First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

WARWICKSHIRE v CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, June 21, 23, 24, 1952. Match drawn. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1 *D.S.Sheppard c Lewis b Townsend 74 c and b Taylor 108 2 M.H.Bushby c Gardner b Townsend 46 c Lewis b Carter 7 3 G.G.Tordoff c Cranmer b Townsend 0 st Lewis b Townsend 24 4 M.H.Stevenson b Townsend 37 c Bromley b Townsend 1 5 R.Subba Row lbw b Townsend 37 (7) b Taylor 13 6 A.C.W.Lewis c Taylor b Townsend 1 c Taylor b Townsend 1 7 †F.C.M.Alexander b Weeks 54 (5) b Townsend 9 8 J.J.Warr b Weeks 4 not out 2 9 R.J.A.MacGinty c Townsend b Weeks 13 b Taylor 0 10 C.J.M.Kenny not out 4 not out 6 11 C.N.McCarthy not out 2 Extras b 12, lb 5, nb 1 18 b 10, lb 1, nb 1 12 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 290 (8 wickets) 183 FoW (1): 1-78, 2-78, 3-146, 4-173, 5-185, 6-236, 7-253, 8-280, 9-287 FoW (2): 1-8, 2-70, 3-78, 4-118, 5-136, 6-164, 7-165, 8-165 WARWICKSHIRE 1 F.C.Gardner c Kenny b McCarthy 51 lbw b Kenny 118 2 D.D.Taylor c Alexander b Warr 23 c Alexander b Warr 0 3 J.S.Ord c Bushby b Kenny 4 not out 187 4 P.H.Bromley c Subba Row b Kenny 9 lbw b MacGinty 17 5 A.Townsend c Alexander b MacGinty 7 (7) not out 31 6 *P.Cranmer c Tordoff b Kenny 6 (5) c Kenny b McCarthy 8 7 R.T.Weeks c Alexander b Warr 6 8 T.L.Pritchard c MacGinty b McCarthy 0 (6) b McCarthy 4 9 †E.B.Lewis not out 11 10 R.G.Carter b McCarthy 1 11 A.V.G.Wolton absent hurt 0 Extras b 10, lb 10 20 b 11, lb 6 17 —— —— 138 (5 wickets, declared) 382 FoW (1): 1-74, 2-79, 3-95, 4-104, 5-115, 6-121, 7-121, 8-133, 9-138 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-216, 3-283, 4-312, 5-320 Warwickshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pritchard 19 3 50 0 9 2 26 0 Carter 26 11 56 0 6 0 27 1 Townsend 30 7 67 6 (4) 11 1 28 4 Weeks 33 11 97 3 (3) 14 6 40 0 Wolton 3 1 2 0 (6) 4 1 7 0 Bromley (5) 7 0 36 0 Taylor (7) 5 1 7 3 Cambridge University Bowling O M R W O M R W McCarthy 12.3 4 19 3 29 11 43 2 Warr 19 3 65 2 26 4 77 1 Kenny 16 5 28 3 41 11 131 1 MacGinty 8 5 6 1 30 8 82 1 Subba Row (5) 11 3 32 0 Umpires: L.V.Dunning and E.J.Smith. Toss: Cambridge University Close of Play: 1st day: Warwickshire (1) 43-0 (Gardner 24*, Taylor 10*); 2nd day: Warwickshire (2) 177-1 (Gardner 90*, Ord 74*). J.S.Ord’s 187 took 390 minutes and included 19 fours, 1 five and 1 six. D.S.Sheppard’s 108 took 110 minutes. 251