First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

OXFORD UNIVERSITY v INDIANS Played at The Parks, Oxford, May 21, 22, 23, 1952. Indians won by nine wickets. OXFORD UNIVERSITY 1 B.Boobbyer b Ghulam Ahmed 37 b Shinde 28 2 W.G.A.Wiley c Hazare b Ghulam Ahmed 23 lbw b Shinde 35 3 *P.D.S.Blake b Ghulam Ahmed 5 b Shinde 0 4 M.C.Cowdrey b Ghulam Ahmed 92 b Hazare 54 5 A.L.Dowding b Hazare 0 (6) b Ghulam Ahmed 69 6 J.O.de Villiers b Divecha 45 (7) lbw b Ghulam Ahmed 6 7 †P.J.Whitcombe lbw b Ghulam Ahmed 4 (5) lbw b Ghulam Ahmed 22 8 I.D.F.Coutts b Ghulam Ahmed 1 c and b Ghulam Ahmed 0 9 D.C.P.R.Jowett not out 12 run out 0 10 W.M.Mitchell c Hazare b Ghulam Ahmed 2 c and b Ghulam Ahmed 9 11 A.J.Coxon b Ghulam Ahmed 0 not out 1 Extras lb 6 6 b 4, lb 4 8 —— —— 227 232 FoW (1): 1-43, 2-56, 3-70, 4-71, 5-181, 6-196, 7-200, 8-221, 9-227, 10-227 FoW (2): 1-53, 2-53, 3-72, 4-117, 5-173, 6-190, 7-192, 8-197, 9-231, 10-232 INDIANS 1 P.Roy c Wiley b Coxon 0 c Boobbyer b Coxon 8 2 D.K.Gaekwad c Whitcombe b Coxon 4 not out 16 3 P.R.Umrigar not out 229 not out 29 4 H.R.Adhikari b Coutts 1 5 *Vijay S.Hazare not out 161 6 V.L.Manjrekar 7 C.D.Gopinath 8 S.G.Shinde 9 R.V.Divecha 10 †P.K.Sen 11 Ghulam Ahmed Extras b 1, lb 2 3 lb 8, nb 1 9 —— —— (3 wickets, declared) 398 (1 wicket) 62 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-19, 3-32 FoW (2): 1-25 (1) Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Divecha 17 7 35 1 11 2 33 0 Hazare 27 14 28 1 9 3 16 1 Umrigar 7 0 18 0 Ghulam Ahmed 41.1 13 84 8 43.4 16 66 5 Shinde 20 6 56 0 47 13 107 3 Roy (3) 4 2 2 0 Oxford University Bowling O M R W O M R W Coxon 15 3 49 2 5 1 18 1 Coutts 24 3 93 1 5 0 22 0 Mitchell 17 3 78 0 Jowett 23 1 112 0 de Villiers 2 0 19 0 Cowdrey 6 0 44 0 Boobbyer (3) 0.5 0 13 0 Umpires: F.Chester and D.Hendren. Toss: Indians Close of Play: 1st day: Indians (1) 19-2 (Umrigar 15*); 2nd day: Oxford University (2) 76-3 (Cowdrey 11*, Whitcombe 2*). P.R.Umrigar’s 229 took 255 minutes and included 33 fours and 3 sixes. Vijay S.Hazare’s 161 took 225 minutes and included 29 fours. 171