First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

SURREY v INDIANS Played at Kennington Oval, July 26, 28, 29, 1952. Indians won by six wickets. SURREY 1 D.G.W.Fletcher c Adhikari b Ramchand 7 b Divecha 22 2 T.H.Clark c Manjrekar b Ramchand 18 c Sen b Ramchand 4 3 B.Constable c Umrigar b Divecha 12 c Hazare b Divecha 18 4 *P.B.H.May c Ramchand b Divecha 5 c Sen b Phadkar 143 5 A.F.Brazier c Adhikari b Ramchand 0 c Umrigar b Ramchand 42 6 G.J.Whittaker c Umrigar b Divecha 14 c Umrigar b Ghulam Ahmed 20 7 †A.J.W.McIntyre c Ghulam Ahmed b Ramchand 6 run out 35 8 J.C.Laker c Phadkar b Divecha 0 c Ramchand b Ghulam Ahmed 4 9 A.V.Bedser b Divecha 0 c Manjrekar b Ghulam Ahmed 1 10 G.A.R.Lock not out 8 not out 0 11 P.J.Loader b Divecha 0 c Manjrekar b Ghulam Ahmed 0 Extras nb 1 1 b 14, lb 6, w 1, nb 9 30 —— —— 71 319 FoW (1): 1-10, 2-33, 3-43, 4-43, 5-53, 6-59, 7-59, 8-59, 9-65, 10-71 FoW (2): 1-10, 2-44, 3-50, 4-217, 5-275, 6-277, 7-300, 8-308, 9-319, 10-319 INDIANS 1 P.Roy st McIntyre b Bedser 32 c Lock b Laker 15 2 D.K.Gaekwad c Lock b Loader 8 c Laker b Bedser 0 3 H.R.Adhikari c May b Bedser 5 not out 98 4 *Vijay S.Hazare c Laker b Loader 5 c May b Lock 32 5 P.R.Umrigar c McIntyre b Loader 6 lbw b Loader 8 6 D.G.Phadkar c Constable b Loader 17 not out 50 7 V.L.Manjrekar c Lock b Laker 44 8 R.V.Divecha c Bedser b Loader 15 9 G.S.Ramchand st McIntyre b Laker 37 10 †P.K.Sen c Lock b Laker 3 11 Ghulam Ahmed not out 0 Extras b 1, lb 2, nb 4 7 b 5, lb 4, nb 2 11 —— —— 179 (4 wickets) 214 FoW (1): 1-17, 2-37, 3-48, 4-59, 5-60, 6-77, 7-118, 8-172, 9-176, 10-179 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-28, 3-88, 4-107 Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Phadkar 9 4 18 0 (2) 26 11 44 1 Divecha 11 3 29 6 (1) 28 7 94 2 Ramchand 13 4 23 4 28 7 85 2 Ghulam Ahmed (4) 22.5 8 50 4 Hazare (5) 7 2 16 0 Surrey Bowling O M R W O M R W Bedser 24 9 46 2 23 5 49 1 Loader 22 3 63 5 19 4 59 1 Lock 12 1 37 0 (4) 22 9 32 1 Laker 7.1 1 26 3 (3) 20 3 54 1 Clark (5) 2 0 9 0 Umpires: W.F.F.Price and C.H.Welch. Toss: Surrey Close of Play: 1st day: Surrey (2) 19-1 (Fletcher 10*, Constable 3*); 2nd day: Indians (2) 6-1 (Roy 4*, Adhikari 1*). P.B.H.May’s 143 took 255 minutes and included 24 fours. R.V.Divecha completed a hat-trick in the Surrey first innings (Whittaker, Laker, Bedser). G.A.R.Lock was no-balled three times, twice in one over, for throwing in the Indians first innings by W.F.F.Price. 340