson 319-8d 1 D.V.Smith c J.D.B.Robertson st R.T.Webb b G.Cox 80 347-8d 4 0 12 0 261 290. ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Kennington Oval, August 12, 14, 15, 16 (West Indies won by an innings and 56 runs) run out 44 344 7 2 21 0 503 c E.de C.Weekes b A.L.Valentine 11 103 291. Middlesex v Surrey, Lord’s, August 19, 21, 22 (Surrey won by six wickets) c G.A.R.Lock b J.C.Laker 48 258 7 1 30 3 L.B.Fishlock c W.J.Edrich 262-8d J.C.Laker b A.V.Bedser c R.W.V.Robins c and b G.A.R.Lock 0 161 3 0 17 0 160-4 33