First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

MADRAS v MAHARASHTRA Played at Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras, March 7, 8, 9, 10, 1941. Maharashtra won by six wickets. MADRAS 1 *C.P.Johnstone c Sohoni b Patwardhan 4 c Gokhale b Sarwate 49 2 V.N.Madhava Rao c Gokhale b Sohoni 12 (3) run out 34 3 A.G.RamSingh c Naidu b Patwardhan 0 (4) c Bhajekar b Jadhav 71 4 R.S.Nailer b Jadhav 19 (5) c Sohoni b Sarwate 54 5 C.Ramaswami b Jadhav 14 (6) c sub (B.J.Mohoni) b Hazare 1 6 M.J.Gopalan c Gokhale b Jadhav 1 (7) c Deodhar b Sarwate 43 7 G.Parthasarathi b Sarwate 11 (8) not out 18 8 †J.A.G.C.Law c and b Sarwate 3 (2) c Naidu b Sarwate 33 9 N.J.Venkatesan c Hazare b Sarwate 31 c Naidu b Sarwate 10 10 B.S.Krishna Rao not out 29 b Hazare 2 11 C.R.Rangachari b Jadhav 8 b Sarwate 0 Extras 13 32 —— —— 145 347 FoW (1): 1-4 (1), 2-4 (3), 3-36 (4), 4-50 (2), 5-54 (5), 6-57 (6), 7-66 (8), 8-77 (7), 9-136 (9), 10-145 (11) FoW (2): 1-78 (1), 2-93 (2), 3-174 (3), 4-249 (4), 5-257 (6), 6-285 (5), 7-318 (7), 8-339 (9), 9-346 (10), 10-347 (11) MAHARASHTRA 1 R.V.Bhajekar b Rangachari 27 b Ram Singh 26 2 S.W.Sohoni c Johnstone b Rangachari 11 c Johnstone b Ram Singh 104 3 R.B.Nimbalkar lbw b Ram Singh 5 c Law b Rangachari 21 4 *D.B.Deodhar lbw b Rangachari 11 lbw b Ram Singh 32 5 M.M.Naidu c Johnstone b Krishna Rao 0 6 V.S.Hazare c Johnstone b Venkatesan 137 (5) not out 6 7 K.M.Jadhav c Johnstone b Ram Singh 15 (6) not out 2 8 C.T.Sarwate b Venkatesan 33 9 †Y.N.Gokhale c Ramaswami b Rangachari 14 10 S.G.Shinde not out 22 11 M.K.Patwardhan c and b Venkatesan 0 Extras 9 19 —— —— 284 (4 wickets) 210 FoW (1): 1-18 (2), 2-36 (3), 3-50 (1), 4-55 (4), 5-56 (5), 6-90 (7), 7-149 (8), 8-216 (9), 9-284 (6), 10-284 (11) FoW (2): 1-90 (1), 2-129 (3), 3-194 (2), 4-204 (4) Maharashtra Bowling O M R W O M R W Patwardhan 13 3 39 2 11 2 31 0 Hazare 14 6 27 0 19 4 38 2 Jadhav 9.4 1 23 4 20 4 51 1 Sohoni 10 1 15 1 20 3 49 0 Shinde 1 0 2 0 (6) 26 7 56 0 Sarwate 11 2 26 3 (5) 32.2 9 83 6 Deodhar (7) 1 0 7 0 Madras Bowling O M R W O M R W Gopalan 8 1 29 0 2 0 8 0 Ram Singh 25 5 57 2 21.1 6 54 3 Rangachari 20 2 71 4 9 0 33 1 Venkatesan 18.4 1 60 3 22 5 49 0 Krishna Rao 12 0 36 1 14 3 39 0 Parthasarathi 4 0 22 0 2 0 8 0 Umpires: Vali Ahmed and M.G.Vijayasarathi. Toss: Madras Close of Play: 1st day: Maharashtra (1) 113-6 (Hazare 27*, Sarwate 16*); 2nd day: Madras (2) 107-2 (Madhava Rao 14*, Ram Singh 4*); 3rd day: Maharashtra (2) 52-0 (Bhajekar 20*, Sohoni 28*). V.S.Hazare’s 137 took 220 minutes and included 8 fours. S.W.Sohoni’s 104 took 200 minutes and included 6 fours. R.V.Bhajekar kept wicket on the third day in place of Y.N.Gokhale who was injured. 112