MCC Vs Ireland
2-Innings Match Played At Lord's, 16-Aug-1939, Two-Day
Match Drawn
Round 164
Toss won by MCC
Home Side (neutral)
Comment 164/33
16 & 17 August
In 1939 8 balls per over
Match Report here
MCC 1st Innings 188/10 All Out (Overs 72.1)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
EW Swanton lbw b CW Billingsley 3 0 0 0 0
JM Lomas   b CW Billingsley 62 0 0 0 0
FW Wilkinson   b HH Armstrong 25 0 0 0 0
BL Muncer   b CW Billingsley 14 0 0 0 0
W Watkins c HH Armstrong b J Macdonald 31 0 0 0 0
JRS Raper   b E Ingram 6 0 0 0 0
WW Hill-Wood   b J Macdonald 13 0 0 0 0
RI Scorer c CR Cuffe b J Macdonald 10 0 0 0 0
Major JES Walford lbw b J Macdonald 9 0 0 0 0
AN Buchmaster+ not out   10 0 0 0 0
JH Nevinson   b CW Billingsley 0 0 0 0 0
extras   (b0 lb5 w0 nb0) 5        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 188        
FOW
1-5(EW Swanton) 2-67(FW Wilkinson) 3-106(JM Lomas) 4-107(BL Muncer)
5-120(JRS Raper) 6-144(W Watkins) 7-160(WW Hill-Wood) 8-174(RI Scorer)
9-179(Major JES Walford) 10-188(JH Nevinson)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
CW Billingsley 11.1 2 34 4 - -
E Ingram 22 11 36 1 - -
J Macdonald 20 4 59 4 - -
HH Armstrong 19 3 54 1 - -
Ireland 1st Innings 125/10 All Out (Overs 44.7)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
TJ Macdonald   b JH Nevinson 16 0 0 0 0
DR Pigot (Snr) lbw b W Watkins 1 0 0 0 0
E Ingram c JH Nevinson b W Watkins 6 0 0 0 0
EDR Shearer c AN Buchmaster b JH Nevinson 0 0 0 0 0
JS Pollock c Major JES Walford b W Watkins 4 0 0 0 0
J Macdonald* c AN Buchmaster b JH Nevinson 34 0 0 0 0
FJA Reddy   b W Watkins 12 0 0 0 0
PJ Quinn c Major JES Walford b JH Nevinson 35 0 0 0 0
CR Cuffe+ not out   0 0 0 0 0
HH Armstrong c RI Scorer b JH Nevinson 1 0 0 0 0
CW Billingsley   b JH Nevinson 0 0 0 0 0
extras   (b4 lb8 w0 nb4) 16        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 125        
FOW
1-6(DR Pigot (Snr)) 2-30(TJ Macdonald) 3-32(EDR Shearer) 4-32(E Ingram)
5-38(JS Pollock) 6-55(FJA Reddy) 7-110(J Macdonald) 8-123(PJ Quinn)
9-125(HH Armstrong) 10-125(CW Billingsley)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
JH Nevinson 15.7 3 46 6 - -
W Watkins 15 6 23 4 - -
Major JES Walford 6 1 17 0 - -
BL Muncer 3 0 9 0 - -
EW Swanton 3 0 11 0 - -
RI Scorer 2 0 3 0 - -
MCC 2nd Innings 177/6 Declared (Overs 55.5)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
EW Swanton   b J Macdonald 34 0 0 0 0
JM Lomas c J Macdonald b E Ingram 87 0 0 0 0
FW Wilkinson c CW Billingsley b E Ingram 3 0 0 0 0
BL Muncer   b HH Armstrong 12 0 0 0 0
W Watkins not out   26 0 0 0 0
JRS Raper run out   6 0 0 0 0
Major JES Walford c FJA Reddy b J Macdonald 7 0 0 0 0
RI Scorer dnb            
WW Hill-Wood dnb            
AN Buchmaster+ dnb            
JH Nevinson dnb            
extras   (b1 lb0 w0 nb1) 2        
TOTAL   6 wickets for 177        
FOW
1-58(EW Swanton) 2-65(FW Wilkinson) 3-91(BL Muncer) 4-156(JM Lomas)
5-162(JRS Raper) 6-177(Major JES Walford)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
CW Billingsley 11 0 57 0 - -
E Ingram 22 3 57 2 - -
J Macdonald 12.5 5 33 2 - -
HH Armstrong 10 2 28 1 - -
Ireland 2nd Innings 140/6 Closed (Overs 51)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
TJ Macdonald not out   63 0 0 0 0
DR Pigot (Snr) lbw b W Watkins 14 0 0 0 0
EDR Shearer c JRS Raper b W Watkins 0 0 0 0 0
E Ingram   b JH Nevinson 10 0 0 0 0
JS Pollock lbw b Major JES Walford 32 0 0 0 0
J Macdonald* c BL Muncer b W Watkins 8 0 0 0 0
FJA Reddy lbw b W Watkins 0 0 0 0 0
CR Cuffe+ not out   2 0 0 0 0
PJ Quinn dnb            
HH Armstrong dnb            
CW Billingsley dnb            
extras   (b6 lb5 w0 nb0) 11        
TOTAL   6 wickets for 140        
FOW
1-23(DR Pigot (Snr)) 2-23(EDR Shearer) 3-42(E Ingram) 4-108(JS Pollock)
5-125(J Macdonald) 6-125(FJA Reddy)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
JH Nevinson 15 6 33 1 - -
W Watkins 19 7 43 4 - -
Major JES Walford 9 2 25 1 - -
BL Muncer 2 0 10 0 - -
EW Swanton 1 0 1 0 - -
RI Scorer 2 0 9 0 - -
WW Hill-Wood 3 0 8 0 - -
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