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Marylebone Cricket Club in India, Pakistan and Ceylon 1951/52

Marylebone Cricket Club vs Ceylon - Ceylon v Marylebone Cricket Club  |  Marylebone Cricket Club won by an innings and 33 runs

Match Details
Toss Ceylon, who chose to bat Series Marylebone Cricket Club In India, Pakistan And Ceylon 1951/52
Umpires
DS De and HEW De Match Date 22, 23, 24 Feb 1952
Match Referee Ground P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo , Colombo
Player of Match    

Ceylon 1st Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Mahesha Rodrigo c Donald Carr b Brian Statham 0 0 0 0 0
2 Channa Gunasekera b Eddie Leadbeater 22 0 0 0 0
3 Derrick de Saram * b Brian Statham 1 0 0 0 0
4 Ievers Gunasekera c Jack Robertson b Fred Ridgway 0 0 0 0 0
5 Stanley Jayasinghe b Malcolm Hilton 16 0 0 0 0
6 Sathyendra Coomaraswamy c Dick Spooner b Fred Ridgway 12 0 0 0 0
7 Mahendra Kasippillai c Dick Spooner b Fred Ridgway 2 0 0 0 0
8 Benedict Navaratne † b Brian Statham 2 0 0 0 0
9 Ernie Kelaart c Eddie Leadbeater b Brian Statham 3 0 0 0 0
10 Thiagarajah Shanmuganathan c Donald Carr b Fred Ridgway 0 0 0 0 0
11 Tita Nathanielsz not out 0 0 0 0 0
Extra 0
Total 10 wickets; 34.0 overs; 58 1.71 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-4 ;   2-6 ;   3-7 ;   4-39 ;   5-43 ;   6-45 ;   7-56 ;   8-58 ;   9-58 ;   10-58

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Brian Statham 11.0 7 9 4 0 0
Fred Ridgway 10.0 1 20 4 0 0
Allan Watkins 8.0 0 12 0 0 0
Malcolm Hilton 4.0 0 11 1 0 0
Eddie Leadbeater 1.0 0 6 1 0 0

Marylebone Cricket Club 1st Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Jack Robertson lbw Tita Nathanielsz 30 0 0 0 0
2 Dick Spooner † b Ernie Kelaart 57 0 0 0 0
3 Tom Graveney not out 102 0 0 0 0
4 Don Kenyon c Ernie Kelaart b Thiagarajah Shanmuganathan 52 0 0 0 0
5 Allan Watkins c Channa Gunasekera b Thiagarajah Shanmuganathan 2 0 0 0 0
6 Cyril Poole not out 14 0 0 0 0
7 Brian Statham Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
8 Fred Ridgway Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
9 Malcolm Hilton Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
10 Eddie Leadbeater Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
11 Donald Carr * Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
Extra b 7, lb 6 13
Total 4 wickets; 94.0 overs; 270 2.87 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-70 ;   2-111 ;   3-240 ;   4-248

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Tita Nathanielsz 18.0 3 51 1 0 0
Sathyendra Coomaraswamy 11.0 4 16 0 0 0
Stanley Jayasinghe 5.0 0 19 0 0 0
Thiagarajah Shanmuganathan 22.0 1 71 2 0 0
Ernie Kelaart 22.0 5 70 1 0 0
Ievers Gunasekera 16.0 2 30 0 0 0

Ceylon 2nd Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Mahesha Rodrigo b Brian Statham 42 0 0 0 0
2 Channa Gunasekera c Dick Spooner b Eddie Leadbeater 12 0 0 0 0
3 Derrick de Saram * c Allan Watkins b Jack Robertson 5 0 0 0 0
4 Ievers Gunasekera c Malcolm Hilton b Jack Robertson 5 0 0 0 0
5 Stanley Jayasinghe b Brian Statham 11 0 0 0 0
6 Sathyendra Coomaraswamy c Allan Watkins b Eddie Leadbeater 18 0 0 0 0
7 Mahendra Kasippillai c Brian Statham b Eddie Leadbeater 8 0 0 0 0
8 Ernie Kelaart st Dick Spooner b Eddie Leadbeater 0 0 0 0 0
9 Thiagarajah Shanmuganathan c Fred Ridgway b Eddie Leadbeater 2 0 0 0 0
10 Benedict Navaratne † not out 34 0 0 0 0
11 Tita Nathanielsz c Tom Graveney b Malcolm Hilton 13 0 0 0 0
Extra b 20, lb 8, nb 1 29
Total 10 wickets; 78.3 overs; 179 2.28 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-17 ;   2-30 ;   3-36 ;   4-50 ;   5-96 ;   6-128 ;   7-128 ;   8-130 ;   9-134 ;   10-179

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Brian Statham 13.0 8 10 2 0 0
Fred Ridgway 9.0 3 21 0 0 0
Allan Watkins 5.0 2 10 0 0 0
Malcolm Hilton 19.3 11 31 1 0 0
Eddie Leadbeater 16.0 6 41 5 0 0
Jack Robertson 10.0 0 27 2 0 0
Donald Carr * 6.0 1 10 0 0 0