Cricket INDIANS OUT FOR 249
Surrey Leads On First Innings (N.Z. Press Association —Copyright) LONDON. May 14. Surrey, in a day of fluctuating fortunes at the Oval, led the Indians by 4 runs on the first innings, but the Indians finished 38 runs in front with all their second innings wickets in hand. The Indians had a shock at first, losing their remaining three wickets in 15 balls for the addition of 1 run this morning to be all out for 249. But they struck back quickly, dismissing both the Surrey openers for 4 runs, before K. Barrington and B. Constable shared a third-wicket stand of 169 in just more than two hours and a half. Then in the 45 minutes before tea, Barrington was run out for 85, Constable stumped for 91, and with E. A. Bedser and R. Swetman dismissed cheaply, the county was left with six wickets down for 200. However, spirited hitting by J. C. Laker and G A. R. Lock saw Surrey take the lead, but the last three wickets tumbled for a single and Surrey totalled 253. The tourists then held on grimly until the close, making 42 without
Scores:— INDIANS First Innings N. Contractor, c Swetman b Loader 4 M. L. Jaisimha, c Gibson . b Loader 10 P. R Umrigar, c Lock, b Gibson 6 V. L. Manjrekar, lbw, b Loader 148 D. K. Gaekwar, c Gibson, A. Bedser 27 C. G. Borde, c Lock, b A. Bedser R G. Nadkarni, b Loader 9 P G Joshi, b Lock 21 S. P. Gupte, b A. Bedser 18 V. M. Muddiah, b Loader 0 R. B. Desai, not out 0 Extras 5 Total 249 Bowling O. M. R. W. P. J. Loader .. 19.3 1 37 5 A. V. Bedser .. 24 8 35 3 P. Gibson .. 20 3 58 J. C. Laker .. 21 8 46 0 G. A. R. Lock .. 25 11 66 0 K. Barrington .. 2 1 2 0 Second Innings Contractor, not out 16 Jaisimha, not out 19 Extras 7 Total for no wicket 42 SURREY First Innings M J. Stewart, c Joshi, b Desai 3 R. C. E. Pratt, c Joshi, b Jaisimha 1 Barringtun, run out 85 B. Constable, st Joshi, b Gupte 91 E A. Bedser. b Gupte 15 R. Swetman. c Joshi, b Gupte .. 0 Gibsbn, st Joshi, b Gupte 7 Lock, c Contractor, b Gupte .. 30 Laker, c Jaisimha, b Borde .. 16 Loader, not out 1 Bedser, lbw, b Gupte 0 Extras Total 253 Bowling o. M. R. W. Desai .. 13 4 32 1 Gupte .. 27.3 5 77 6 Jaisimha .. 12 4 41 1 Muddiah .. 7 2 21 0 Nadkarni ..16 34 0 Borde .. 14 3 44 1
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19590516.2.95
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28896, 16 May 1959, Page 11
Word Count
450Cricket INDIANS OUT FOR 249 Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28896, 16 May 1959, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in