First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

CRICKET CLUB OF INDIA v SERVICES XI Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, December 1, 2, 3, 4, 1944. Cricket Club of India won by an innings and 35 runs. SERVICES XI 1 N.S.Hotchkin b Nayudu 42 (8) c Merchant b Amir Elahi 1 2 R.T.Simpson b Banerjee 2 (1) st Maka b Amir Elahi 50 3 S.Mushtaq Ali c Maka b Banerjee 90 b Hazare 5 4 J.Hardstaff b Amir Elahi 27 b Nayudu 21 5 D.C.S.Compton c Modi b Banerjee 16 (2) st Maka b Amir Elahi 120 6 *C.K.Nayudu c and b Mankad 91 (5) c sub b Amir Elahi 2 7 P.Cranmer b Nayudu 24 (6) c Sohoni b Nayudu 22 8 P.A.H.Carey b Banerjee 4 (9) b Nayudu 10 9 P.F.Judge b Nayudu 26 (7) b Amir Elahi 2 10 H.J.Butler not out 5 absent hurt 0 11 †P.Corrall b Amir Elahi 2 (10) not out 3 Extras 13 b 1, lb 1 2 —— —— 342 238 FoW (1): 1-5 (2), 2-137 (3), 3-165 (5), 4-193 (4), 5-220 (7), 6-236 (8), 7-320 (6), 8-334 (9), 9-335 (1), 10-342 (11) FoW (2): 1-93 (1), 2-104 (3), 3-136 (4), 4-139 (5), 5-173 (6), 6-177 (7), 7-187 (8), 8-220 (9), 9-238 (2) CRICKET CLUB OF INDIA 1 M.H.Mankad lbw b Judge 65 2 S.W.Sohoni c Corrall b Carey 82 3 R.S.Modi c Nayudu b Judge 14 4 V.S.Hazare not out 200 5 *V.M.Merchant retired out 201 6 Gul Mohammad not out 17 7 C.T.Sarwate 8 C.S.Nayudu 9 S.N.Banerjee 10 Amir Elahi 11 †E.S.Maka Extras 36 —— (4 wickets, declared) 615 FoW (1): 1-143 (1), 2-168 (2), 3-188 (3), 4-570 (5) Cricket Club of India Bowling O M R W O M R W Banerjee 22 3 80 4 8 1 28 0 Hazare 11 1 34 0 (6) 7 0 32 1 Sohoni 12 2 47 0 (2) 3 0 20 0 Amir Elahi 30 3 77 2 28.4 4 109 5 Nayudu 16 3 72 3 15 2 43 3 Mankad 7 1 19 1 Sarwate (3) 2 0 4 0 Services XI Bowling O M R W Butler 41 10 87 0 Judge 57 13 171 2 Carey 30 6 110 1 Compton 18 1 80 0 Mushtaq Ali 18 8 33 0 Hardstaff 12 1 50 0 Nayudu 6 0 37 0 Cranmer 1 0 11 0 Umpires: D.K.Naik and Vali Ahmed. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Services XI (1) 342 all out; 2nd day: Cricket Club of India (1) 260-3 (Hazare 31*, Merchant 33*); 3rd day: Services XI (2) 50-0 (Simpson 29*, Compton 21*). V.S.Hazare’s 200 took 400 minutes and included 19 fours. V.M.Merchant’s 201 took 338 minutes and included 18 fours. D.C.S.Compton’s 120 took 195 minutes and included 16 fours. N.S.Hotchkin retired hurt when hit on the temple by a ball from S.N.Banerjee in the Services XI first innings having scored 35 (team score 128-1) - he returned when the score was 320-7. The match was played in aid of the Indian Red Cross Amenities Fund. 225