COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP 1953

First Class - Season 1953

Results (not including County Championship matches)

Date	Opponents	Venue	Results	Scores
27 May	MCC	Lords	Won by 7 wkts Toss won by Hampshire	MCC 166-9 (Bird 68, Gray 4-54) Hants 210-9 (Gray 65, Deighton 4-22) MCC 147 (Bird 40, Shackleton 7-32) Hants 105-3 (Gray 34, Perks 2-36)
03 Jun	Oxford Univ	The Parks	Won by 5 wkts Toss won by Oxford Univ	OXFUniv 325-5 (Cowdrey 94, Gray 2-25) Hants 247 (Gray 62, Arenhold 3-63) OXFUniv 59 (Dowding 24, Carty 6-24) Hants 138-5 (Gray 70no, Jowett 3-58)
06 Jun	Australians	Southampton	Lost by 158 runs Toss won by Australians	Aus 268 (Harvey 109, Marshall 4-69) Hants 131 (Horton 28, Johnston 5-75) Aus 169-5 (de Courcy 54no, Gray 3-41) Hants 148 (Marshall 71, Johnston 4-21)

Totals (including County Championship)
Runs scored 10566 for 481 wkts at an average of 21.96 per wkt.
Runs against 11037 for 463 wkts at an average of 23.83 per wkt.
Played 31, Won 8, Drawn 11, Lost 12

Averages

Ct	St	Player	Matches	Innings	NO	50's	100's	HS	Runs	Average	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	5fers	10Wm	BP	RPO	Average
1		HM Barnard	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
8	1	DE Blake	7	12	0	2	0	67	231	19.25
		JR Bridger	3	6	1	1	1	102no	223	44.60
1		MD Burden *	2	3	2	0	0	7no	8	8.00	60.2	8	166	8	1	0	6-70	2.75	20.75
12		VHD Cannings	27	35	15	0	0	16	115	5.75	1042.2	312	2290	101	4	0	5-26	2.19	22.67
2		DC Cartridge *	3	6	0	0	0	4	6	1.00
3		RA Carty	11	15	4	1	0	50no	177	16.09	270.3	60	698	30	2	0	6-24	2.58	23.26
13		RA Dare	27	43	7	0	0	40no	380	10.55	612	195	1508	44	0	0	4-47	2.46	34.27
38		EDR Eagar	30	48	0	3	2	112	924	19.25	11	3	41	1	0	0	1-19	3.72	41.00
34		JR Gray	31	58	9	10	3	161	1660	33.87	659.3	179	1524	64	1	0	5-56	2.31	23.81
29	6	L Harrison	21	37	1	4	0	84	741	20.58
11		G Hill	24	38	6	2	0	56	501	15.65	177.5	46	464	14	0	0	2-7	2.60	33.14
6		H Horton *	14	25	3	2	0	76	383	17.40
2		CJ Knott	7	10	4	0	0	17no	46	7.66	223	65	521	38	5	1	8-36	2.33	13.71
6		RE Marshall *	3	6	0	1	0	71	170	28.33	41	6	143	6	0	0	4-69	3.48	23.83
22	2	RO Prouton	17	25	2	2	0	90	386	16.78
12		AWH Rayment	28	48	4	3	1	126	884	20.09	8	0	50	1	0	0	1-28	6.25	50.00
15		NH Rogers	28	54	5	8	2	156	1447	29.53
10		D Shackleton	29	44	8	1	0	65	472	13.11	1159.4	314	2931	143	10	2	9-77	2.52	20.49
		HRP Thompson *	1	1	0	0	0	16	16	16.00	21	3	75	0	0	0	0-75	3.57	--
15		C Walker	27	45	9	4	3	150no	1302	36.16	17	1	58	0	0	0	0-1	3.41	--
		Extras/run outs							494				568	13
240	9	TOTALS	341	561	80	44	12		10566		4303.1	1192	11037	463	23	3

* First Class Debut

Hundreds (none, not including County Championship)

5 Fers (not including County Championship)

Return	Player	Opponents	Venue
7-32	D Shackleton	MCC	Lords
6-24	RA Carty	Oxford Univ	The Parks

10 Wkts Matches (none, not including County Championship)

Best Partnerships (including County Championship)

Wkt	Score	Players	Opponents	Venue
1st	160	JR Gray and NH Rogers	Leicestershire	Loughborough
	152	JR Gray and NH Rogers	Lancashire	Old Trafford
	131	JR Gray and NH Rogers	Somerset	Taunton
	113	JR Bridger and NH Rogers	Worcestershire	Worcester
2nd	141	JR Gray and DE Blake	Northamptonshire	Bournemouth
	133	JR Bridger and C Walker	Worcestershire	Worcester
	114	C Walker and NH Rogers	Lancashire	Old Trafford
3rd	96	RE Marshall and AWH Rayment	Australians	Southampton
4th	246	AWH Rayment and C Walker	Gloucestershire	Ashley Down, Bristol
	143	AWH Rayment and C Walker	Somerset	Taunton
	102	JR Gray and AWH Rayment	Nottinghamshire	Bournemouth
5th	171	JR Gray and EDR Eagar	Nottinghamshire	Trent Bridge
6th	84	JR Gray and EDR Eagar	Gloucestershire	Portsmouth
7th	161	RO Prouton and C Walker	Leicestershire	Portsmouth
8th	81	RA Dare and C Walker	Leicestershire	Portsmouth
9th	75	RA Carty and D Shackleton	Glamorgan	Portsmouth
10th	51	RA Carty and VHD Cannings	Glamorgan	Portsmouth