First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

EUROPEANS v PARSEES Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, November 15, 16, 17, 1944. Match drawn. EUROPEANS 1 R.T.Simpson c Palia b Satha 69 (2) b Tarapore 24 2 N.S.Hotchkin c Satha b Modi 7 3 D.C.S.Compton b Colah 7 not out 79 4 *J.Hardstaff c Meherhomji b Tarapore 150 not out 76 5 R.D.Fairbairn b Khot 13 (1) b Palia 1 6 R.Howorth b Khot 0 7 P.Cranmer b Palia 17 8 P.F.Judge run out 0 9 P.A.H.Carey not out 10 10 †P.Corrall lbw b Tarapore 0 11 G.P.M.Blackmore c Cooper b Palia 8 Extras b 10, lb 9 19 —— —— 300 (2 wickets) 180 FoW (1): 1-27 (2), 2-34 (3), 3-176 (1), 4-217 (5), 5-229 (6), 6-263 (7), 7-270 (8), 8-287 (4), 9-287 (10), 10-300 (11) FoW (2): 1-12 (1), 2-39 (2) PARSEES 1 N.H.Colah b Compton 24 2 *P.E.Palia c Fairbairn b Carey 5 3 M.F.Mistry c Compton b Carey 1 4 R.S.Modi b Carey 215 5 R.S.Cooper b Carey 73 6 J.B.Khot c Cranmer b Carey 2 7 D.B.Satha b Howorth 70 8 P.N.Cambhatta not out 25 9 E.B.Aibara b Carey 0 10 †K.R.Meherhomji lbw b Hardstaff 38 11 K.K.Tarapore lbw b Compton 6 Extras b 14, lb 3, nb 3 20 —— 479 FoW (1): 1-12 (2), 2-16 (3), 3-66 (1), 4-217 (5), 5-225 (6), 6-392 (7), 7-412 (4), 8-412 (9), 9-468 (10), 10-479 (11) Parsees Bowling O M R W O M R W Palia 37.3 10 53 2 (2) 16 6 25 1 Khot 22 6 45 2 (1) 11 2 28 0 Modi 27 5 74 1 4 0 13 0 Colah 6 0 32 1 6 1 11 0 Tarapore 24 2 60 2 18 8 32 1 Satha 9 2 17 1 15 2 54 0 Cooper (7) 3 0 17 0 Europeans Bowling O M R W Judge 41 6 153 0 Carey 37 5 139 6 Blackmore 17 2 63 0 Compton 23.4 5 51 2 Howorth 27 10 35 1 Hardstaff 6 1 18 1 Umpires: D.K.Naik and Vali Ahmed. Toss: Europeans Close of Play: 1st day: Europeans (1) 300 all out; 2nd day: Parsees (1) 311-5 (Modi 156*, Satha 34*). J.Hardstaff’s 150 took 284 minutes and included 8 fours and 1 five. R.S.Modi’s 215 took 410 minutes and included 12 fours. 221