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

443. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Old Trafford, July 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 (South Africa won by three wickets) c J.H.B.Waite b N.A.T.Adcock 158 284 521-8d c P.N.F.Mansell b P.S.Heine 71 381 145-7 444. Middlesex v Yorkshire, Lord’s, July 16, 18, 19 (Yorkshire won by eight wickets) c J.H.Wardle b R.Appleyard 84 223 7 1 42 0 279 b F.S.Trueman 0 134 - - - - 79-2 445. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Headingley, July 21, 22, 23, 25, 26 (South Africa won by 224 runs) c P.N.F.Mansell b H.J.Tayfield 61 191 171 c J.H.B.Waite b T.L.Goddard 26 256 500 446. Middlesex v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, August 3, 4, 5 (Nottinghamshire won by seven wickets) c J.D.Clay b B.Dooland 7 374-6d 13 0 57 1 E.J.Martin lbw 317 c sub b B.Dooland 0 164 6 0 45 0 222-3 447. Middlesex v Warwickshire, Lord’s, August 10, 11 (Middlesex won by 24 runs) c H.E.Dollery b J.D.Bannister 1 155 119 1 c H.E.Dollery b W.E.Hollies 34 156 168 2 448. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Kennington Oval, August 13, 15, 16, 17 (England won by 92 runs) c J.H.B.Waite b T.L.Goddard 30 151 112 c J.H.B.Waite b E.R.H.Fuller 30 204 151 449. Middlesex v Worcestershire, Lord’s, August 24, 25, 26 (Middlesex won by 40 runs) b V.S.Munden 19 325-5d 19 2 71 0 326-7d st J.Firth b V.S.Munden 10 219 - - - - 178 450. Middlesex v South Africans, Lord’s, August 27, 29, 30 (South Africans won by 235 runs) st J.H.B.Waite b H.J.Tayfield 8 108 254 b V.I.Smith 20 98 187 1 451. Middlesex v Kent, Folkestone, August 31, September 1, 2 (Kent won by nine wickets) c D.V.P.Wright b J.G.Spanswick 1 157 12 3 36 1 A.H.Phebey c and b 266-5d 1 lbw b D.V.P.Wright 11 211 4 0 25 0 103-1 452. T.N.Pearce’s XI v South Africans, Scarborough, September 7, 8, 9 (South Africans won by four wickets) c W.R.Endean b E.R.H.Murray 27 236 354 st J.H.B.Waite b H.J.Tayfield 27 328-9d 211-6 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Tests 5 9 0 492 158 54.66 1 3 - Championship 11 20 1 590 150 31.05 1 3 9 Other matches 4 7 0 127 27 18.14 - - 3 Total 20 36 1 1209 158 34.54 2 6 12 Career 452 731 85 35213 300 54.50 115 161 373 Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Championship 127 18 488 8 61.00 2/30 - - Other matches 3 0 23 0 - - - - Total (6-ball) 130 18 511 8 63.87 2/30 - - Career (6-ball) 4796.3 785 } 18391 562 32.72 7/36 17 2 (8-ball) 631.7 84 1956 Compton’s knee gave him more trouble in the first half of this season and he did not make his first appearance until the last day of June in Middlesex’s game at Lord’s against Lancashire. An innings of 61 against the Australians and a useful century against Kent led to his recall for the Fifth and final Test 48