First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

GENTLEMEN v PLAYERS Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, July 18, 19, 20, 1951. Players won by 21 runs. PLAYERS 1 J.T.Ikin b Warr 0 lbw b Edrich 34 2 J.D.B.Robertson lbw b Yardley 80 run out 20 3 T.W.Graveney st Brennan b Marlar 37 c Brennan b Marlar 3 4 *D.C.S.Compton c Yardley b Divecha 150 not out 74 5 W.Watson b Edrich 33 not out 49 6 L.Hutton b Divecha 19 7 †T.G.Evans b Divecha 6 8 A.V.Bedser c Brennan b Warr 4 9 R.Tattersall c Insole b Divecha 17 10 J.B.Statham st Brennan b Divecha 6 11 M.J.Hilton not out 0 Extras b 2, lb 5, nb 2 9 b 7, lb 1 8 —— —— 361 (3 wickets, declared) 188 FoW (1): 1-3, 2-101, 3-141, 4-252, 5-301, 6-311, 7-332, 8-336, 9-361, 10-361 FoW (2): 1-36, 2-57, 3-63 GENTLEMEN 1 R.T.Simpson b Statham 6 b Tattersall 16 2 D.S.Sheppard c Watson b Hilton 31 lbw b Ikin 39 3 W.J.Edrich c Robertson b Hilton 36 b Ikin 36 4 P.B.H.May not out 119 b Bedser 24 5 D.J.Insole c Robertson b Hilton 50 not out 44 6 N.W.D.Yardley b Compton 17 c Graveney b Tattersall 4 7 *N.D.Howard c Robertson b Compton 1 st Evans b Tattersall 0 8 R.V.Divecha lbw b Ikin 2 c Robertson b Bedser 32 9 †D.V.Brennan lbw b Ikin 13 c Statham b Bedser 3 10 J.J.Warr st Evans b Ikin 11 b Bedser 17 11 R.G.Marlar c Compton b Ikin 2 Extras b 12, lb 3 15 b 4, lb 6 10 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 301 227 FoW (1): 1-11, 2-53, 3-104, 4-198, 5-238, 6-240, 7-245, 8-287, 9-301 FoW (2): 1-23, 2-78, 3-109, 4-122, 5-137, 6-138, 7-183, 8-211, 9-219, 10-227 Gentlemen Bowling O M R W O M R W Warr 32 6 100 2 12 2 34 0 Divecha 21.4 4 81 5 10 1 47 0 Yardley 18 4 47 1 (5) 8 0 30 0 Edrich 20 5 43 1 (3) 8 2 25 1 Marlar 33 11 81 1 (4) 18 5 44 1 Players Bowling O M R W O M R W Bedser 18 5 39 0 15 1 53 4 Statham 14 5 23 1 3 0 7 0 Hilton 43 18 90 3 18 3 67 0 Tattersall 25 5 62 0 12 0 53 3 Compton 11 0 40 2 Ikin 14.4 5 32 3 (5) 8.4 0 37 3 Umpires: H.Elliott and W.F.F.Price. Toss: Players Close of Play: 1st day: Players (1) 343-8 (Tattersall 3*, Statham 4*); 2nd day: Gentlemen (1) 301-9 (May 119*). D.C.S.Compton’s 150 took 210 minutes and included 17 fours and 1 six. P.B.H.May’s 119 took 250 minutes and included 13 fours and 1 five. 322