First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

ENGLAND v INDIA Played at Old Trafford, Manchester, July 17, 18, 19, 1952. England won by an innings and 207 runs. ENGLAND 1 *L.Hutton c Sen b Divecha 104 2 D.S.Sheppard lbw b Ramchand 34 3 J.T.Ikin c Divecha b Ghulam Ahmed 29 4 P.B.H.May c Sen b Mankad 69 5 T.W.Graveney lbw b Divecha 14 6 A.J.Watkins c Phadkar b Mankad 4 7 †T.G.Evans c and b Ghulam Ahmed 71 8 J.C.Laker c Sen b Divecha 0 9 A.V.Bedser c Phadkar b Ghulam Ahmed 17 10 G.A.R.Lock not out 1 11 F.S.Trueman Extras b 2, lb 2 4 —— (9 wickets, declared) 347 FoW (1): 1-78 (2), 2-133 (3), 3-214 (1), 4-248 (4), 5-252 (6), 6-284 (5), 7-292 (8), 8-336 (7), 9-347 (9) INDIA 1 M.H.Mankad c Lock b Bedser 4 lbw b Bedser 6 2 P.Roy c Hutton b Trueman 0 c Laker b Trueman 0 3 H.R.Adhikari c Graveney b Trueman 0 c May b Lock 27 4 *Vijay S.Hazare b Bedser 16 c Ikin b Lock 16 5 P.R.Umrigar b Trueman 4 c Watkins b Bedser 3 6 D.G.Phadkar c Sheppard b Trueman 0 b Bedser 5 7 V.L.Manjrekar c Ikin b Trueman 22 c Evans b Bedser 0 8 R.V.Divecha b Trueman 4 b Bedser 2 9 G.S.Ramchand c Graveney b Trueman 2 c Watkins b Lock 1 10 †P.K.Sen c Lock b Trueman 4 not out 13 11 Ghulam Ahmed not out 1 c Ikin b Lock 0 Extras lb 1 1 b 8, nb 1 9 —— —— 58 82 FoW (1): 1-4 (1), 2-4 (2), 3-5 (3), 4-17 (5), 5-17 (6), 6-45 (7), 7-51 (8), 8-53 (4), 9-53 (9), 10-58 (10) FoW (2): 1-7 (2), 2-7 (1), 3-55 (4), 4-59 (5), 5-66 (6), 6-66 (7), 7-66 (3), 8-67 (9), 9-77 (8), 10-82 (11) India Bowling O M R W Phadkar 22 10 30 0 Divecha 45 12 102 3 Ramchand 33 7 78 1 Mankad 28 9 67 2 Ghulam Ahmed 9 3 43 3 Hazare 7 3 23 0 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Bedser 11 4 19 2 15 6 27 5 Trueman 8.4 2 31 8 8 5 9 1 Laker 2 0 7 0 Watkins (3) 4 3 1 0 Lock (4) 9.3 2 36 4 Umpires: D.Davies and F.S.Lee. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 153-2 (Hutton 85*, May 5*); 2nd day: England (1) 292-7 (Evans 35*). The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three. L.Hutton’s 104 took 315 minutes and included 10 fours. 316