First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

HINDUS v THE REST Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, December 3, 4, 5, 6, 1943. Hindus won by an innings and 61 runs. HINDUS 1 S.W.Sohoni b Roach 57 2 M.H.Mankad lbw b Harris 13 3 H.R.Adhikari b Vijay S.Hazare 186 4 *V.M.Merchant not out 250 5 K.M.Rangnekar c Dias b Vijay S.Hazare 22 6 C.S.Nayudu b Vijay S.Hazare 18 7 G.Kishenchand not out 15 8 R.P.Mehra 9 S.N.Banerjee 10 †M.K.Mantri 11 C.T.Sarwate Extras b 16, lb 3, nb 1 20 —— (5 wickets, declared) 581 FoW (1): 1-39 (2), 2-114 (1), 3-459 (3), 4-503 (5), 5-545 (6) THE REST 1 P.S.D’Souza c Rangnekar b Banerjee 1 b Banerjee 8 2 †V.Dias lbw b Banerjee 41 b Sohoni 6 3 E.G.Mane b Sohoni 5 (6) b Sarwate 5 4 Vijay S.Hazare c and b Sarwate 59 c and b Nayudu 309 5 B.Frank c Mankad b Nayudu 0 lbw b Sarwate 1 6 S.R.Arolkar b Sarwate 3 (3) st Mantri b Nayudu 16 7 J.G.Harris c Mankad b Nayudu 6 (9) c Kishenchand b Sarwate 1 8 Vivek S.Hazare not out 8 (7) c Merchant b Nayudu 21 9 *P.A.D’Avoine c Banerjee b Nayudu 2 (10) lbw b Nayudu 0 10 J.Roach c Mantri b Sarwate 1 (11) not out 1 11 A.K.Bhalerao c Banerjee b Nayudu 0 (8) lbw b Nayudu 0 Extras b 1, lb 4, w 1, nb 1 7 b 8, lb 7, w 2, nb 2 19 —— —— 133 387 FoW (1): 1-16 (1), 2-29 (3), 3-103 (2), 4-104 (5), 5-114 (4), 6-115 (6), 7-123 (7), 8-127 (9), 9-128 (10), 10-133 (11) FoW (2): 1-14 (2), 2-14 (1), 3-45 (3), 4-46 (5), 5-60 (6), 6-360 (7), 7-362 (8), 8-365 (9), 9-372 (10), 10-387 (4) The Rest Bowling O M R W Roach 29 5 83 1 Vijay S.Hazare 51 8 119 3 Harris 23 5 67 1 Bhalerao 33 2 123 0 Vivek S.Hazare 15 1 77 0 Frank 13 2 37 0 Arolkar 22 6 51 0 Mane 1 0 4 0 Hindus Bowling O M R W O M R W Banerjee 18 7 38 2 21 3 92 1 Sohoni 11 0 36 1 26 3 78 1 Rangnekar 1 1 0 0 (9) 3 0 7 0 Nayudu 23.2 6 46 4 32.1 4 90 5 Sarwate 6 1 6 3 (3) 32 9 65 3 Mankad (5) 2 0 2 0 Adhikari (6) 7 5 2 0 Merchant (7) 11 4 17 0 Kishenchand (8) 4 1 15 0 Umpires: J.Birtwistle and J.R.Patel. Toss: Hindus Close of Play: 1st day: Hindus (1) 319-2 (Adhikari 123*, Merchant 112*); 2nd day: The Rest (1) 81-2 (Dias 37*, Vijay S.Hazare 32*); 3rd day: The Rest (2) 189-5 (Vijay S.Hazare 125*, Vivek S.Hazare 14*). H.R.Adhikari’s 186 took 393 minutes and included 14 fours. V.M.Merchant’s 250 took 435 minutes and included 31 fours. Vijay S.Hazare’s 309 took 417 minutes and included 32 fours and 1 six. Vijay S.Hazare scored 122 runs before lunch on the fourth day. Vijay S.Hazare scored 266 of the 300 run partnership. 183