First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

BENGAL v M.C.C. Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, December 26, 27, 28, 1951. M.C.C. won by an innings and 20 runs. BENGAL 1 N.M.Bose c Ridgway b Tattersall 16 b Ridgway 0 2 P.B.Datta lbw b Ridgway 7 lbw b Ridgway 9 3 N.C.Chatterjee c and b Tattersall 30 lbw b Tattersall 59 4 B.Frank b Tattersall 0 hit wkt b Ridgway 11 5 *C.S.Nayudu b Watkins 57 b Shackleton 0 6 G.Roy c and b Tattersall 15 c Poole b Shackleton 0 7 †S.K.Khanna c Shackleton b Tattersall 1 b Shackleton 0 8 P.M.Chatterjee c Brennan b Tattersall 24 lbw b Ridgway 1 9 S.K.Girdhari lbw b Tattersall 6 run out 39 10 N.R.Chowdhury run out 0 st Brennan b Tattersall 6 11 S.A.Banerjee not out 23 not out 1 Extras b 7, lb 1, nb 1 9 b 4, lb 2, nb 2 8 —— —— 188 134 FoW (1): 1-10, 2-56, 3-56, 4-65, 5-101, 6-103, 7-131, 8-142, 9-142, 10-188 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-14, 3-16, 4-28, 5-29, 6-29, 7-29, 8-124, 9-129, 10-134 M.C.C. 1 D.Kenyon c Bose b Nayudu 42 2 R.T.Spooner c Nayudu b Chowdhury 30 3 T.W.Graveney c Khanna b Chowdhury 32 4 C.J.Poole c Chowdhury b Nayudu 45 5 *D.B.Carr c Nayudu b Chowdhury 2 6 A.J.Watkins not out 113 7 †D.V.Brennan lbw b Nayudu 0 8 D.Shackleton b Nayudu 13 9 M.J.Hilton c and b Banerjee 35 10 F.Ridgway not out 9 11 R.Tattersall Extras b 12, lb 5, w 1, nb 3 21 —— (8 wickets, declared) 342 FoW (1): 1-56, 2-90, 3-119, 4-125, 5-210, 6-210, 7-250, 8-312 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Ridgway 8 2 21 1 18 4 43 4 Shackleton 5 1 12 0 11 4 20 3 Watkins 14 6 17 1 2 2 0 0 Hilton 12 3 51 0 6 3 14 0 Tattersall 26.2 9 58 7 11.2 3 36 2 Carr 2 0 20 0 7 3 13 0 Bengal Bowling O M R W Banerjee 13 1 62 1 P.M.Chatterjee 26 13 50 0 Nayudu 25 6 101 4 Girdhari 13 3 34 0 Chowdhury 27 6 74 3 Umpires: S.K.Ganguli and B.C.Ghosh. Toss: M.C.C. Close of Play: 1st day: M.C.C. (1) 48-0 (Kenyon 22*, Spooner 25*); 2nd day: Bengal (2) 8-1 (Datta 5*, N.C.Chatterjee 2*). A.J.Watkins’s 113 took 165 minutes and included 19 fours. 63