First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

BENGAL v BIHAR Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, December 18, 19, 20, 1943. Match drawn. BIHAR 1 S.Ghosh run out 3 lbw b Chatterjee 63 2 †Lunn run out 0 c Chatterjee b Mitra 1 3 A.K.Das Gupta b Mitra 23 c Mustafi b Dutt 8 4 *S.N.Banerjee c Sen b Bhattacharya 26 c Mustafi b Dutt 0 5 S.Banerjee c Sen b Mitra 2 not out 101 6 Patankar run out 3 7 B.K.Bose c and b Bhattacharya 4 (8) b Mitra 16 8 K.Ghosh b Bhattacharya 45 (6) b Banerjee 14 9 T.P.Sweeney c Mitra b Bhattacharya 3 not out 35 10 N.R.Chowdhury st Sen b Bhattacharya 2 11 S.Patel not out 30 (7) lbw b Banerjee 0 Extras b 2, lb 8, w 8 18 23 —— —— 159 (7 wickets, declared) 261 FoW (1): 1-2 (2), 2-11 (1), 3-53 (4), 4-59 (5), 5-68 (3), 6-75 (6), 7-75 (7), 8-85 (9), 9-100 (10), 10-159 (8) FoW (2): 1-5 (2), 2-31 (3), 3-37 (4), 4-131 (1), 5- (6), 6- (7), 7-205 (8) BENGAL 1 A.Jabbar c S.N.Banerjee b Chowdhury 3 (4) b Chowdhury 15 2 †P.K.Sen c S.Banerjee b S.N.Banerjee 13 c S.Ghosh b Chowdhury 2 3 P.D.Dutt c Das Gupta b Chowdhury 11 b Chowdhury 14 4 N.M.Bose b Chowdhury 1 (10) not out 0 5 E.C.Harvey-Johnston b Chowdhury 2 (6) c Sweeney b Bose 4 6 N.C.Chatterjee b Bose 78 (5) b Chowdhury 4 7 K.Bhattacharya lbw b Bose 15 (1) b Bose 0 8 *Maharaja of Cooch Behar b S.N.Banerjee 33 (7) c Das Gupta b Bose 16 9 S.K.Mustafi b Chowdhury 77 not out 18 10 S.A.Banerjee not out 8 (8) lbw b S.N.Banerjee 5 11 B.K.Mitra c S.N.Banerjee b Chowdhury 0 Extras 8 10 —— —— 249 (8 wickets) 88 FoW (1): 1-9 (1), 2-27 (2), 3-28 (4), 4-30 (5), 5-35 (3), 6-72 (7), 7-120 (8), 8-201 (6), 9-249 (9), 10-249 (11) FoW (2): 1-1 (1), 2-2 (2), 3-20, 4-24, 5-35, 6-40, 7-56, 8-88 Bengal Bowling O M R W O M R W Mitra 13 6 29 2 17 6 46 2 Mustafi 8 4 5 0 6 2 27 0 Banerjee 18 11 13 0 22 3 76 2 Dutt 7 3 13 0 12 3 32 2 Cooch Behar 6 0 24 0 Bhattacharya 24.3 4 57 5 (5) 10 3 31 0 Chatterjee (6) 6 0 26 1 Bihar Bowling O M R W O M R W S.N.Banerjee 21 5 89 2 8 7 1 1 Chowdhury 19.4 3 75 6 15 3 52 4 Bose 8 3 24 2 8 2 24 3 Sweeney 9 1 34 0 2 2 0 0 Das Gupta 1 0 11 0 S.Banerjee 2 0 8 0 (5) 2 1 1 0 Patel (6) 2 2 0 0 Umpires: M.G.Bhave and T.A.Ramachandran. Toss: Bihar Close of Play: 1st day: Bengal (1) 26-1 (Sen 12*, Dutt 11*); 2nd day: Bihar (2) 60-3 (S.Ghosh 35*, S.Banerjee 10*). S.Banerjee’s 101 took 202 minutes. Lieutenant Patankar was involved in a motor accident after play on the second day and so was absent on the third day. A.K.Deb was supposed to keep wicket for Bengal but was ill on the day of the match so P.K.Sen was sent for with E.C.Harvey-Johnston keeping until Sen arrived. S.Ghosh kept wicket in the Bengal second innings. 188