First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

ENGLAND v INDIA Played at Headingley, Leeds, June 5, 6, 7, 9, 1952. England won by seven wickets. INDIA 1 P.Roy st Evans b Jenkins 19 c Compton b Trueman 0 2 D.K.Gaekwad b Bedser 9 c Laker b Bedser 0 3 P.R.Umrigar c Evans b Trueman 8 (4) c and b Jenkins 9 4 *Vijay S.Hazare c Evans b Bedser 89 (6) b Trueman 56 5 V.L.Manjrekar c Watkins b Trueman 133 b Trueman 0 6 D.G.Phadkar c Watkins b Laker 12 (7) b Bedser 64 7 C.D.Gopinath b Trueman 0 (8) lbw b Jenkins 8 8 †M.K.Mantri not out 13 (3) b Trueman 0 9 G.S.Ramchand c Watkins b Laker 0 st Evans b Jenkins 0 10 S.G.Shinde c May b Laker 2 not out 7 11 Ghulam Ahmed b Laker 0 st Evans b Jenkins 14 Extras b 1, lb 7 8 lb 5, w 1, nb 1 7 —— —— 293 165 FoW (1): 1-18 (2), 2-40 (1), 3-42 (3), 4-264 (4), 5-264 (5), 6-264 (7), 7-291 (6), 8-291 (9), 9-293 (10), 10-293 (11) FoW (2): 1-0 (1), 2-0 (2), 3-0 (3), 4-0 (5), 5-26 (4), 6-131 (6), 7-143 (8), 8-143 (9), 9-143 (7), 10-165 (11) ENGLAND 1 *L.Hutton c Ramchand b Ghulam Ahmed 10 b Phadkar 10 2 R.T.Simpson c Ramchand b Ghulam Ahmed 23 c Mantri b Ghulam Ahmed 51 3 P.B.H.May b Shinde 16 c Phadkar b Ghulam Ahmed 4 4 D.C.S.Compton c Ramchand b Ghulam Ahmed 14 not out 35 5 T.W.Graveney b Ghulam Ahmed 71 not out 20 6 A.J.Watkins lbw b Ghulam Ahmed 48 7 †T.G.Evans lbw b Hazare 66 8 R.O.Jenkins c Mantri b Ramchand 38 9 J.C.Laker b Phadkar 15 10 A.V.Bedser b Ramchand 7 11 F.S.Trueman not out 0 Extras b 15, lb 11 26 b 4, lb 3, nb 1 8 —— —— 334 (3 wickets) 128 FoW (1): 1-21 (1), 2-48 (2), 3-62 (3), 4-92 (4), 5-182 (6), 6-211 (5), 7-290 (7), 8-325 (9), 9-329 (8), 10-334 (10) FoW (2): 1-16 (1), 2-42 (3), 3-89 (2) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Bedser 33 13 38 2 (2) 21 9 32 2 Trueman 26 6 89 3 (1) 9 1 27 4 Laker 22.3 9 39 4 13 4 17 0 Watkins 11 1 21 0 (5) 11 2 32 0 Jenkins 27 6 78 1 (4) 13 2 50 4 Compton 7 1 20 0 India Bowling O M R W O M R W Phadkar 24 7 54 1 11 2 21 1 Ramchand 36.2 11 61 2 17 3 43 0 Ghulam Ahmed 63 24 100 5 22 8 37 2 Hazare 20 9 22 1 3 0 11 0 Shinde 22 5 71 1 2 0 8 0 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and H.Elliott. Toss: India Close of Play: 1st day: India (1) 272-6 (Phadkar 3*, Mantri 5*); 2nd day: England (1) 206-5 (Graveney 68*, Evans 15*); 3rd day: India (2) 136-6 (Phadkar 62*, Gopinath 3*). The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four. V.L.Manjrekar’s 133 took 270 minutes and included 19 fours. 207