First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

IRELAND v SCOTLAND Played at College Park, Dublin, June 23, 25, 26, 1951. Scotland won by three wickets. IRELAND 1 *N.C.Mahony st Cosh b Nichol 10 c Laidlaw b Hodge 14 2 S.F.Bergin b Youngson 63 not out 72 3 J.S.Pollock st Cosh b Nichol 129 c Cosh b Youngson 5 4 G.Wilson c and b Youngson 34 c Cosh b Nichol 11 5 H.Martin b Youngson 6 (6) st Cosh b Laidlaw 0 6 S.A.Curley c Edward b Youngson 2 (5) lbw b Laidlaw 34 7 J.C.Boucher c Nichol b Edward 15 c Henderson b Edward 0 8 W.H.N.Ferguson b Edward 11 c Chisholm b Laidlaw 1 9 J.W.Hill not out 5 not out 2 10 S.S.J.Huey c Edward b Nichol 3 11 †F.J.Miller b Edward 2 Extras b 12, lb 10, nb 1 23 b 3, nb 2 5 —— —— 303 (7 wickets, declared) 144 FoW (1): 1-22 (1), 2-106 (2), 3-211 (4), 4-237 (5), 5-241 (6), 6-278 (3), 7-288 (7), 8-293 (8), 9-296 (10), 10-303 (11) FoW (2): 1-30 (1), 2-35 (3), 3-65 (4), 4-110 (5), 5-110 (6), 6-112 (7), 7-123 (8) SCOTLAND 1 H.F.Sheppard c Miller b Ferguson 2 c and b Hill 11 2 R.H.E.Chisholm run out 2 c Huey b Boucher 17 3 J.Aitchison c Pollock b Huey 108 (4) c Curley b Huey 31 4 W.Nichol c Martin b Boucher 11 (3) st Miller b Boucher 100 5 J.N.G.Davidson c Mahony b Huey 5 (8) not out 10 6 J.D.Henderson st Miller b Boucher 1 (9) not out 0 7 *W.A.Edward b Ferguson 66 c Boucher b Huey 29 8 †S.H.Cosh c and b Boucher 5 (5) b Boucher 16 9 R.S.Hodge c Ferguson b Boucher 1 (6) st Miller b Boucher 0 10 W.K.Laidlaw not out 5 11 G.W.Youngson b Huey 4 Extras b 12, lb 2, w 2, nb 3 19 b 2, lb 4, nb 1 7 —— —— 229 (7 wickets) 221 FoW (1): 1-3 (2), 2-9 (1), 3-37 (4), 4-55 (5), 5-56 (6), 6-185 (7), 7-203 (8), 8-216 (9), 9-220 (3), 10-229 (11) FoW (2): 1-24 (1), 2-47 (2), 3-137 (4), 4-168 (5), 5-180 (6), 6-185 (3), 7-215 (7) Scotland Bowling O M R W O M R W Youngson 26 11 58 4 (2) 18 8 40 1 Hodge 22 6 47 0 (1) 12 2 32 1 Nichol 25 12 48 3 1nb (4) 2 0 10 1 Edward 21 4 50 3 1nb (3) 11 2 23 1 Laidlaw 14 1 46 0 2nb 7 0 34 3 3nb Henderson 13 2 31 0 Ireland Bowling O M R W O M R W Ferguson 18 4 37 2 2nb 9 2 19 0 Hill 17 7 39 0 2w,3nb 15 2 54 1 1nb Boucher 32 8 63 4 1nb 15 1 89 4 Huey 32.4 7 71 3 1nb 8.5 0 52 2 Umpires: J.Connerton and E.Fitzgerald. Toss: Ireland Close of Play: 1st day: Scotland (1) 9-2 (Aitchison 1*, Nichol 0*); 2nd day: Ireland (2) 1-0 (Mahony not out, Bergin not out). J.S.Pollock’s 129 took 238 minutes and included 12 fours. J.Aitchison’s 108 took 274 minutes and included 8 fours. W.Nichol’s 100 took 101 minutes and included 12 fours. 262