First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

CEYLON v M.C.C. Played at Colombo Oval, February 22, 23, 24, 1952. M.C.C. won by an innings and 33 runs. CEYLON 1 M.Rodrigo c Carr b Statham 0 b Statham 42 2 C.H.Gunasekara b Leadbeater 22 c Spooner b Leadbeater 12 3 *F.C.de Saram b Statham 1 c Watkins b Robertson 5 4 C.I.Gunasekara c Robertson b Ridgway 0 c Hilton b Robertson 5 5 S.Jayasinghe b Hilton 16 b Statham 11 6 S.Coomaraswamy c Spooner b Ridgway 12 c Watkins b Leadbeater 18 7 M.Kasippillai c Spooner b Ridgway 2 c Statham b Leadbeater 8 8 †B.Navaratne b Statham 2 (10) not out 34 9 E.C.Kelaart c Leadbeater b Statham 3 (8) st Spooner b Leadbeater 0 10 T.Shanmuganathan c Carr b Ridgway 0 (9) c Ridgway b Leadbeater 2 11 E.B.Nathanielsz not out 0 c Graveney b Hilton 13 Extras b 20, lb 8, nb 1 29 —— —— 58 179 FoW (1): 1-4, 2-6, 3-7, 4-39, 5-43, 6-45, 7-56, 8-58, 9-58, 10-58 FoW (2): 1-17, 2-30, 3-36, 4-50, 5-96, 6-128, 7-128, 8-130, 9-134, 10-179 M.C.C. 1 J.D.B.Robertson lbw b Nathanielsz 30 2 †R.T.Spooner b Kelaart 57 3 T.W.Graveney not out 102 4 D.Kenyon c Kelaart b Shanmuganathan 52 5 A.J.Watkins c C.H.Gunasekara b Shanmuganathan 2 6 C.J.Poole not out 14 7 J.B.Statham 8 F.Ridgway 9 M.J.Hilton 10 E.Leadbeater 11 *D.B.Carr Extras b 7, lb 6 13 —— (4 wickets, declared) 270 FoW (1): 1-70, 2-111, 3-240, 4-248 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Statham 11 7 9 4 13 8 10 2 Ridgway 10 1 20 4 9 3 21 0 Watkins 8 0 12 0 5 2 10 0 Hilton 4 0 11 1 19.3 11 31 1 Leadbeater 1 0 6 1 16 6 41 5 Robertson (6) 10 0 27 2 Carr (7) 6 1 10 0 Ceylon Bowling O M R W Nathanielsz 18 3 51 1 Coomaraswamy 11 4 16 0 Jayasinghe 5 0 19 0 Shanmuganathan 22 1 71 2 Kelaart 22 5 70 1 C.I.Gunasekara 16 2 30 0 Umpires: D.S.de Soysa and H.E.W.de Zylva. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: M.C.C. (1) 169-2 (Graveney 57*, Kenyon 17*); 2nd day: Ceylon (2) 128-5 (Rodrigo 42*, Kasippillai 8*). 120