First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

INDIA v ENGLAND Played at Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras, February 6, 8, 9, 10, 1952. India won by an innings and 8 runs. ENGLAND 1 F.A.Lowson b Phadkar 1 c Mankad b Phadkar 7 2 †R.T.Spooner c Phadkar b Hazare 66 lbw b Divecha 6 3 T.W.Graveney st Sen b Mankad 39 c Divecha b Ghulam Ahmed 25 4 J.D.B.Robertson c and b Mankad 77 lbw b Ghulam Ahmed 56 5 A.J.Watkins c Gopinath b Mankad 9 c and b Mankad 48 6 C.J.Poole b Mankad 15 c Divecha b Ghulam Ahmed 3 7 *D.B.Carr st Sen b Mankad 40 c Mankad b Ghulam Ahmed 5 8 M.J.Hilton st Sen b Mankad 0 st Sen b Mankad 15 9 J.B.Statham st Sen b Mankad 6 c Gopinath b Mankad 9 10 F.Ridgway lbw b Mankad 0 b Mankad 0 11 R.Tattersall not out 2 not out 0 Extras b 4, lb 4, nb 3 11 b 7, lb 2 9 —— —— 266 183 FoW (1): 1-3 (1), 2-71 (3), 3-131 (2), 4-174 (5), 5-197 (6), 6-244 (4), 7-252 (8), 8-261 (9), 9-261 (10), 10-266 (7) FoW (2): 1-12 (2), 2-15 (1), 3-68 (3), 4-117 (4), 5-135 (6), 6-159 (7), 7-159 (5), 8-178 (9), 9-178 (10), 10-183 (8) INDIA 1 S.Mushtaq Ali st Spooner b Carr 22 2 P.Roy c Watkins b Tattersall 111 3 *V.S.Hazare b Hilton 20 4 M.H.Mankad c Watkins b Carr 22 5 L.Amarnath c Spooner b Statham 31 6 D.G.Phadkar b Hilton 61 7 P.R.Umrigar not out 130 8 C.D.Gopinath b Tattersall 35 9 R.V.Divecha c Spooner b Ridgway 12 10 †P.K.Sen b Watkins 2 11 Ghulam Ahmed not out 1 Extras b 8, lb 2 10 —— (9 wickets, declared) 457 FoW (1): 1-53 (1), 2-97 (3), 3-157 (4), 4-191 (2), 5-216 (5), 6-320 (6), 7-413 (8), 8-430 (9), 9-448 (10) India Bowling O M R W O M R W Phadkar 16 2 49 1 9 2 17 1 Divecha 12 2 27 0 7 1 21 1 Amarnath 27 6 56 0 (4) 3 0 6 0 Ghulam Ahmed 18 5 53 0 (5) 26 6 77 4 Mankad 38.5 15 55 8 (3) 30.5 9 53 4 Hazare 10 5 15 1 England Bowling O M R W Statham 19 3 54 1 Ridgway 17 2 47 1 Tattersall 39 13 94 2 Hilton 40 9 100 2 Carr 19 2 84 2 Watkins 14 1 50 1 Robertson 5 1 18 0 Umpires: B.J.Mohoni and M.G.Vijayasarathi. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 224-5 (Robertson 71*, Carr 12*); 2nd day: India (1) 206-4 (Amarnath 27*, Phadkar 3*); 3rd day: England (2) 12-0 (Lowson 6*, Spooner 6*). The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four. P.Roy’s 111 took 232 minutes and included 15 fours. P.R.Umrigar’s 130 took 275 minutes and included 10 fours. 110