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

401. ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Port of Spain, March 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23 (Match drawn) c and b S.Ramadhin 133 537 8.4 1 40 2 J.B.Stollmeyer c and b 681-8d 2 D.St E.Atkinson c T.W.Graveney did not bat - 98-3 7 0 51 0 212-4d 402. ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Sabina Park, Kingston, March 30, 31, April 1, 2, 3 (England won by nine wickets) hit wkt b F.M.King 31 414 139 did not bat - 72-1 346 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Tests 5 7 0 348 133 49.71 1 2 4 Other matches 5 7 1 282 90 47.00 - 2 3 Total 10 14 1 630 133 48.46 1 4 7 Career 402 651 80 31681 300 55.48 106 143 341 Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Tests 26.4 3 144 2 72.00 2/40 - - Other matches 54 13 181 4 45.25 1/18 - - Total (6-ball) 80.4 16 325 6 54.16 2/40 - - Career (6-ball) 4412.4 732 } 16960 526 32.24 7/36 16 2 (8-ball) 615.7 83 1954 The Pakistanis, granted Test match status in 1952, made their first visit to England this summer and Denis Compton took the opportunity to make his highest Test score, in the Second Test match at Trent Bridge. This was a remarkable innings even by his standards. Although he gave a sharp chance when he had made 20 he did not let this disturb him. He put on 154 with T.W.Graveney for the third wicket and 192 with T.E.Bailey for the fifth wicket and altogether hit one six and thirty-three fours. It was the highest Test individual score made at the ground, a record that still stands today. He made 93 runs in the next game of the rubber at Old Trafford and 52 and 29 in the Fourth Test at Kennington Oval when England fielded an experimental side and were surprisingly beaten by 24 runs. In a very wet season Middlesex, despite winning their opening six Championship games, slumped to seventh place. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 403. Middlesex v Hampshire, Lord’s, May 8, 10, 11 (Middlesex won by 135 runs) c C.Walker b C.J.Knott 117 224 9.4 4 19 5 N.H.Rogers st L.H.Compton 167 1 A.W.H.Rayment st L.H.Compton D.Shackleton c and b R.A.Dare st L.H.Compton V.H.D.Cannings b c R.A.Dare b D.Shackleton 64 308-7d 23 4 58 3 C.Walker st L.H.Compton 230 J.R.Gray c D.Bennett L.Harrison b 404. Middlesex v Worcestershire, Lord’s, May 12, 13, 14 (Middlesex won by 30 runs) b C.W.C.Grove 14 278 16.1 1 70 4 R.G.Broadbent b 191 L.N.Devereux c L.H.Compton H.Yarnold b R.T.D.Perks st L.H.Compton c J.A.Flavell b C.W.C.Grove 113 194 5 0 16 0 251 1 405. Middlesex v Nottinghamshire, Lord’s, May 15, 17 (Middlesex won by seven wickets) b B.Dooland 53 155 111 did not bat - 106-3 148 1 406. Middlesex v Gloucestershire, Lord’s, May 29, 31, June 1 (Middlesex won by seven wickets) b B.D.Wells 82 188-3d - - - - 118 1 c R.B.Nicholls b J.B.Mortimore 4 83-3 5 0 20 0 151 44