First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

ENGLAND v INDIA Played at Kennington Oval, August 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 1952. Match drawn. ENGLAND 1 *L.Hutton c Phadkar b Ramchand 86 2 D.S.Sheppard lbw b Divecha 119 3 J.T.Ikin c Sen b Phadkar 53 4 P.B.H.May c Manjrekar b Mankad 17 5 T.W.Graveney c Divecha b Ghulam Ahmed 13 6 W.Watson not out 18 7 †T.G.Evans c Phadkar b Mankad 1 8 J.C.Laker not out 6 9 A.V.Bedser 10 G.A.R.Lock 11 F.S.Trueman Extras b 10, lb 2, nb 1 13 —— (6 wickets, declared) 326 FoW (1): 1-143 (1), 2-261 (2), 3-273 (3), 4-293 (4), 5-304 (5), 6-307 (7) INDIA 1 M.H.Mankad c Evans b Trueman 5 2 P.Roy c Lock b Trueman 0 3 H.R.Adhikari c Trueman b Bedser 0 4 *Vijay S.Hazare c May b Trueman 38 5 V.L.Manjrekar c Ikin b Bedser 1 6 P.R.Umrigar b Bedser 0 7 D.G.Phadkar b Trueman 17 8 R.V.Divecha b Bedser 16 9 G.S.Ramchand c Hutton b Bedser 5 10 †P.K.Sen b Trueman 9 11 Ghulam Ahmed not out 2 Extras lb 3, nb 2 5 —— 98 FoW (1): 1-0 (2), 2-5 (3), 3-5 (1), 4-6 (5), 5-6 (6), 6-64 (7), 7-71 (4), 8-78 (9), 9-94 (10), 10-98 (8) India Bowling O M R W Divecha 33 9 60 1 Phadkar 32 8 61 1 Ramchand 14 2 50 1 Mankad 48 23 88 2 Ghulam Ahmed 24 1 54 1 Hazare 3 3 0 0 England Bowling O M R W Bedser 14.5 4 41 5 Trueman 16 4 48 5 Lock 6 5 1 0 Laker 2 0 3 0 Umpires: F.Chester and H.Elliott. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 264-2 (Ikin 53*, May 0*); 2nd day: India (1) 49-5 (Hazare 27*, Phadkar 12*); 3rd day: No play; 4th day: India (1) 98 all out. There was no play on the final day. D.S.Sheppard’s 119 took 353 minutes and included 19 fours. The follow-on was enforced but the India second innings did not commence as rain prevented further play. 386