First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

BOMBAY v M.C.C. Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, December 8, 9, 10, 1951. Match drawn. M.C.C. 1 F.A.Lowson st Mantri b Gupte 76 not out 71 2 D.Kenyon c Apte b Gupte 95 c Ramchand b Gupte 30 3 J.D.B.Robertson c Sohoni b Divecha 20 4 C.J.Poole c Divecha b Sohoni 44 5 T.W.Graveney b Divecha 22 6 A.J.Watkins b Divecha 46 7 *N.D.Howard b Divecha 14 (4) b Gupte 1 8 †D.V.Brennan b Divecha 6 (5) not out 12 9 E.Leadbeater b Divecha 0 (3) c Mantri b Abdulla 2 10 M.J.Hilton b Gupte 2 11 F.Ridgway not out 6 Extras lb 4, nb 3 7 b 4, lb 3, w 2, nb 1 10 —— —— 338 (3 wickets) 126 FoW (1): 1-172, 2-177, 3-240, 4-240, 5-265, 6-306, 7-324, 8-324, 9-329, 10-338 FoW (2): 1-81, 2-83, 3-90 BOMBAY 1 *†M.K.Mantri c Robertson b Hilton 23 2 M.L.Apte b Ridgway 35 3 R.S.Modi c Watkins b Ridgway 86 4 V.L.Manjrekar c Brennan b Leadbeater 38 5 G.S.Ramchand b Watkins 21 6 M.D.Irani b Leadbeater 0 7 M.S.Patil b Ridgway 19 8 S.W.Sohoni not out 58 9 K.C.Abdulla b Ridgway 1 10 R.V.Divecha c Howard b Hilton 4 11 S.P.Gupte b Hilton 0 Extras lb 4, nb 2 6 —— 291 FoW (1): 1-62, 2-63, 3-123, 4-168, 5-171, 6-210, 7-256, 8-266, 9-291, 10-291 Bombay Bowling O M R W O M R W Sohoni 20 4 71 1 Divecha 26 3 74 6 (1) 3 2 5 0 Ramchand 26 7 51 0 (2) 8 1 26 0 Gupte 39.2 9 135 3 (3) 11 2 28 2 Modi (4) 5 1 17 0 Abdulla (5) 11 0 40 1 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W Ridgway 33 7 75 4 Watkins 25 7 52 1 Hilton 15.5 4 40 3 Leadbeater 32 4 116 2 Robertson 3 2 2 0 Umpires: S.K.Ganguli and B.J.Mohoni. Toss: M.C.C. Close of Play: 1st day: M.C.C. (1) 285-5 (Watkins 16*, Howard 6*); 2nd day: Bombay (1) 153-3 (Modi 37*, Ramchand 15*). 38