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1949 2nd Test: Compton saves blushes against New Zealand (Lords)

Denis Compton scored 116. His innings was trumped by Martin Donnelly who notched a double century as the game was drawn.

1949 England v New Zealand - 2nd Test on 25th June, 1949 at Lord's, London

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1949 ENG v NZL

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1949 ENG v NZL

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Gladwin, Clifford Donnelly, Martin P Robertson, John D B Bailey, Trevor Edward Mann, F George Smith, Frank B Mooney, Francis L H Cowie, John Young, John A Wallace, Walter M Hollies, W Eric Compton, Denis C S Watkins, Allan John Edrich, William J Scott, Verdun John Burtt, Thomas Browning Sutcliffe, Bert Hadlee, Walter A Rabone, Geoffrey O Cave, Henry Butler Evans, Thomas Godfrey

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Old Trafford

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