First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

MAHARASHTRA v M.C.C. Played at Club of Maharashtra, Poona, December 21, 22, 23, 1951. Match drawn. MAHARASHTRA 1 *M.R.Rege c Spooner b Tattersall 133 2 †P.G.Joshi c Brennan b Statham 0 3 R.R.Shelke c and b Hilton 11 st Brennan b Hilton 7 4 H.T.Dani c Hilton b Carr 1 not out 72 5 S.R.Chabukswar b Hilton 1 6 M.V.Mathe lbw b Statham 2 7 D.R.Patil b Statham 0 8 R.G.Bhadbhade st Brennan b Poole 29 (1) lbw b Hilton 18 9 R.G.Nadkarni not out 27 (2) not out 24 10 D.G.Chaudhari b Statham 0 11 G.S.Patwardhan b Hilton 23 Extras b 12, lb 7, nb 3 22 b 1, lb 1, nb 1 3 —— —— 249 (2 wickets) 124 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-20, 3-29, 4-34, 5-59, 6-59, 7-145, 8-202, 9-203, 10-249 FoW (2): 1-24, 2-34 M.C.C. 1 F.A.Lowson b Patwardhan 76 2 *N.D.Howard c Joshi b Dani 10 3 D.Kenyon c Joshi b Chaudhari 76 4 C.J.Poole c and b Chaudhari 50 5 D.B.Carr lbw b Nadkarni 17 6 R.T.Spooner run out 9 7 †D.V.Brennan not out 67 8 D.Shackleton c Dani b Mathe 66 9 M.J.Hilton c Mathe b Chaudhari 8 10 J.B.Statham c and b Chaudhari 15 11 R.Tattersall st Joshi b Chaudhari 1 Extras b 7, lb 5, w 1, nb 2 15 —— 410 FoW (1): 1-17, 2-160, 3-174, 4-220, 5-246, 6-249, 7-349, 8-368, 9-406, 10-410 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Statham 24 9 32 4 Shackleton 24 5 62 0 (1) 5 0 8 0 Hilton 29.4 17 44 3 (2) 16 7 27 2 Tattersall 14 3 34 1 Carr 8 3 35 1 (3) 11 2 33 0 Poole 11 3 20 1 (4) 4 0 26 0 Howard (5) 3 0 15 0 Spooner (6) 1 0 4 0 Lowson (7) 1 0 8 0 Maharashtra Bowling O M R W Dani 11 2 26 1 Patwardhan 33 4 87 1 Mathe 43 10 96 1 Nadkarni 23 9 42 1 Patil 2 1 4 0 Chaudhari 42.4 5 124 5 Shelke 7 3 8 0 Rege 1 0 1 0 Chabukswar 4 1 6 0 Bhadbhade 1 0 1 0 Umpires: N.D.Nagarwala and M.A.Rau. Toss: Maharashtra Close of Play: 1st day: Maharashtra (1) 203-9 (Nadkarni 10*); 2nd day: M.C.C. (1) 249-6 (Brennan 0*). M.R.Rege’s 133 took 293 minutes and included 17 fours. M.R.Rege was twice no-balled for throwing in his only over in the M.C.C. first innings by N.D.Nagarwalla from the bowler’s end. 52