| f19499 | |
| Venue | Colombo Oval, Colombo on 22nd, 23rd, 24th February 1952 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Ceylon won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Marylebone Cricket Club won by an innings and 33 runs |
| Umpires | DS de Soysa, HEW de Zylva |
| Close of play day 1 | Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 169/2 (Graveney 57*, Kenyon 17*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Ceylon (2) 128/5 (Rodrigo 42*, Kasippillai 8*) |
| Ceylon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| M Rodrigo | c Carr b Statham | 0 | |||||
| CH Gunasekara | b Leadbeater | 22 | |||||
| *FC de Saram | b Statham | 1 | |||||
| CI Gunasekara | c Robertson b Ridgway | 0 | |||||
| S Jayasinghe | b Hilton | 16 | |||||
| S Coomaraswamy | c Spooner b Ridgway | 12 | |||||
| M Kasippillai | c Spooner b Ridgway | 2 | |||||
| +B Navaratne | b Statham | 2 | |||||
| EC Kelaart | c Leadbeater b Statham | 3 | |||||
| T Shanmuganathan | c Carr b Ridgway | 0 | |||||
| EB Nathanielsz | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 34 overs) | 58 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-6, 3-7, 4-39, 5-43, 6-45, 7-56, 8-58, 9-58, 10-58 (34 ov) | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Statham | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | - | - | |
| Ridgway | 10 | 1 | 20 | 4 | - | - | |
| Watkins | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hilton | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leadbeater | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JDB Robertson | lbw b Nathanielsz | 30 | |||||
| +RT Spooner | b Kelaart | 57 | |||||
| TW Graveney | not out | 102 | |||||
| D Kenyon | c Kelaart b Shanmuganathan | 52 | |||||
| AJ Watkins | c CH Gunasekara b Shanmuganathan | 2 | |||||
| CJ Poole | not out | 14 | |||||
| JB Statham | did not bat | ||||||
| F Ridgway | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Hilton | did not bat | ||||||
| E Leadbeater | did not bat | ||||||
| *DB Carr | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 6 lb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 94 overs) | 270 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-70, 2-111, 3-240, 4-248 | |||||||
| Ceylon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Nathanielsz | 18 | 3 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |
| Coomaraswamy | 11 | 4 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jayasinghe | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Shanmuganathan | 22 | 1 | 71 | 2 | - | - | |
| Kelaart | 22 | 5 | 70 | 1 | - | - | |
| CI Gunasekara | 16 | 2 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ceylon second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| M Rodrigo | b Statham | 42 | |||||
| CH Gunasekara | c Spooner b Leadbeater | 12 | |||||
| *FC de Saram | c Watkins b Robertson | 5 | |||||
| CI Gunasekara | c Hilton b Robertson | 5 | |||||
| S Jayasinghe | b Statham | 11 | |||||
| S Coomaraswamy | c Watkins b Leadbeater | 18 | |||||
| M Kasippillai | c Statham b Leadbeater | 8 | |||||
| EC Kelaart | st Spooner b Leadbeater | 0 | |||||
| T Shanmuganathan | c Ridgway b Leadbeater | 2 | |||||
| +B Navaratne | not out | 34 | |||||
| EB Nathanielsz | c Graveney b Hilton | 13 | |||||
| Extras | (20 b, 8 lb, 1 nb) | 29 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 78.3 overs) | 179 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17, 2-30, 3-36, 4-50, 5-96, 6-128, 7-128, 8-130, 9-134, 10-179 (78.3 ov) | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Statham | 13 | 8 | 10 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ridgway | 9 | 3 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Watkins | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hilton | 19.3 | 11 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leadbeater | 16 | 6 | 41 | 5 | - | - | |
| Robertson | 10 | 0 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Carr | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> T Shanmuganathan made his debut in First-Class matches
--> M Rodrigo made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> B Navaratne made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> EB Nathanielsz made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MJ Hilton made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> JB Statham made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> RT Spooner made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> E Leadbeater made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
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