First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

M.C.C. v INDIANS Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, May 17, 19, 20, 1952. Match drawn. M.C.C. 1 R.T.Simpson c Gopinath b Ghulam Ahmed 101 (2) c Hazare b Ramchand 8 2 J.T.Ikin c Mantri b Ramchand 23 (1) c Mantri b Divecha 0 3 T.W.Graveney run out 158 not out 42 4 D.C.S.Compton run out 36 not out 28 5 M.C.Cowdrey run out 9 6 D.B.Carr lbw b Ghulam Ahmed 0 7 †R.T.Spooner b Ghulam Ahmed 14 8 *T.E.Bailey not out 17 9 J.C.Laker b Ghulam Ahmed 16 10 M.J.Hilton 11 J.B.Statham Extras b 9 9 b 1, lb 4 5 —— —— (8 wickets, declared) 383 (2 wickets, declared) 83 FoW (1): 1-87, 2-169, 3-242, 4-336, 5-336, 6-336, 7-357, 8-383 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-10 INDIANS 1 P.Roy c Simpson b Hilton 62 lbw b Bailey 6 2 †M.K.Mantri c Bailey b Hilton 37 b Statham 13 3 P.R.Umrigar c Ikin b Bailey 22 not out 91 4 *Vijay S.Hazare b Laker 14 c Hilton b Compton 7 5 G.S.Ramchand b Bailey 0 6 C.T.Sarwate lbw b Bailey 10 7 H.R.Adhikari c Carr b Hilton 36 8 V.L.Manjrekar c Carr b Statham 45 (5) not out 67 9 C.D.Gopinath b Hilton 0 10 R.V.Divecha not out 24 11 Ghulam Ahmed b Statham 2 Extras b 1, nb 2 3 b 1, lb 2, nb 1 4 —— —— 255 (3 wickets) 188 FoW (1): 1-101, 2-102, 3-131, 4-131, 5-139, 6-159, 7-200, 8-200, 9-251, 10-255 FoW (2): 1-10, 2-24, 3-39 Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Divecha 32 6 93 0 9 1 44 1 Ramchand 33 8 92 1 10 1 31 1 Hazare 16 3 55 0 1 0 3 0 Ghulam Ahmed 36.1 7 123 4 Sarwate 5 2 11 0 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Statham 28.3 6 68 2 14 3 35 1 Bailey 27 9 44 3 10 1 34 1 Compton 16 4 45 0 (4) 4 0 21 1 Laker 26 8 56 1 (3) 17 2 41 0 Hilton 20 10 36 4 7 0 53 0 Ikin 1 0 3 0 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and H.Elliott. Toss: M.C.C. Close of Play: 1st day: M.C.C. (1) 336-6 (Spooner 0*, Bailey 0*); 2nd day: Indians (1) 214-8 (Manjrekar 24*, Divecha 7*). R.T.Simpson’s 101 took 190 minutes and included 15 fours. T.W.Graveney’s 158 took 240 minutes and included 21 fours. 159