First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

SOUTH ZONE v M.C.C. Played at Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore, February 1, 2, 3, 1952. M.C.C. won by nine wickets. SOUTH ZONE 1 *P.R.Shyamsunder c Watkins b Shackleton 1 (5) lbw b Hilton 2 2 †K.S.Srinivasan st Spooner b Leadbeater 14 (1) c Watkins b Hilton 45 3 P.C.S.Viswanath c Carr b Watkins 37 b Statham 6 4 M.Suryanarayan b Leadbeater 0 lbw b Shackleton 18 5 L.T.Adisesh b Shackleton 69 (8) c Watkins b Hilton 29 6 T.Thimmiah b Hilton 41 c Watkins b Hilton 0 7 B.C.Alva c Spooner b Shackleton 22 lbw b Shackleton 29 8 N.Kannayiram b Statham 19 (9) not out 56 9 R.V.Chinnadorai b Statham 0 (2) c Watkins b Statham 0 10 T.D.Krishna not out 2 c Watkins b Hilton 6 11 V.N.Swamy st Spooner b Shackleton 3 b Statham 16 Extras lb 8, nb 1 9 b 11, nb 3 14 —— —— 217 221 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-58, 3-58, 4-58, 5-136, 6-178, 7-208, 8-212, 9-212, 10-217 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-18, 3-68, 4-80, 5-80, 6-101, 7-136, 8-147, 9-158, 10-221 M.C.C. 1 F.A.Lowson run out 98 not out 57 2 †R.T.Spooner c Alva b Krishna 63 3 T.W.Graveney lbw b Alva 7 (2) b Swamy 5 4 J.D.B.Robertson b Swamy 36 5 A.J.Watkins c Srinivasan b Krishna 6 6 D.Kenyon b Krishna 0 (3) not out 37 7 *D.B.Carr c Srinivasan b Krishna 56 8 E.Leadbeater not out 39 9 D.Shackleton c Srinivasan b Alva 3 10 M.J.Hilton lbw b Krishna 0 11 J.B.Statham not out 2 Extras b 16, lb 9 25 b 4, w 1 5 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 335 (1 wicket) 104 FoW (1): 1-156, 2-182, 3-182, 4-189, 5-197, 6-247, 7-315, 8-322, 9-327 FoW (2): 1-14 (2) M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Statham 16 3 33 2 10 2 22 3 Shackleton 17.5 8 44 4 18 8 51 2 Watkins 11 5 19 1 5 2 11 0 Leadbeater 19 5 63 2 12 2 58 0 Hilton 10 3 25 1 25 12 44 5 Carr 8 2 24 0 9 1 21 0 South Zone Bowling O M R W O M R W Swamy 14 2 63 1 4 0 23 1 Kannayiram 13 2 56 0 4 1 17 0 Alva 34 7 77 2 5 0 29 0 Krishna 32 4 93 5 Adisesh 10 3 19 0 (4) 4 0 30 0 Thimmiah 1 0 2 0 Umpires: S.K.Raghunatha Rao and B.V.Ramakrishnappa. Toss: South Zone Close of Play: 1st day: M.C.C. (1) 9-0 (Lowson 3*, Spooner 5*); 2nd day: M.C.C. (1) 335-9 (Leadbeater 39*, Statham 2*, 104 overs). 107