First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

M.C.C. v CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, June 27, 28, 29, 1951. Cambridge University won by 322 runs. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1 D.S.Sheppard c Mendl b Martin 0 c Ransom b Dolding 45 2 K.P.A.Mathews c Ransom b McMahon 63 (7) c McMahon b Dolding 13 3 P.B.H.May c McMahon b Harrington 65 hit wkt b Martin 19 4 R.J.Morris lbw b McMahon 3 (2) b Ransom 13 5 J.A.Cockett c Martin b McMahon 4 c Burnett b McMahon 3 6 R.Subba Row c Mendl b Martin 14 not out 77 7 M.H.Stevenson lbw b McMahon 6 (4) lbw b Dolding 24 8 †O.B.Popplewell b McMahon 28 not out 74 9 *J.J.Warr b McMahon 25 10 R.G.Marlar not out 24 11 O.J.Wait b Martin 3 Extras b 11, lb 6 17 b 9, lb 3 12 —— —— 252 (6 wickets, declared) 280 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-129, 3-129, 4-133, 5-142, 6-160, 7-168, 8-218, 9-227, 10-252 FoW (2): 1-28, 2-69, 3-86, 4-103, 5-107, 6-167 M.C.C. 1 W.G.Keighley b Wait 0 c Popplewell b Warr 9 2 W.H.H.Sutcliffe c Popplewell b Warr 1 b Warr 0 3 W.J.R.Harrington c Marlar b Warr 0 lbw b Wait 1 4 A.W.Thompson c Sheppard b Warr 21 c Sheppard b Wait 4 5 †D.F.Mendl c Stevenson b Marlar 26 b Wait 9 6 E.R.T.Holmes c Cockett b Wait 7 (8) c Sheppard b Wait 4 7 A.C.Burnett c Subba Row b Warr 51 (6) c Wait b Warr 0 8 D.L.Dolding b Warr 3 (7) b Stevenson 8 9 J.W.Martin b Wait 40 c Mathews b Warr 0 10 V.J.Ransom b Wait 10 not out 5 11 J.W.J.McMahon not out 0 c Popplewell b Warr 0 Extras b 4, nb 4 8 lb 2, w 1 3 —— —— 167 43 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-29, 5-36, 6-74, 7-84, 8-143, 9-163, 10-167 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-13, 3-17, 4-25, 5-26, 6-26, 7-38, 8-38, 9-38, 10-43 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Martin 33 12 45 3 27 9 56 1 Ransom 15 4 30 0 16 3 51 1 McMahon 37 10 94 6 19 3 75 1 Dolding 5 0 28 0 (5) 15 3 43 3 Thompson 5 1 21 0 (6) 8 3 29 0 Harrington 12 5 17 1 (7) 2 0 10 0 Burnett (4) 1 0 4 0 Cambridge University Bowling O M R W O M R W Warr 17 6 41 5 5.5 0 20 5 Wait 13.4 1 60 4 6 2 15 4 Marlar 7 2 36 1 Subba Row 3 0 22 0 Stevenson (3) 1 0 5 1 Umpires: E.G.Canning and A.J.B.Fowler. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: M.C.C. (1) 40-5 (Thompson 3*, Burnett 2*); 2nd day: Cambridge University (2) 280-6 (Subba Row 77*, Popplewell 74*). 272