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

c H.W.Stephenson b G.E.Tribe 49 134 - - - - 113-6 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Tests 4 6 0 312 112 52.00 1 2 2 Players v Gentlemen 1 2 1 224 150 224.00 1 1 1 Championship 14 24 3 1150 172 54.76 4 5 16 Other matches 6 8 2 507 158 84.50 2 1 6 Total 25 40 6 2193 172 64.50 8 9 25 Career 336 536 68 27512 300 58.78 97 117 284 Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Tests 13 1 45 0 - - - - Players v Gentlemen 11 0 40 2 20.00 2/40 - - Championship 337.5 45 1062 42 25.28 5/88 1 - Other matches 72.2 13 256 4 64.00 3/93 - - Total (6-ball) 434.1 59 1403 48 29.22 5/88 1 - Career (6-ball) 3351.2 577 } 13339 412 32.37 7/36 12 2 (8-ball) 615.7 83 1952 This season enabled Denis Compton to become the fourteenth cricketer to score one hundred first-class centuries. This feat was accomplished in his 35th year and he was and is still the second youngest after W.R.Hammond to reach this target. He played in only two Tests against the visiting Indians. He made a total of 1,880 runs with four hundreds. A highlight of his season was an innings of 130 at Lord’s against Worcestershire. He took 77 wickets this year, his most ever in a season. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 337. Middlesex v Derbyshire, Lord’s, May 7, 8, 9 (Middlesex won by nine wickets) st G.O.Dawkes b A.E.G.Rhodes 85 234 8 2 22 1 J.M.Kelly c W.J.Edrich 215 1 did not bat - 72-1 12 3 15 2 G.L.Willatt b 90 1 A.C.Revill b 338. Middlesex v Glamorgan, Lord’s, May 10, 12, 13 (Glamorgan won by 131 runs) b D.J.Shepherd 1 123 22 4 62 3 W.G.A.Parkhouse b 266 W.E.Jones c W.J.Edrich A.J.Watkins b b A.J.Watkins 2 206 9 1 34 1 W.Wooller lbw 194 339. Middlesex v Worcestershire, Lord’s, May 14, 15, 16 (Middlesex won by 31 runs) b R.T.D.Perks 130 299 16 1 66 4 R.E.Bird lbw 197 1 G.Dews b R.O.Jenkins lbw H.Yarnold b c H.Yarnold b R.O.Jenkins 76 204 13 1 53 0 275 340. M.C.C. v Indians, Lord’s, May 17, 19, 20 (Match drawn) run out 36 383-8d 16 4 45 0 255 not out 28 83-2d 4 0 21 1 V.S.Hazare c M.J.Hilton 188-3 341. Middlesex v Gloucestershire, Lord’s, May 21, 22, 23 (Middlesex won by 111 runs) b G.E.E.Lambert 24 138 - - - - 169 lbw b C.J.Scott 6 345 19 1 63 6 T.W.Graveney c and b 203 2 J.F.Crapp lbw G.M.Emmett c W.J.Edrich Sir D.T.L.Bailey lbw C.J.Scott st L.H.Compton F.P.McHugh b 38