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

342. Middlesex v Leicestershire, Leicester, May 24, 26, 27 (Leicestershire won by seven wickets) not out 109 407-5d 28 1 114 2 M.R.Hallam lbw 412-6d M.Tompkin c J.M.Sims c J.Firth b C.T.Spencer 21 215 14 2 48 1 G.Lester c W.Knightley-Smith 212-3 343. Middlesex v Sussex, Lord’s, May 31, June 2, 3 (Middlesex won by 70 runs) c J.G.Langridge b D.J.Wood 85 282 16 3 27 2 J.G.Langridge c A.Kamm 168-6d J.M.Parks lbw run out 0 75 8 1 35 3 A.S.M.Oakman c A.E.Moss 119 A.E.James c A.Kamm D.J.Wood b 344. ENGLAND v INDIA, Headingley, June 5, 6, 7, 9 (England won by seven wickets) c G.S.Ramchand b Ghulam Ahmed 14 334 7 1 20 0 293 not out 35 128-3 - - - - 165 1 345. Middlesex v Northamptonshire, Lord’s, June 11, 12, 13 (Middlesex won by 23 runs) b R.W.Clarke 107 374-7d 32 3 98 3 D.G.Greasley c J.D.B.Robertson 375-8d F.Jakeman b F.R.Brown c J.M.Sims c D.Brookes b R.W.Clarke 17 137 5.5 0 21 2 G.E.Tribe c and b 113 2 S.Starkie lbw 346. Middlesex v Yorkshire, Lord’s, June 14, 16, 17 (Match drawn) c W.Watson b R.Wood 10 277 12 2 37 0 308-6d b J.H.Wardle 55 201-7 16 5 50 0 226-9d 347. ENGLAND v INDIA, Lord’s, June 19, 20, 21, 23, 24 (England won by eight wickets) lbw b V.S.Hazare 6 537 - - - - 235 not out 4 79-2 2 0 10 0 378 1 348. Middlesex v Gloucestershire, Gloucester, June 25, 26, 27 (Middlesex won by 71 runs) b C.J.Scott 82 294-7d 16 0 53 0 331-5d b T.W.J.Goddard 28 252-6d 8.1 1 44 4 G.M.Emmett b 144 2 G.E.E.Lambert c and b A.E.Wilson b C.Cook c A.E.Moss 349. Middlesex v Hampshire, Lord’s, June 28, 30, July 1 (Middlesex won by three wickets) lbw b V.H.D.Cannings 3 299-9d 30 6 86 3 L.Harrison b 298 J.R.Gray c J.M.Sims A.W.H.Rayment lbw c R.O.Prouton b V.H.D.Cannings 5 198-7 21 7 59 2 N.H.Rogers c and b 197 1 C.Walker lbw 350. Middlesex v Worcestershire, Dudley, July 2, 3 (Middlesex won by nine wickets) did not bat - 350-2 23 4 48 3 R.E.Bird st L.H.Compton 158 1 R.O.Jenkins c S.M.Brown M.J.Horton b did not bat - 54-1 17 3 63 1 P.E.Richardson lbw 245 1 351. Middlesex v Essex, Colchester, July 5, 7, 8 (Match drawn) b T.E.Bailey 90 315-9d 16 1 72 1 T.C.Dodds c and b 402-8d 1 c R.Horsfall b K.C.Preston 55 296-8 11 3 36 0 229-7d 352. Middlesex v Lancashire, Old Trafford, July 12, 14, 15 (Match drawn) lbw b J.B.Statham 2 324 29 4 87 3 J.T.Ikin b 437-7 W.Place c L.H.Compton A.Wharton c S.M.Brown c J.B.Statham b R.Tattersall 28 92-4 - - - - 124-5d 353. Middlesex v Derbyshire, Derby, July 16, 17, 18 (Derbyshire won by 52 runs) c A.Hamer b H.L.Jackson 16 239 14.4 2 57 2 A.E.G.Rhodes lbw 277 1 H.L.Jackson c S.M.Brown c sub b D.C.Morgan 56 202 27 3 77 6 C.S.Elliott lbw 216-9d A.Hamer lbw G.L.Willatt c W.J.Edrich D.B.Carr st L.H.Compton J.M.Kelly b D.C.Morgan b 39