First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

BENGAL GOVERNOR’S XI v MAHARAJA OF COOCH-BEHAR’S XI Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, February 13, 14, 15, 1943. Bengal Governor’s XI won by 149 runs. BENGAL GOVERNOR’S XI 1 S.K.Ganguli lbw b Mushtaq Ali 62 c Roy b Bhattacharya 98 2 A.Sen lbw b Rangaraj 8 c Nimbalkar b Rangaraj 1 3 E.C.Harvey-Johnston c Das b Bhattacharya 8 c Phansalkar b Mushtaq Ali 1 4 N.M.Bose c Mitra b Bhattacharya 72 5 *C.K.Nayudu c Phansalkar b Mitra 5 not out 112 6 A.G.Ram Singh b Horn 13 not out 1 7 N.C.Chatterjee st Edwards b Mushtaq Ali 38 (4) lbw b Greene 26 8 Shamim Khwaja not out 37 9 S.K.Mustafi b Greene 3 10 †T.M.Doraiswami lbw b Mushtaq Ali 0 11 B.K.Mitra c and b Mushtaq Ali 1 Extras 34 7 —— —— 281 (4 wickets, declared) 246 FoW (1): 1-33 (2), 2-57 (3), 3-131 (1), 4-145 (5), 5-187 (6), 6-197 (4), 7-256 (7), 8- (9), 9- (10), 10-281 (11) FoW (2): 1-5 (2), 2-24 (3), 3-68 (4), 4-232 (1) MAHARAJA OF COOCH-BEHAR’S XI 1 P.Rangaraj c Harvey-Johnston b Nayudu 13 (7) c Doraiswami b Sen 3 2 S.K.Roy c Harvey-Johnston b Ram Singh 13 (8) c Doraiswami b Nayudu 33 3 R.Greene b Ram Singh 41 (2) c Chatterjee b Sen 0 4 S.Mushtaq Ali c Ganguli b Mitra 20 (1) b Mitra 15 5 B.B.Nimbalkar b Ram Singh 19 (3) c Sen b Mitra 8 6 K.Bhattacharya lbw b Sen 15 lbw b Ram Singh 13 7 J.P.Phansalkar c Doraiswami b Mitra 26 (5) c Doraiswami b Nayudu 28 8 *†A.R.G.M.Edwards lbw b Nayudu 7 (10) st Doraiswami b Ram Singh 30 9 D.R.Das c Ganguli b Nayudu 36 (4) b Sen 2 10 H.W.Horn c Mitra b Nayudu 22 (9) b Nayudu 3 11 S.Mitra not out 0 not out 7 Extras 19 5 —— —— 231 147 FoW (1): 1- (1), 2-35 (2), 3-80 (4), 4-116 (3), 5-133 (6), 6-143 (5), 7-173 (8), 8-175 (7), 9-231 (9), 10-231 (10) FoW (2): 1-4 (2), 2-22 (3), 3-28 (1), 4-32 (4), 5-47 (6), 6-52 (7), 7-85 (5), 8-91 (9), 9-119 (8), 10-147 (10) Maharaja of Cooch-Behar’s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Rangaraj 9 1 15 1 6 3 6 1 Horn 16 3 61 1 (6) 7 0 35 0 Mushtaq Ali 19 5 77 4 17 3 61 1 Nimbalkar 10 0 27 0 (2) 13 2 51 0 Bhattacharya 11 4 22 2 (4) 19 4 45 1 Mitra 8 0 24 1 (7) 1 0 6 0 Greene 6 0 21 1 (5) 7 0 35 1 Bengal Governor’s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Mitra 18 4 50 2 7 0 24 2 Ram Singh 20 1 56 3 (3) 10.5 0 44 2 Chatterjee 5 0 11 0 Mustafi 6 3 10 0 Nayudu 16.5 2 67 4 (4) 7 0 37 3 Sen 6 1 18 1 (2) 10 1 37 3 Umpires: Toss: Bengal Governor’s XI Close of Play: 1st day: Maharaja of Cooch-Behar’s XI (1) 29-1 (Roy 13*, Greene 1*); 2nd day: Bengal Governor’s XI (2) 103-3 (Ganguli 52*, Nayudu 21*). C.K.Nayudu’s 112 included 15 fours and 1 six. This match was played in aid of the Midnapore Cyclone Relief Fund. 167