First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

GENTLEMEN v PLAYERS Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, July 23, 24, 25, 1952. Players won by 2 runs. PLAYERS 1 *L.Hutton b Brown 16 lbw b Marlar 50 2 D.G.W.Fletcher b Marlar 59 b Bailey 0 3 J.D.B.Robertson c Insole b McCarthy 10 b Marlar 55 4 D.C.S.Compton c Bailey b McCarthy 49 not out 39 5 W.Watson b Brown 47 6 A.J.Watkins hit wkt b Marlar 24 7 †T.G.Evans c Brennan b McCarthy 21 (5) b Marlar 15 8 D.Shackleton lbw b Bailey 12 9 J.H.Wardle c Brennan b Bailey 11 (6) st Brennan b Brown 11 10 J.C.Laker b Marlar 5 11 A.V.Bedser not out 0 (7) run out 20 Extras b 2, lb 7, nb 2 11 b 8, lb 5 13 —— —— 265 (6 wickets, declared) 203 FoW (1): 1-25, 2-45, 3-117, 4-168, 5-190, 6-221, 7-237, 8-260, 9-265, 10-265 FoW (2): 1-12, 2-93, 3-120, 4-148, 5-166, 6-203 GENTLEMEN 1 R.T.Simpson c and b Laker 14 c Evans b Bedser 19 2 D.S.Sheppard b Bedser 17 lbw b Shackleton 2 3 G.L.Willatt b Laker 20 c Compton b Wardle 26 4 P.B.H.May b Laker 45 c Hutton b Shackleton 19 5 C.H.Palmer c Compton b Laker 0 c Hutton b Laker 127 6 D.J.Insole lbw b Bedser 18 c Hutton b Shackleton 46 7 T.E.Bailey not out 18 c Evans b Shackleton 23 8 *F.R.Brown c Evans b Bedser 2 c Hutton b Bedser 31 9 R.G.Marlar b Bedser 4 b Laker 7 10 †D.V.Brennan b Laker 0 c Hutton b Bedser 5 11 C.N.McCarthy lbw b Laker 0 not out 1 Extras b 5, lb 3 8 b 10, lb 4 14 —— —— 146 320 FoW (1): 1-27, 2-41, 3-76, 4-76, 5-105, 6-131, 7-141, 8-145, 9-146, 10-146 FoW (2): 1-8, 2-28, 3-54, 4-73, 5-178, 6-235, 7-305, 8-307, 9-317, 10-320 Gentlemen Bowling O M R W O M R W McCarthy 29 7 63 3 18 2 56 0 Bailey 24.3 6 51 2 11 1 53 1 Brown 28 6 50 2 9.4 2 30 1 Marlar 21 5 77 3 11 1 51 3 Palmer 6 3 13 0 Players Bowling O M R W O M R W Bedser 20 6 40 4 26 6 93 3 Laker 30 12 48 6 (3) 26.1 5 72 2 Shackleton 10 2 14 0 (2) 14 2 39 4 Wardle 20 11 36 0 26 7 51 1 Compton (5) 6 0 38 0 Watkins (6) 9 4 13 0 Umpires: A.E.Pothecary and A.Skelding. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Gentlemen (1) 0-0 (Simpson 0*, Sheppard 0*); 2nd day: Players (2) 166-4 (Compton 24*, Wardle 11*). C.H.Palmer’s 127 took 240 minutes and included 14 fours and 1 six. 326