First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

CEYLON v COMMONWEALTH XI Played at Colombo Oval, February 16, 17, 18, 1951. Match drawn. COMMONWEALTH XI 1 H.Gimblett c Fernando b Wijesinha 11 b Nathanielsz 16 2 J.T.Ikin b Nathanielsz 19 (6) not out 21 3 F.M.M.Worrell c Gunasekara b de Kretser 285 4 K.J.Grieves c Nathanielsz b Wijesinha 5 5 *L.E.G.Ames c Coomaraswamy b Wijesinha 3 6 W.H.H.Sutcliffe run out 95 (5) c Coomaraswamy b de Kretser 11 7 B.Dooland c Coomaraswamy b de Kretser 14 (4) c Prins b de Saram 29 8 D.Shackleton lbw b Weerakoon 2 (7) not out 0 9 †A.Barlow not out 4 (2) c and b Wijesinha 15 10 S.Ramadhin (3) b de Kretser 19 11 R.R.Dovey Extras 6 —— —— (8 wickets, declared) 444 (5 wickets, declared) 111 FoW (1): 1-27, 2-57, 3-71, 4-75, 5-376, 6-401, 7-434, 8-444 FoW (2): 1-28, 2-42, 3-77, 4-83, 5-107 CEYLON 1 F.J.de Saram c Grieves b Shackleton 5 b Ramadhin 34 2 C.H.Gunasekara c and b Dooland 26 run out 4 3 V.G.Prins b Ramadhin 46 c Dooland b Ramadhin 6 4 S.Jayasinghe c Worrell b Dovey 44 c Ramadhin b Ikin 62 5 *S.Coomaraswamy b Ramadhin 28 c Ames b Dovey 14 6 B.Wijesinha c Grieves b Ramadhin 10 run out 26 7 H.I.Fernando not out 61 c Gimblett b Ramadhin 39 8 R.Weerakoon run out 0 c Sutcliffe b Ramadhin 2 9 †B.Navaratne c Sutcliffe b Shackleton 15 c Worrell b Dooland 9 10 R.L.de Kretser c Sutcliffe b Ramadhin 15 not out 17 11 E.B.Nathanielsz lbw b Dooland 0 not out 3 Extras 5 b 9, nb 1 10 —— —— 255 (9 wickets) 226 FoW (1): 1-6, 2-46, 3-119, 4-131, 5-132, 6-168, 7-174, 8-220, 9-247, 10-255 FoW (2): 1-16, 2-33, 3-46, 4-73, 5-141, 6-149, 7-187, 8-194, 9-223 Ceylon Bowling O M R W O M R W Nathanielsz 19 3 72 1 13 3 18 1 Coomaraswamy 7 2 25 0 4 0 11 0 Wijesinha 22 5 78 3 9 4 33 1 de Kretser 30.1 2 108 2 6 0 27 2 Weerakoon 30 5 114 1 5 1 12 0 Prins 4 1 8 0 Gunasekara 2 0 10 0 Fernando 2 0 17 0 Jayasinghe 1 0 6 0 de Saram (6) 2 0 10 1 Commonwealth XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Shackleton 16 4 49 2 10 3 26 0 Sutcliffe 6 0 29 0 Dovey 18 6 44 1 (2) 10 2 45 1 Dooland 15.4 4 47 2 (3) 17 5 44 1 Ramadhin 16 6 48 4 (4) 26 6 65 4 Worrell 9 1 33 0 (5) 6 3 9 0 Ikin (6) 6 1 27 1 Umpires: Toss: Commonwealth XI Close of Play: 1st day: Commonwealth XI (1) 444-8 (Barlow 4*); 2nd day: Commonwealth XI (2) 31-1 (Barlow 13*, Ramadhin 2*). F.M.M.Worrell’s 285 took 274 minutes and included 31 fours and 5 sixes. 108