First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

HINDUS v MUSLIMS Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, December 19, 20, 21, 1941. Match drawn. HINDUS 1 †D.D.Hindlekar b Peerbhoy 13 lbw b Baloch 91 2 S.W.Sohoni b Peerbhoy 30 retired hurt 7 3 M.N.Raiji c and b Peerbhoy 26 4 *V.M.Merchant not out 243 5 K.M.Rangnekar lbw b Saeed Ahmed 28 6 H.R.Adhikari c Ibrahim b Hakim 88 7 C.S.Nayudu not out 7 (5) c Hakim b Sheikh 15 8 U.M.Merchant (4) not out 38 9 C.T.Sarwate (3) retired out 51 10 K.M.Jadhav (6) not out 27 11 S.R.Godambe Extras b 7, lb 1 8 b 15, lb 2 17 —— —— (5 wickets, declared) 443 (3 wickets) 246 FoW (1): 1-41 (2), 2-44 (1), 3-99 (3), 4-170 (5), 5-404 (6) FoW (2): 1-155 (1), 2-175 (3), 3-205 (5) MUSLIMS 1 Nazar Mohammad st Hindlekar b Sarwate 27 2 *S.M.Kadri c Sohoni b Jadhav 3 3 Y.E.Sheikh lbw b Nayudu 15 4 K.C.Ibrahim b Sarwate 14 5 Gul Mohammad b Nayudu 101 6 A.A.Hakim c Adhikari b Nayudu 16 7 Saeed Ahmed not out 67 8 M.S.Baloch lbw b Nayudu 1 9 U.R.Chippa b Jadhav 9 10 A.A.Peerbhoy b Jadhav 0 11 †E.S.Maka c Adhikari b Nayudu 8 Extras b 4, lb 3, nb 2 9 —— 270 FoW (1): 1-7 (2), 2-45 (3), 3-51 (1), 4-78 (4), 5-125 (6), 6-240 (5), 7-242 (8), 8-252 (9), 9-257 (10), 10-270 (11) Muslims Bowling O M R W O M R W Saeed Ahmed 50 13 95 1 4 1 14 0 Hakim 20 2 56 1 Baloch 33 9 55 0 (2) 16 2 62 1 Chippa 22 2 45 0 (3) 8 1 27 0 Peerbhoy 39 2 115 3 (4) 6 0 21 0 Sheikh 10 2 26 0 (5) 13 0 73 1 Gul Mohammad 1 0 1 0 (6) 3 0 15 0 Ibrahim 2 0 7 0 Nazar Mohammad 9 0 27 0 (7) 3 0 11 0 Kadri 1 0 8 0 (8) 2 0 6 0 Hindus Bowling O M R W Jadhav 25 10 43 3 Godambe 11 4 15 0 Nayudu 38.3 4 116 5 Sohoni 5 2 12 0 Sarwate 20 3 54 2 Raiji 5 0 19 0 V.M.Merchant 3 2 2 0 Umpires: D.K.Kapadia and J.R.Patel. Toss: Hindus Close of Play: 1st day: Hindus (1) 247-4 (V.M.Merchant 104*, Adhikari 37*); 2nd day: Muslims (1) 125-4 (Gul Mohammad 48*, Hakim 16*). V.M.Merchant’s 243 took 430 minutes and included 18 fours. Gul Mohammad’s 101 took 180 minutes and included 9 fours. S.W.Sohoni retired hurt with a strained thigh muscle in the Hindus second innings having scored 7 (team score 40-0). Gul Mohammad kept wicket after tea on the third day. 131