First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

ENGLAND v INDIA Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, June 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 1952. England won by eight wickets. INDIA 1 M.H.Mankad c Watkins b Trueman 72 b Laker 184 2 P.Roy c and b Bedser 35 b Bedser 0 3 P.R.Umrigar b Trueman 5 (7) b Trueman 14 4 *Vijay S.Hazare not out 69 c Laker b Bedser 49 5 V.L.Manjrekar lbw b Bedser 5 b Laker 1 6 D.G.Phadkar b Watkins 8 b Laker 16 7 H.R.Adhikari lbw b Watkins 0 (3) b Trueman 16 8 G.S.Ramchand b Trueman 18 (9) b Trueman 42 9 †M.K.Mantri b Trueman 1 (8) c Compton b Laker 5 10 S.G.Shinde st Evans b Watkins 5 c Hutton b Trueman 14 11 Ghulam Ahmed b Jenkins 0 not out 1 Extras b 7, nb 10 17 b 29, lb 3, nb 4 36 —— —— 235 378 FoW (1): 1-106 (1), 2-116 (3), 3-118 (2), 4-126 (5), 5-135 (6), 6-139 (7), 7-167 (8), 8-180 (9), 9-221 (10), 10-235 (11) FoW (2): 1-7 (2), 2-59 (3), 3-270 (1), 4-272 (4), 5-289 (5), 6-312 (6), 7-314 (7), 8-323 (8), 9-377 (9), 10-378 (10) ENGLAND 1 *L.Hutton c Mantri b Hazare 150 not out 39 2 R.T.Simpson b Mankad 53 run out 2 3 P.B.H.May c Mantri b Mankad 74 c Roy b Ghulam Ahmed 26 4 D.C.S.Compton lbw b Hazare 6 not out 4 5 T.W.Graveney c Mantri b Ghulam Ahmed 73 6 A.J.Watkins b Mankad 0 7 †T.G.Evans c and b Ghulam Ahmed 104 8 R.O.Jenkins st Mantri b Mankad 21 9 J.C.Laker not out 23 10 A.V.Bedser c Ramchand b Mankad 3 11 F.S.Trueman b Ghulam Ahmed 17 Extras b 8, lb 5 13 b 4, lb 4 8 —— —— 537 (2 wickets) 79 FoW (1): 1-106 (2), 2-264 (1), 3-272 (4), 4-292 (3), 5-292 (6), 6-451 (7), 7-468 (5), 8-506 (8), 9-514 (10), 10-537 (11) FoW (2): 1-8 (2), 2-71 (3) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Bedser 33 8 62 2 4nb 36 13 60 2 3nb Trueman 25 3 72 4 6nb 27 4 110 4 1nb Jenkins 7.3 1 26 1 10 1 40 0 Laker 12 5 21 0 39 15 102 4 Watkins 17 7 37 3 8 0 20 0 Compton (6) 2 0 10 0 India Bowling O M R W O M R W Phadkar 27 8 44 0 Ramchand 29 8 67 0 (1) 1 0 5 0 Hazare 24 4 53 2 (4) 1 1 0 0 Mankad 73 24 196 5 (2) 24 12 35 0 Ghulam Ahmed 43.4 12 106 3 (3) 23.2 9 31 1 Shinde 6 0 43 0 Umrigar 4 0 15 0 Umpires: F.Chester and F.S.Lee. Toss: India Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 8-0 (Hutton 6*, Simpson 2*); 2nd day: England (1) 292-5 (Graveney 8*); 3rd day: India (2) 137-2 (Mankad 86*, Hazare 24*); 4th day: England (2) 40-1 (Hutton 27*, May 8*). L.Hutton’s 150 took 318 minutes and included 20 fours. T.G.Evans’s 104 took 135 minutes and included 16 fours. M.H.Mankad’s 184 took 283 minutes and included 19 fours and 1 six. 244