First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

INDIA v ENGLAND Played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, November 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 1951. Match drawn. ENGLAND 1 J.D.B.Robertson lbw b Shinde 50 c Phadkar b Mankad 22 2 F.A.Lowson lbw b Phadkar 4 c Phadkar b Mankad 68 3 D.Kenyon b Shinde 35 c Roy b Shinde 6 4 D.B.Carr c Joshi b Shinde 14 (5) c Umrigar b Shinde 76 5 A.J.Watkins c Joshi b Mankad 40 (4) not out 137 6 †R.T.Spooner hit wkt b Shinde 11 b Mankad 1 7 *N.D.Howard st Joshi b Mankad 13 lbw b Mankad 9 8 D.Shackleton st Joshi b Mankad 10 not out 21 9 J.B.Statham b Shinde 4 10 R.Tattersall not out 4 11 F.Ridgway b Shinde 15 Extras lb 3 3 b 18, lb 7, w 1, nb 2 28 —— —— 203 (6 wickets) 368 FoW (1): 1-9 (2), 2-79 (3), 3-102 (1), 4-111 (4), 5-153 (6), 6-161 (5), 7-175 (8), 8-184 (7), 9-184 (9), 10-203 (11) FoW (2): 1-61 (1), 2-78 (3), 3-116 (2), 4-274 (5), 5-275 (6), 6-309 (7) INDIA 1 V.M.Merchant b Statham 154 2 P.Roy lbw b Shackleton 12 3 P.R.Umrigar run out 21 4 *V.S.Hazare not out 164 5 D.G.Phadkar run out 3 6 M.H.Mankad c Spooner b Tattersall 4 7 R.S.Modi lbw b Tattersall 7 8 H.R.Adhikari not out 38 9 S.G.Shinde 10 †P.G.Joshi 11 N.R.Chowdhury Extras b 12, lb 2, nb 1 15 —— (6 wickets, declared) 418 FoW (1): 1-18 (2), 2-64 (3), 3-275 (1), 4-278 (5), 5-292 (6), 6-328 (7) India Bowling O M R W O M R W Phadkar 11 4 26 1 14 3 28 0 Chowdhury 18 4 30 0 (4) 31 11 45 0 Hazare 5 5 0 0 (2) 12 4 24 0 Mankad 33 15 53 3 (6) 76 47 58 4 Shinde 35.3 9 91 6 73 26 162 2 Umrigar (3) 6 1 8 0 Modi (7) 5 1 14 0 Roy (8) 4 3 1 0 England Bowling O M R W Statham 21 4 49 1 Ridgway 20 1 55 0 Watkins 31 7 60 0 Shackleton 29 7 76 1 Tattersall 53 17 95 2 Carr 16 4 56 0 Robertson 5 1 12 0 Umpires: B.J.Mohoni and M.G.Vijayasarathi. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 203 all out; 2nd day: India (1) 186-2 (Merchant 106*, Hazare 45*); 3rd day: India (1) 418-6 (Hazare 164*, Adhikari 38*); 4th day: England (2) 202-3 (Watkins 51*, Carr 44*). V.M.Merchant’s 154 took 467 minutes and included 20 fours. V.S.Hazare’s 164 took 527 minutes and included 15 fours. A.J.Watkins’s 137 took 540 minutes and included 16 fours. 11