First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

COMMONWEALTH XI v M.C.C. Played at Colombo Oval, February 16, 17, 18, 1952. Commonwealth XI won by an innings and 259 runs. COMMONWEALTH XI 1 M.H.Mankad c Brennan b Ridgway 24 2 Imtiaz Ahmed lbw b Tattersall 42 3 R.N.Harvey c and b Ridgway 74 4 K.R.Miller c Carr b Shackleton 106 5 C.I.Gunasekara c Brennan b Shackleton 135 6 G.B.Hole c and b Graveney 27 7 P.R.Umrigar c Brennan b Watkins 0 8 *F.C.de Saram c Carr b Graveney 43 9 E.C.Kelaart c Lowson b Graveney 0 10 †B.Navaratne b Graveney 32 11 Fazal Mahmood not out 21 Extras b 11, lb 2 13 —— 517 FoW (1): 1-52, 2-84, 3-170, 4-377, 5-394, 6-394, 7-427, 8-427, 9-491, 10-517 M.C.C. 1 J.D.B.Robertson b Miller 0 c Mankad b Miller 0 2 F.A.Lowson c sub b Fazal Mahmood 15 b Miller 28 3 T.W.Graveney c Harvey b Fazal Mahmood 0 c sub b Mankad 48 4 C.J.Poole c Umrigar b Fazal Mahmood 11 c Gunasekara b Fazal Mahmood 0 5 D.Kenyon c Mankad b Miller 0 c Gunasekara b Kelaart 31 6 A.J.Watkins c Miller b Fazal Mahmood 10 c sub b Mankad 29 7 *D.B.Carr c Imtiaz Ahmed b Miller 17 c Imtiaz Ahmed b Mankad 17 8 †D.V.Brennan retired ill 4 absent ill 0 9 F.Ridgway st Navaratne b Mankad 0 not out 0 10 D.Shackleton st Navaratne b Mankad 16 (8) c Navaratne b Fazal Mahmood 0 11 R.Tattersall not out 9 (10) c and b Mankad 1 Extras b 20, lb 1 21 w 1 1 —— —— 103 155 FoW (1): 1-8, 2-9, 3-29, 4-37, 5-54, 6-57, 7-78, 8-78, 9-103 FoW (2): 1-4, 2-54, 3-54, 4-97, 5-125, 6-147, 7-147, 8-150, 9-155 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W Ridgway 31 10 85 2 Shackleton 31 5 111 2 Watkins 21 1 93 1 Tattersall 17 2 81 1 Carr 6 0 38 0 Robertson 2 0 20 0 Graveney 13 0 67 4 Poole 1 0 9 0 Commonwealth XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Miller 13 9 20 3 7 4 4 2 Fazal Mahmood 18 6 46 4 23 8 48 2 Mankad 11.4 6 16 2 25.3 7 69 4 Kelaart (4) 10 2 25 1 Hole (5) 6 2 8 0 Umpires: H.E.W.de Zylva and J.K.Murray. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Commonwealth XI (1) 367-3 (Miller 103*, Gunasekara 119*); 2nd day: M.C.C. (1) 78-7 (Brennan 4*). C.I.Gunasekara’s 135 took 185 minutes and included 20 fours and 1 six. D.V.Brennan retired ill in the M.C.C. first innings having scored 4 (team score 78-7). 116