First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

BIJAPUR FAMINE XI v BENGAL CYCLONE XI Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, March 19, 20, 21, 22, 1943. Match drawn. BENGAL CYCLONE XI 1 M.H.Mankad b Amarnath 6 2 †M.K.Mantri c Meherhomji b Sarwate 44 b Amir Elahi 53 3 S.Mushtaq Ali c V.M.Merchant b Sohoni 7 (1) b Sarwate 25 4 V.S.Hazare st Meherhomji b Amir Elahi 264 5 Gul Mohammad c Amarnath b Amir Elahi 144 6 H.R.Adhikari c V.M.Merchant b Sohoni 18 (3) not out 53 7 *C.K.Nayudu c U.M.Merchant b Amir Elahi 26 (5) b Sarwate 0 8 G.Kishenchand c Deodhar b Garudachar 55 (6) not out 15 9 C.S.Nayudu run out 57 (4) st Meherhomji b Sarwate 0 10 Naoomal Jaoomal lbw b Sarwate 25 11 J.N.Bhaya not out 3 Extras 54 10 —— —— 703 (4 wickets, declared) 156 FoW (1): 1-12 (1), 2-19 (3), 3-102 (2), 4-404 (5), 5-452 (6), 6-552 (4), 7-559 (7), 8-650 (9), 9-678 (8), 10-703 (10) FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- BIJAPUR FAMINE XI 1 †K.R.Meherhomji c Naoomal Jaoomal b C.S.Nayudu 5 (3) st Mantri b Naoomal Jaoomal 21 2 S.W.Sohoni c Mantri b C.K.Nayudu 94 (6) b C.S.Nayudu 0 3 C.T.Sarwate c and b C.S.Nayudu 21 (4) b C.S.Nayudu 15 4 L.Amarnath c C.K.Nayudu b C.S.Nayudu 0 (1) c Adhikari b Naoomal Jaoomal 36 5 V.M.Merchant b Mankad 1 (2) b Hazare 6 6 K.C.Ibrahim c Hazare b Naoomal Jaoomal 250 7 *D.B.Deodhar b Mankad 106 not out 5 8 K.M.Rangnekar b Naoomal Jaoomal 138 9 U.M.Merchant c Kishenchand b Naoomal Jaoomal 6 (5) c Mantri b Naoomal Jaoomal 27 10 Amir Elahi c Mankad b Naoomal Jaoomal 33 11 B.K.Garudachar not out 2 Extras b 1, lb 14, nb 2 17 5 —— —— 673 (6 wickets) 115 FoW (1): 1-35 (1), 2-90 (3), 3-90 (4), 4-93 (5), 5-128 (2), 6-336 (7), 7-610 (8), 8-624 (9), 9-669 (10), 10-673 (6) FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6-115 Bijapur Famine XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Amarnath 47 12 100 1 5 0 15 0 Sohoni 19 1 82 2 (5) 2 1 14 0 Garudachar 27 4 111 1 (6) 3 1 9 0 Amir Elahi 49 7 180 3 (3) 12 0 56 1 Sarwate 40.1 3 139 2 (4) 11 1 34 3 Rangnekar 4 0 15 0 Deodhar 4 0 22 0 V.M.Merchant (2) 6 1 18 0 Bengal Cyclone XI Bowling O M R W O M R W C.K.Nayudu 43 5 149 1 (2) 4 0 16 0 Hazare 14 0 46 0 (1) 4 0 27 1 Gul Mohammad 19 1 99 0 C.S.Nayudu 61 9 177 3 (3) 10 1 32 2 Mankad 40 6 87 2 Naoomal Jaoomal 27.5 3 76 4 (4) 9.2 1 35 3 Kishenchand 1 0 8 0 Mushtaq Ali 3 2 1 0 Adhikari 3 0 13 0 Umpires: D.K.Naik and Vali Ahmed. Toss: Bengal Cyclone XI Close of Play: 1st day: Bengal Cyclone XI (1) 446-4 (Hazare 203*, Adhikari 12*); 2nd day: Bijapur Famine XI (1) 151-5 (Ibrahim 20*, Deodhar 7*); 3rd day: Bijapur Famine XI (1) 529-6 (Ibrahim 187*, Rangnekar 99*). V.S.Hazare’s 264 took 420 minutes and included 30 fours. Gul Mohammad’s 144 took 210 minutes and included 14 fours. K.C.Ibrahim’s 250 took 568 minutes and included 18 fours. D.B.Deodhar’s 106 took 185 minutes and included 10 fours. K.M.Rangnekar’s 138 took 275 minutes and included 5 fours. The match was played in aid of the Bengal Cyclone Fund and the Bijapur Felief Fund. 174