MCC Vs Ireland
2-Innings Match Played At Lord's, 22-Jul-1931, Two-Day
Ireland Win Outright by an Inns and 44 runs
Round 139
Toss won by MCC
Home Side (neutral)
Comment 139/24
22 & 23 July
Debut: NH Lambert
Match Report here
MCC 1st Innings 112/10 All Out (Overs 47.1)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
RHJ Brooke c JG Heaslip b TH Dixon 0 0 0 0 0
REC Butterworth lbw b HR Morgan 4 0 0 0 0
HP Ward   b TH Dixon 10 0 0 0 0
AL Hilder   b J Macdonald 20 0 0 0 0
AR Tanner c FJA Reddy b TH Dixon 6 0 0 0 0
AER Gilligan   b TH Dixon 3 0 0 0 0
Capt RS Collins   b JC Boucher 0 0 0 0 0
JC Masterson   b JG Heaslip 8 0 0 0 0
G Hart not out   35 0 0 0 0
LMT Castle   b JG Heaslip 6 0 0 0 0
CD McIver*+   b JC Boucher 18 0 0 0 0
extras   (b1 lb1 w0 nb0) 2        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 112        
FOW
1-0(RHJ Brooke) 2-4(REC Butterworth) 3-20(HP Ward) 4-30(AR Tanner)
5-33(AER Gilligan) 6-43(Capt RS Collins) 7-43(JC Masterson) 8-67(AL Hilder)
9-79(LMT Castle) 10-112(CD McIver)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
TH Dixon 12 5 30 4 - -
HR Morgan 10 2 32 1 - -
J Macdonald 11 4 21 1 - -
JC Boucher 7.1 0 19 2 - -
JG Heaslip 7 2 8 2 - -
Ireland 1st Innings 246/10 All Out (Overs 90.3)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
TJ Macdonald c HP Ward b G Hart 12 0 0 0 0
DR Pigot (Snr)   b AER Gilligan 7 0 0 0 0
J Macdonald c HP Ward b JC Masterson 24 0 0 0 0
JG Heaslip lbw b G Hart 18 0 0 0 0
RJ Barnes lbw b JC Masterson 13 0 0 0 0
FJA Reddy c HP Ward b AR Tanner 6 0 0 0 0
GM Crothers+   b AER Gilligan 11 0 0 0 0
NH Lambert lbw b Capt RS Collins 45 0 0 0 0
JC Boucher   b JC Masterson 50 0 0 0 0
TH Dixon* not out   52 0 0 0 0
HR Morgan c Capt RS Collins b JC Masterson 0 0 0 0 0
extras   (b4 lb2 w0 nb2) 8        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 246        
FOW
1-14(DR Pigot (Snr)) 2-27(TJ Macdonald) 3-63(J Macdonald) 4-65(JG Heaslip)
5-84(RJ Barnes) 6-88(FJA Reddy) 7-107(GM Crothers) 8-156(NH Lambert)
9-246(JC Boucher) 10-246(HR Morgan)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
AER Gilligan 20 9 34 2 - -
AR Tanner 13 4 26 1 - -
Capt RS Collins 18 7 33 1 - -
G Hart 13 2 43 2 - -
REC Butterworth 9 0 35 0 - -
JC Masterson 12.3 2 61 4 - -
AL Hilder 5 2 6 0 - -
MCC 2nd Innings 90/10 All Out (Overs 31.5)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
RHJ Brooke c JC Boucher b TH Dixon 0 0 0 0 0
Capt RS Collins   b TH Dixon 3 0 0 0 0
HP Ward   b TH Dixon 10 0 0 0 0
G Hart c JG Heaslip b TH Dixon 10 0 0 0 0
AER Gilligan c HR Morgan b J Macdonald 24 0 0 0 0
AL Hilder   b JC Boucher 24 0 0 0 0
AR Tanner   b J Macdonald 11 0 0 0 0
JC Masterson c TJ Macdonald b JC Boucher 0 0 0 0 0
REC Butterworth c GM Crothers b J Macdonald 2 0 0 0 0
LMT Castle c RJ Barnes b JC Boucher 2 0 0 0 0
CD McIver*+ not out   1 0 0 0 0
extras   (b0 lb3 w0 nb0) 3        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 90        
FOW
1-0(RHJ Brooke) 2-6(Capt RS Collins) 3-19(HP Ward) 4-38(G Hart) 5-52(AER Gilligan)
6-70(AR Tanner) 7-82(AL Hilder) 8-85(JC Masterson) 9-88(REC Butterworth)
10-90(LMT Castle)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
TH Dixon 9 0 24 4 - -
HR Morgan 8 2 21 0 - -
J Macdonald 7 1 19 3 - -
JC Boucher 7.5 1 23 3 - -
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