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

407. Middlesex v Sussex, Lord’s, June 5, 7, (8) (Match drawn) not out 72 144 19 4 59 1 D.S.Sheppard c L.H.Compton 263-8d 2 1 2 0 136-4 1 408. ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, Lord’s, June (10), (11), (12), 14, 15 (Match drawn) b Fazal Mahmood 0 117-9d - - - - 87 1 13 2 36 1 Waqar Hassan c J.B.Statham 121-3 409. Middlesex v Glamorgan, Swansea, June 16, (17), (18) (Match drawn) did not bat - 39-2 28 3 76 2 W.Wooller c F.J.Titmus 260 1 J.E.Pleass c S.M.Brown 410. Middlesex v Yorkshire, Lord’s, June 19, 21, 22 (Match drawn) c R.Booth b N.W.D.Yardley 52 430 17 3 55 0 400 - - - - 175 411. Middlesex v Leicestershire, Lord’s, June 23, 24, 25 (Middlesex won by ten wickets) b V.E.Jackson 33 319 8 2 22 0 251 2 did not bat - 42-0 5 1 7 2 G.Lester lbw 108 M.R.Hallam b 412. Middlesex v Kent, Lord’s, June 26, 28, 29 (Kent won by 42 runs) c F.Ridgway b R.R.Dovey 32 152 15 1 59 1 F.Ridgway lbw 210 c F.Ridgway b D.V.P.Wright36 252 10 2 24 0 236 413. ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, Trent Bridge, July 1, 2, 3, 5 (England won by an innings and 129 runs) b Khalid Hassan 278 558-6d 157 1 272 1 414. Middlesex v Essex, Chelmsford, July 10, 12, 13 (Essex won by an innings and 67 runs) c P.A.Gibb b T.E.Bailey 21 136 13 0 42 0 323 c R.Smith b T.E.Bailey 27 120 415. Gentlemen v Players, Lord’s, July 14, 15, 16 (Players won by 49 runs) c N.W.D.Yardley b R.G.Marlar 36 144 126 run out 6 191 160 1 416. Middlesex v Northamptonshire, Lord’s, July 17, 19, 20 (Match drawn) c V.Broderick b F.H.Tyson 55 186 12 0 59 1 J.Wild st L.H.Compton 409 1 c and b J.Wild 48 119-3 417. ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, Old Trafford, July 22, (23), 24, (26), (27) (Match drawn) c Imtiaz Ahmed b Shuja-ud-din 93 359-8d 90 1 25-4 418. Middlesex v Worcestershire, Worcester, July 28, 29, 30 (Middlesex won by eight wickets) c G.Dews b N.Hughes 63 244-5d 10 0 64 2 G.Dews lbw 323 2 R.G.Broadbent c D.Bennett G.Dews lbw not out 101 210-2 8 1 30 3 N.Hughes st L.H.Compton 128 H.Yarnold b R.T.D.Perks b 419. Middlesex v Sussex, Hove, July 31, August 2, 3 (Sussex won by eight wickets) st R.T.Webb b R.G.Marlar 39 271 18 2 50 1 G.H.G.Doggart c L.H.Compton 246 c R.G.Marlar b N.I.Thomson 0 147 15 4 44 0 173-2 420. Middlesex v Surrey, Kennington Oval, August 7, 9, 10 (Match drawn) c P.B.H.May b A.V.Bedser 3 51 2 0 9 0 193-5d 421. ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, Kennington Oval, August 12, (13), 14, 16, 17 (Pakistan won by 24 runs) c Imtiaz Ahmed b Fazal Mahmood 53 130 133 1 c Imtiaz Ahmed b Fazal Mahmood 29 143 164 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Tests 4 5 0 453 278 90.60 1 2 5 Players v Gentlemen 1 2 0 42 36 21.00 - - 1 Championship 14 21 2 1029 117 54.15 3 7 11 Total 19 28 2 1524 278 58.61 4 9 17 Career 421 679 82 33205 300 55.61 110 152 358 45