First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

BENGAL GOVERNOR’S XI v MAHARASHTRA Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, January 3, 4, 5, 1942. Match drawn. BENGAL GOVERNOR’S XI 1 S.N.Banerjee c Nimbalkar b Hazare 17 2 S.Mushtaq Ali run out 31 b Girdhari 45 3 H.R.Adhikari b Girdhari 27 (6) c Chari b Baloch 76 4 N.C.Chatterjee b Sarwate 0 lbw b Girdhari 0 5 C.S.Nayudu b Naoomal Jaoomal 55 (7) c and b Hazare 7 6 †D.D.Hindlekar c Deodhar b Girdhari 32 (1) b Hazare 10 7 N.M.Bose not out 55 (5) not out 86 8 M.Jahangir Khan c Chari b Girdhari 3 b Girdhari 21 9 *T.C.Longfield lbw b Sarwate 1 10 B.Ramchandra b Sarwate 0 11 A.K.Deb b Hazare 13 (3) b Baloch 18 Extras 23 12 —— —— 257 (7 wickets, declared) 275 FoW (1): 1-24 (1), 2-66 (2), 3-71 (4), 4-97 (3), 5-165 (5), 6-189 (6), 7-199 (8), 8-200 (9), 9-200 (10), 10-257 (11) FoW (2): 1-39 (1), 2-67 (2), 3-67 (4), 4-78 (3), 5-220 (6), 6-238 (7), 7-275 (8) MAHARASHTRA 1 †B.B.Nimbalkar b Banerjee 27 b Banerjee 4 2 M.S.Baloch lbw b Banerjee 0 3 M.N.Paranjpe b Jahangir Khan 4 (7) not out 0 4 G.Kishenchand c Nayudu b Jahangir Khan 17 (3) lbw b Mushtaq Ali 28 5 V.S.Hazare lbw b Banerjee 83 b Adhikari 34 6 K.M.Rangnekar c Mushtaq Ali b Banerjee 8 (4) c and b Mushtaq Ali 12 7 *D.B.Deodhar c Deb b Longfield 38 (6) not out 24 8 Naoomal Jaoomal lbw b Nayudu 39 9 C.T.Sarwate c and b Nayudu 37 (2) b Jahangir Khan 38 10 S.K.Girdhari lbw b Nayudu 35 11 K.N.V.Chari not out 5 Extras 15 13 —— —— 308 (5 wickets) 153 FoW (1): 1-15 (2), 2-21 (3), 3-51 (1), 4-55 (4), 5-73 (6), 6-136 (7), 7-213 (5), 8-246 (8), 9-291 (9), 10-308 (10) FoW (2): 1-10 (1), 2-71 (2), 3-91 (3), 4-92 (4), 5-153 (5) Maharashtra Bowling O M R W O M R W Hazare 13 1 44 2 26 6 65 2 Baloch 17 1 55 0 21 4 51 2 Sarwate 16 1 57 3 (4) 14 2 69 0 Girdhari 15 2 51 3 (3) 14.2 2 45 3 Naoomal Jaoomal 5 0 24 1 5 0 23 0 Rangnekar 1 0 3 0 Kishenchand (6) 1 0 10 0 Bengal Governor’s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Banerjee 22 5 91 4 10 1 40 1 Jahangir Khan 19 9 23 2 16 6 24 1 Longfield 17 2 30 1 6 1 10 0 Nayudu 19 0 103 3 9 1 27 0 Ramchandra 10 1 36 0 4 0 16 0 Chatterjee 2 0 10 0 Mushtaq Ali (6) 4 0 13 2 Adhikari (7) 3 1 10 1 Umpires: N.Roy and L.A.Weston. Toss: Bengal Governor’s XI Close of Play: 1st day: Maharashtra (1) 15-1 (Nimbalkar 13*); 2nd day: Bengal Governor’s XI (2) 74-3 (Deb 16*, Bose 2*). The match was played for the War Fund. L.Amarnath was supposed to have played but he wired that his daughter was ill and so he was unable to come and B.Ramchandra played in his place. 138