First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

EUROPEANS v INDIANS Played at Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras, December 26, 27, 1942. Europeans won by eight wickets. INDIANS 1 V.N.Madhava Rao c Johnstone b Versey-Brown 13 b Versey-Brown 2 2 M.Swaminathan c Robinson b Weymouth 56 c Nailer b Robinson 15 3 Raja of Ramnad c de Kretser b Robinson 8 c Nailer b Blunt 4 4 C.K.Nainakannu b Weymouth 13 c Edge b Blunt 0 5 A.G.Ram Singh c Johnstone b Blunt 54 lbw b Robinson 27 6 K.S.Kannan b Weymouth 4 c Mischler b Weymouth 8 7 N.J.Venkatesan c Law b Blunt 16 (8) st Edge b Robinson 5 8 *M.J.Gopalan st Mischler b Weymouth 87 (7) b Robinson 2 9 †M.O.Srinivasan c Edge b Robinson 10 c Lindley-Jones b Robinson 23 10 T.S.Parankusam not out 0 run out 27 11 C.R.Rangachari c and b Robinson 0 not out 1 Extras 7 3 —— —— 268 117 FoW (1): 1-18 (1), 2-57 (3), 3-76 (4), 4-124 (2), 5-149 (5), 6-153 (6), 7-223 (7), 8-266 (8), 9-268 (9), 10-268 (11) FoW (2): 1-2 (1), 2-12 (3), 3-16 (4), 4-40 (2), 5-57 (5), 6-59 (6), 7-62 (7), 8-67 (8), 9-114 (9), 10-117 (10) EUROPEANS 1 *C.P.Johnstone run out 75 st Srinivasan b Ram Singh 51 2 G.B.Edge b Rangachari 4 c and b Parankusam 31 3 E.F.E.de Kretser b Ram Singh 43 4 M.Robinson st Srinivasan b Venkatesan 32 (3) not out 27 5 R.S.Nailer c Ram Singh b Parankusam 4 (4) not out 31 6 †N.M.Mischler b Ram Singh 38 7 J.A.G.C.Law c Madhava Rao b Ram Singh 11 8 H.M.Lindley-Jones b Rangachari 3 9 E.W.Weymouth not out 14 10 J.S.Versey-Brown st Srinivasan b Ram Singh 3 11 L.Blunt c Srinivasan b Rangachari 0 Extras 15 4 —— —— 242 (2 wickets) 144 FoW (1): 1-38 (2), 2-115 (1), 3-139 (3), 4-145 (5), 5-175 (4), 6-213 (6), 7-220 (7), 8-226 (8), 9-242 (10), 10-242 (11) FoW (2): 1-51 (2), 2-96 (1) Europeans Bowling O M R W O M R W Versey-Brown 22 7 50 1 8 0 31 1 Blunt 21 4 53 2 12 1 28 2 Johnstone 6 0 31 0 3 1 5 0 Robinson 12 0 45 3 13.1 5 27 5 Weymouth 19 2 54 4 6 0 23 1 de Kretser 5 0 28 0 Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Ram Singh 22 1 60 4 7 1 30 1 Rangachari 25.2 7 68 3 7 0 29 0 Kannan 6 2 12 0 3 0 13 0 Venkatesan 11 0 51 1 3 0 21 0 Parankusam 12 3 26 1 5 0 24 1 Swaminathan 1 0 10 0 Gopalan (6) 10 1 23 0 Umpires: L.O’Callaghan and T.A.Ramachandran. Toss: Indians Close of Play: 1st day: Europeans (1) 115-1 (Johnstone 75*, de Kretser 30*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. G.B.Edge kept wicket in the Indians second innings. 161