First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

WORCESTERSHIRE v CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, June 25, 26, 27, 1952. Cambridge University won by six wickets. WORCESTERSHIRE 1 N.H.Whiting b McCarthy 39 c Wait b MacGinty 31 2 H.G.Moule run out 45 st Alexander b Subba Row 57 3 R.G.Broadbent b Kenny 12 not out 88 4 *R.E.Bird b Kenny 40 b McCarthy 7 5 G.Dews c Subba Row b MacGinty 54 b Kenny 3 6 L.N.Devereux b Kenny 0 lbw b MacGinty 7 7 R.O.Jenkins b MacGinty 85 b McCarthy 36 8 M.J.Horton c May b Kenny 2 not out 12 9 †J.C.Scholey lbw b MacGinty 0 10 W.A.Goodreds not out 4 11 M.E.Bradley b MacGinty 1 Extras b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 5 13 b 15, lb 5, w 1 21 —— —— 295 (6 wickets, declared) 262 FoW (1): 1-64, 2-97, 3-127, 4-154, 5-154, 6-283, 7-290, 8-290, 9-290, 10-295 FoW (2): 1-72, 2-110, 3-121, 4-127, 5-173, 6-233 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1 *D.S.Sheppard b Horton 5 not out 239 2 M.H.Bushby c Horton b Jenkins 30 c Scholey b Jenkins 31 3 P.B.H.May b Jenkins 15 c Dews b Bradley 32 4 R.SubbaRow lbw b Bradley 22 b Bird 68 5 M.H.Stevenson c Bird b Jenkins 53 b Whiting 0 6 †F.C.M.Alexander not out 40 not out 4 7 A.C.W.Lewis st Scholey b Jenkins 9 8 R.J.A.MacGinty c Whiting b Jenkins 0 9 C.J.M.Kenny c Horton b Jenkins 0 10 C.N.McCarthy lbw b Jenkins 4 11 O.J.Wait c Bird b Jenkins 0 Extras b 6, nb 1 7 b 2 2 —— —— 185 (4 wickets) 376 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-34, 3-72, 4-114, 5-148, 6-165, 7-165, 8-167, 9-175, 10-185 FoW (2): 1-87, 2-168, 3-370, 4-371 Cambridge University Bowling O M R W O M R W McCarthy 23 6 66 1 22 7 32 2 Wait 21 6 66 0 (4) 5 0 20 0 Kenny 27 9 65 4 (2) 23 2 92 1 MacGinty 20.3 5 58 4 (3) 13 2 51 2 Subba Row 6 0 27 0 20 5 46 1 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Goodreds 8 2 27 0 4 0 21 0 Horton 7 4 15 1 8 2 26 0 Jenkins 23.5 5 82 8 (4) 29 0 104 1 Bradley 8 2 30 1 (3) 27 1 103 1 Devereux 12 5 24 0 12 0 53 0 Bird (6) 6 1 25 1 Whiting (7) 8 0 42 1 Umpires: P.Corrall and D.Davies. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Cambridge University (1) 34-2 (Bushby 14*); 2nd day: Worcestershire (2) 251-6 (Broadbent 84*, Horton 5*). D.S.Sheppard’s 239 took 275 minutes and included 28 fours, 2 fives and 2 sixes. C.N.McCarthy was no-balled five times for throwing in the Worcestershire first innings by P.Corrall. 263