MCC Vs Ireland
2-Innings Match Played At Lord's, 30-Jul-1973, Three-Day
Ireland Win Outright by 7 wkts
Round 274
Toss won by MCC
Umpires MA Cleaver - C Mitchell
Home Side MCC
Comment 274/59
30 & 31 July
Match Report here
MCC 1st Innings 186/10 All Out (Overs 75.1)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
AR Day   b IJ Anderson 52 0 0 0 0
AT Davis c DR Pigot (Jnr) b JWG Elder 13 0 0 0 0
JRA Townsend c IJ Anderson b JD Monteith 24 0 0 0 0
G Dawson c AJ O'Riordan b JD Monteith 41 0 0 0 0
GL Keith   c&b JD Monteith 0 0 0 0 0
DL Hays*+   c&b IJ Anderson 1 0 0 0 0
NM McVicker st OD Colhoun b JD Monteith 0 0 0 0 0
AR Duff c OD Colhoun b JD Monteith 18 0 0 0 0
JK Fawcett not out   20 0 0 0 0
DC Collard   b IJ Anderson 5 0 0 0 0
PJ Lewington lbw b IJ Anderson 2 0 0 0 0
extras   (b3 lb3 w4 nb0) 10        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 186        
FOW
1-44(AT Davis) 2-93(JRA Townsend) 3-95(AR Day) 4-100(GL Keith) 5-101(DL Hays)
6-101(NM McVicker) 7-148(AR Duff) 8-163(G Dawson) 9-178(DC Collard)
10-186(PJ Lewington)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
DE Goodwin 9 2 22 0 - -
AJ O'Riordan 3 0 17 0 - -
JWG Elder 14 3 48 1 - -
JD Monteith 29 13 49 5 - -
IJ Anderson 20.1 7 40 4 - -
Ireland 1st Innings 231/8 Declared (Overs 85.4)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
DR Pigot (Jnr) c AT Davis b PJ Lewington 53 0 0 0 0
BA O'Brien   b NM McVicker 5 0 0 0 0
J Harrison c AR Duff b PJ Lewington 42 0 0 0 0
IJ Anderson c JK Fawcett b DC Collard 51 0 0 0 0
CCJ Harte c AT Davis b PJ Lewington 1 0 0 0 0
AJ O'Riordan* c PJ Lewington b DC Collard 10 0 0 0 0
PJ Dineen c GL Keith b DC Collard 16 0 0 0 0
JD Monteith c G Dawson b PJ Lewington 25 0 0 0 0
DE Goodwin not out   11 0 0 0 0
JWG Elder dnb            
OD Colhoun+ dnb            
extras   (b11 lb2 w0 nb4) 17        
TOTAL   8 wickets for 231        
FOW
1-13(BA O'Brien) 2-85(J Harrison) 3-146(DR Pigot (Jnr)) 4-154(CCJ Harte)
5-171(IJ Anderson) 6-192(PJ Dineen) 7-201(AJ O'Riordan) 8-231(JD Monteith)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
NM McVicker 14 5 32 1 - -
JK Fawcett 5 0 8 0 - -
AR Duff 16 3 52 0 - -
PJ Lewington 32.4 12 77 4 - -
DC Collard 16 7 33 3 - -
GL Keith 2 0 12 0 - -
MCC 2nd Innings 135/10 All Out (Overs 69)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
AR Day c BA O'Brien b IJ Anderson 45 0 0 0 0
JRA Townsend st OD Colhoun b JD Monteith 16 0 0 0 0
GL Keith c AJ O'Riordan b JD Monteith 10 0 0 0 0
G Dawson c CCJ Harte b JD Monteith 1 0 0 0 0
JK Fawcett c AJ O'Riordan b JD Monteith 5 0 0 0 0
AT Davis   c&b JD Monteith 0 0 0 0 0
DL Hays*+   b IJ Anderson 1 0 0 0 0
NM McVicker c AJ O'Riordan b JD Monteith 17 0 0 0 0
AR Duff not out   11 0 0 0 0
DC Collard c BA O'Brien b JD Monteith 5 0 0 0 0
PJ Lewington lbw b JD Monteith 7 0 0 0 0
extras   (b8 lb8 w1 nb0) 17        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 135        
FOW
1-26(JRA Townsend) 2-44(GL Keith) 3-46(G Dawson) 4-66(JK Fawcett) 5-66(AT Davis)
6-71(DL Hays) 7-108(NM McVicker) 8-110(AR Day) 9-115(DC Collard)
10-135(PJ Lewington)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
DE Goodwin 11 6 13 0 - -
AJ O'Riordan 4 0 10 0 - -
JWG Elder 5 1 10 0 - -
JD Monteith 31 14 44 8 - -
IJ Anderson 18 3 41 2 - -
Ireland 2nd Innings 94/3 Closed (Overs 25.5)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
DR Pigot (Jnr) c DL Hays b NM McVicker 16 0 0 0 0
BA O'Brien   c&b PJ Lewington 21 0 0 0 0
J Harrison   c&b PJ Lewington 3 0 0 0 0
IJ Anderson not out   12 0 0 0 0
JD Monteith not out   30 0 0 0 0
AJ O'Riordan* dnb            
PJ Dineen dnb            
CCJ Harte dnb            
DE Goodwin dnb            
JWG Elder dnb            
OD Colhoun+ dnb            
extras   (b5 lb6 w0 nb1) 12        
TOTAL   3 wickets for 94        
FOW
1-40(DR Pigot (Jnr)) 2-42(BA O'Brien) 3-53(J Harrison)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
NM McVicker 13 0 35 1 - -
PJ Lewington 8.5 1 37 2 - -
DC Collard 4 0 10 0 - -
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