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 8 1 234 61 33.42 - 2 4 Players v Gentlemen 1 2 0 13 13 6.50 - - 1 Championship 15 28 3 1098 143* 43.92 4 7 15 Other matches 5 9 1 314 75 39.25 - 3 4 Total 26 47 5 1659 143* 39.50 4 12 24 Career 392 637 79 31051 300 55.64 105 139 334 Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Tests 3 0 21 1 21.00 1/21 - - Players v Gentlemen 8 1 18 0 - - - - Championship 253 44 776 27 28.74 5/58 1 - Other matches 54.3 2 280 3 93.33 2/133 - - Total (6-ball) 318.3 47 1095 31 35.32 5/58 1 - Career (6-ball) 4332 716 } 16635 520 31.99 7/36 16 2 (8-ball) 615.7 83 1953/54 - M.C.C. in West Indies Compton was an important member of Len Hutton’s M.C.C. team that visited the West Indies this winter. He played in all the side’s first-class matches but managed only one century, in the Fourth Test at Port of Spain, when he and Peter May put on 166 for the fourth wicket in an England total of 537. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 393. M.C.C. v Jamaica, Sabina Park, Kingston, January 2, 3, 5, 6, (M.C.C. won by an innings and 21 runs) c R.O.Scarlett b E.S.M.Kentish 56 457-7d 266 170 394. M.C.C. v Jamaica, Melbourne Park, Kingston, January 8, 9, 11, 12 (Match drawn) b E.S.M.Kentish 47 286 - - - - 187 did not bat - 34-1 9 1 29 1 J.K.Holt st R.T.Spooner 328-4d 395. ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Sabina Park, Kingston, January 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21 (West Indies won by 140 runs) lbw b A.L.Valentine 12 170 2 1 5 0 417 b S.Ramadhin 2 316 - - - - 209-6d 396. M.C.C. v Barbados, Bridgetown, January 29, 30, February 1, 2, 3 (M.C.C. won by one wicket) c C.C.Depeiza b C.L.Walcott 41 373 9 1 31 1 G.St A.Sobers st R.T.Spooner 389 lbw b C.S.Mullins 15 196-9 1 0 6 0 179 1 397. ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Bridgetown, February 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 (West Indies won by 181 runs) c F.M.King b A.L.Valentine 13 181 5 0 29 0 383 lbw b J.B.Stollmeyer 93 313 1 0 13 0 292-2d 398. M.C.C. v British Guiana, Georgetown, February 17, 18, 19, 20 (M.C.C. won by an innings and 98 runs) b L.R.Gibbs 18 607 18 5 56 0 262 14 5 41 1 H.Dyer c F.S.Trueman 247 2 399. ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Georgetown, February 24, 25, 26, 27, March 1, 2 (England won by nine wickets) c J.B.Stollmeyer b D.St E.Atkinson 64 435 3 1 6 0 251 did not bat - 75-1 - - - - 256 1 400. M.C.C. v Trinidad, Port of Spain, March 10, 11, 12, 13, 15 (M.C.C. won by seven wickets) b W.Ferguson 15 331-8d 3 1 18 1 R.A.Legall lbw 329 not out 90 233-3 - - - - 232 43