First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

BENGAL v MADRAS Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, February 19, 20, 21, 22, 1944. Bengal won by 134 runs. BENGAL 1 A.Jabbar c Srinivasan b Rangachari 80 c Rangachari b Ram Singh 23 2 A.C.Chatterjee b Rangachari 0 st Srinivasan b Ram Singh 53 3 †P.K.Sen c Rangachari b Ram Singh 9 (6) c sub (J.Sydney) b Ram Singh 0 4 N.C.Chatterjee c Rangachari b Ram Singh 4 lbw b Rangachari 112 5 D.R.Das c Parankusam b Ram Singh 2 (3) b Rangachari 23 6 K.Bhattacharya b Rangachari 67 (8) run out 2 7 S.K.Mustafi c Parankusam b Ram Singh 17 lbw b Ram Singh 4 8 *Maharaja of Cooch Behar c Gopalan b Ram Singh 16 (9) not out 12 9 A.Sen not out 16 (5) b Ram Singh 20 10 S.A.Banerjee b Ram Singh 6 st Srinivasan b Ram Singh 10 11 B.K.Mitra c and b Ram Singh 10 b Ram Singh 1 Extras 8 6 —— —— 235 266 FoW (1): 1-0 (2), 2-13 (3), 3-17 (4), 4-31 (5), 5-152 (6), 6-173 (7), 7-185 (1), 8-209 (8), 9-217 (10), 10-235 (11) FoW (2): 1-40 (1), 2-73 (3), 3-161 (2), 4-203 (5), 5-203 (6), 6-241 (4), 7-241 (7), 8-245 (8), 9-260 (10), 10-266 (11) MADRAS 1 C.V.Krishnaswami b Banerjee 2 c P.K.Sen b Bhattacharya 32 2 K.S.Kannan c Mitra b Banerjee 6 c A.Sen b Bhattacharya 8 3 B.S.R.Bhadradri c N.C.Chatterjee b Bhattacharya 23 c Mustafi b Banerjee 32 4 †M.O.Srinivasan b A.Sen 7 (9) c Mustafi b Bhattacharya 11 5 A.G.Ram Singh lbw b Mitra 36 b Mitra 13 6 M.S.Gopal c A.Sen b Banerjee 1 (4) c Mustafi b Bhattacharya 14 7 F.F.Richardson b Mitra 9 (6) c Mitra b Bhattacharya 62 8 *M.J.Gopalan b Banerjee 0 (7) c Bhattacharya b Banerjee 76 9 N.J.Venkatesan c Mustafi b Banerjee 1 (8) b Bhattacharya 0 10 C.R.Rangachari b Mitra 4 c Mustafi b Bhattacharya 0 11 T.S.Parankusam not out 0 not out 2 Extras 13 15 —— —— 102 265 FoW (1): 1-8 (2), 2-11 (1), 3-31 (4), 4-56 (3), 5-71 (6), 6-92 (5), 7-95 (7), 8-96 (9), 9-102 (8), 10-102 (10) FoW (2): 1-46 (2), 2-47 (1), 3-73 (4), 4-93 (5), 5-117 (3), 6-247 (6), 7-251 (7), 8-251 (8), 9-254 (10), 10-265 (9) Madras Bowling O M R W O M R W Gopalan 8 5 13 0 8 3 14 0 Rangachari 29 9 61 3 31 14 66 2 Ram Singh 34.3 5 104 7 (5) 27.5 5 90 7 Venkatesan 3 0 19 0 (6) 7 0 35 0 Kannan 4 1 4 0 (4) 16 4 36 0 Parankusam 6 0 26 0 (3) 5 1 19 0 Bengal Bowling O M R W O M R W Mitra 13.1 3 23 3 15 4 58 1 Banerjee 25 17 27 5 25 9 52 2 Bhattacharya 23 13 27 1 23.5 2 83 7 A.Sen 8 1 12 1 10 2 22 0 N.C.Chatterjee 3 3 0 0 (7) 1 0 6 0 Cooch Behar (5) 1 0 8 0 A.C.Chatterjee (6) 2 0 13 0 Mustafi (8) 4 0 8 0 Umpires: M.K.Banerjee and J.R.Patel. Toss: Bengal Close of Play: 1st day: Madras (1) 14-2 (Bhadradri 4*, Srinivasan 2*); 2nd day: Bengal (2) 147-2 (A.C.Chatterjee 51*, N.C.Chatterjee 49*); 3rd day: Madras (2) 183-5 (Richardson 32*, Gopalan 42*). N.C.Chatterjee’s 112 included 16 fours. 206