First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

HINDUS v PARSEES Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, December 23, 24, 25, 26, 1941. Hindus won by ten wickets. HINDUS 1 †D.D.Hindlekar run out 14 not out 15 2 S.W.Sohoni b Palia 3 not out 26 3 M.N.Raiji c Meherhomji b Khot 2 4 V.M.Merchant c Palia b Havewala 221 5 C.T.Sarwate c Mistry b Mobed 5 6 K.M.Rangnekar b Mobed 117 7 *L.P.Jai lbw b Tarapore 27 8 U.M.Merchant c and b Khot 47 9 R.J.Gharat run out 7 10 K.M.Jadhav lbw b Havewala 9 11 S.K.Girdhari not out 9 Extras b 12, lb 1 13 —— —— 474 (no wicket) 41 FoW (1): 1-6 (2), 2-9 (3), 3-46 (1), 4-67 (5), 5-292 (6), 6-359 (7), 7-426 (4), 8-450 (8), 9-461, 10-474 PARSEES 1 †K.R.Meherhomji c Sarwate b Sohoni 19 (9) lbw b Jadhav 71 2 M.F.Mistry c Jai b Sarwate 5 (1) lbw b Raiji 36 3 E.B.Aibara b Sarwate 5 (8) b Raiji 57 4 R.S.Modi c Hindlekar b Sohoni 34 c Sarwate b Raiji 13 5 H.A.Printer b Girdhari 15 (2) lbw b Sarwate 28 6 J.B.Khot c Raiji b Jadhav 38 (5) b Sarwate 7 7 K.K.Tarapore run out 39 (6) st Hindlekar b Raiji 24 8 *P.E.Palia lbw b Sarwate 3 (7) b Sarwate 16 9 R.S.Cooper not out 31 (3) c Jai b Sarwate 0 10 D.R.Havewala c and b Girdhari 2 b Raiji 14 11 M.J.Mobed b Girdhari 0 not out 4 Extras b 9, lb 3 12 b 31, lb 8 39 —— —— 203 309 FoW (1): 1-19 (2), 2-31 (3), 3-31 (1), 4-55 (5), 5-97 (4), 6-133 (6), 7-136 (8), 8-198 (7), 9-203 (10), 10-203 (11) FoW (2): 1-69 (2), 2-69 (3), 3-92 (4), 4-95 (1), 5-131 (5), 6-135 (6), 7-155 (7), 8-265 (9), 9-296 (10), 10-309 (8) Parsees Bowling O M R W O M R W Khot 34 8 84 2 2 0 6 0 Palia 54 20 90 1 Mobed 41 6 113 2 Tarapore 31 7 85 1 Havewala 19 2 78 2 (2) 4 0 20 0 Cooper 2 0 11 0 Printer (3) 2.1 0 15 0 Hindus Bowling O M R W O M R W Jadhav 9 0 26 1 12 7 27 1 Sohoni 19 4 50 2 16 6 45 0 V.M.Merchant 1 0 1 0 Sarwate 22 5 41 3 (3) 31 10 77 4 Girdhari 19.4 6 30 3 (4) 19 4 47 0 Rangnekar 3 0 11 0 Raiji 5 1 14 0 (5) 31.4 4 54 5 Gharat 7 0 18 0 (6) 9 1 20 0 Umpires: H.E.Choudhury and Vali Ahmed. Toss: Hindus Close of Play: 1st day: Hindus (1) 299-5 (V.M.Merchant 145*, Jai 4*); 2nd day: Parsees (1) 103-5 (Khot 20*, Tarapore 2*); 3rd day: Parsees (2) 106-4 (Khot 2*, Tarapore 6*). V.M.Merchant’s 221 took 450 minutes and included 17 fours. K.M.Rangnekar’s 117 took 187 minutes and included 12 fours. 132