Ireland Vs MCC
2-Innings Match Played At Rathmines Dublin, 21-Aug-1948, First Class
Match Drawn
Round 177
Toss won by Ireland
Home Side Ireland
Comment 177/35
21, 23 & 24 August
Debut: JW Allen, V Craig & JR Gill
Match Report here
Ireland 1st Innings 246/9 Declared (Overs 82)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
NC Mahony*   b HD Read 5 0 0 0 0
JR Gill c AB Quick b JM Brocklebank 106 0 0 0 0
JS Pollock c JM Brocklebank b RA Shaddick 27 0 0 0 0
RLG Armstrong lbw b RA Shaddick 3 0 0 0 0
JD Caprani c A McCorquodale b RA Shaddick 12 0 0 0 0
SA Curley   b M Wrigley 30 0 0 0 0
JW Allen   b M Wrigley 0 0 0 0 0
JC Boucher c RES Wyatt b JM Brocklebank 0 0 0 0 0
VA Craig+   b JM Brocklebank 12 0 0 0 0
JW Hill not out   18 0 0 0 0
NB Hool not out   1 0 0 0 0
extras   (b20 lb3 w1 nb8) 32        
TOTAL   9 wickets for 246        
FOW
1-15(NC Mahony) 2-93(JS Pollock) 3-103(RLG Armstrong) 4-134(JD Caprani)
5-198(JR Gill) 6-202(SA Curley) 7-207(JW Allen) 8-216(JC Boucher) 9-236(VA Craig)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
HD Read 32 12 59 1 - -
M Wrigley 7 1 32 2 - -
RA Shaddick 19 3 66 3 - -
JM Brocklebank 15 5 40 3 - -
MEA Keeling 7 3 5 0 - -
A McCorquodale 2 0 12 0 - -
MCC 1st Innings 242/10 All Out (Overs 75)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
MEA Keeling c VA Craig b JW Hill 8 0 0 0 0
WG Keighley   b JC Boucher 55 0 0 0 0
RES Wyatt c JD Caprani b JC Boucher 133 0 0 0 0
AB Quick   b JC Boucher 6 0 0 0 0
JTH Comber   b JC Boucher 0 0 0 0 0
HJ Enthoven* run out JS Pollock   17 0 0 0 0
A McCorquodale   b NB Hool 0 0 0 0 0
RA Shaddick c VA Craig b JC Boucher 5 0 0 0 0
JM Brocklebank   b JC Boucher 0 0 0 0 0
HD Read   b JC Boucher 0 0 0 0 0
M Wrigley not out   1 0 0 0 0
extras   (b14 lb3 w0 nb0) 17        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 242        
FOW
1-16(MEA Keeling) 2-114(WG Keighley) 3-128(AB Quick) 4-128(JTH Comber)
5-162(HJ Enthoven) 6-162(A McCorquodale) 7-189(A McCorquodale)
8-199(JM Brocklebank) 9-199(HD Read) 10-242(RES Wyatt)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
RLG Armstrong 7 1 18 0 - -
JW Hill 9 1 26 1 - -
JC Boucher 31 6 91 7 - -
NB Hool 28 7 90 1 - -
Ireland 2nd Innings 133/4 Closed (Overs 42)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
NC Mahony*   b JM Brocklebank 29 0 0 0 0
JR Gill   b HD Read 0 0 0 0 0
JS Pollock c RES Wyatt b M Wrigley 40 0 0 0 0
RLG Armstrong not out   29 0 0 0 0
JD Caprani c JTH Comber b HD Read 0 0 0 0 0
SA Curley not out   9 0 0 0 0
JW Allen dnb            
JC Boucher dnb            
VA Craig+ dnb            
JW Hill dnb            
NB Hool dnb            
extras   (b20 lb6 w0 nb0) 26        
TOTAL   4 wickets for 133        
FOW
1-3(JR Gill) 2-83(NC Mahony) 3-91(JS Pollock) 4-113(JD Caprani)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
HD Read 8 3 23 2 - -
M Wrigley 16 9 27 1 - -
RA Shaddick 4 0 12 0 - -
JM Brocklebank 14 3 45 1 - -
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