First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

BENGAL v UNITED PROVINCES Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, December 9, 10, 11, 12, 1944. Bengal won by 75 runs. BENGAL 1 P.B.Datta b Gandhi 58 b Gandhi 10 2 A.C.Chatterjee b Majeed 0 b Gandhi 16 3 P.K.Sen c Rajindernath b Gandhi 63 c Rajindernath b Majeed 12 4 F.Harker c Balendu Shah b Gandhi 0 (5) b Mehra 16 5 N.C.Chatterjee c Saidullah b Majeed 6 (4) c Rajindernath b Jalaluddin 2 6 *Maharaja of Cooch Behar st Rajindernath b Gandhi 27 (7) b Mehra 14 7 †T.V.Parthasarathi c Phansalkar b Majeed 21 (10) c Telang b Majeed 30 8 K.Bhattacharya b Gandhi 31 (9) not out 24 9 A.Sen b Majeed 4 (6) c Phansalkar b Mehra 12 10 P.A.H.Carey b Ramchandra 23 (8) c Balendu Shah b Gandhi 0 11 N.R.Chowdhury not out 1 b Gandhi 0 Extras 14 21 —— —— 248 157 FoW (1): 1-1 (2), 2-125 (1), 3-128 (4), 4-133 (3), 5-166 (5), 6-166 (6), 7-215 (7), 8-223 (8), 9-233 (9), 10-248 (10) FoW (2): 1-24 (3), 2-27 (4), 3-42 (2), 4-47 (1), 5-74 (6), 6-89 (5), 7-90 (8), 8-98 (7), 9-156 (10), 10-157 (11) UNITED PROVINCES 1 *M.K.Balendu Shah c Chowdhury b Carey 20 c Bhattacharya b Chowdhury 11 2 †V.Rajindernath c P.K.Sen b Carey 0 (4) lbw b A.Sen 25 3 S.N.Gandhi b A.Sen 29 lbw b Chowdhury 0 4 Shamim Khwaja b Chowdhury 1 (6) lbw b Bhattacharya 34 5 J.P.Phansalkar c A.Sen b Chowdhury 0 (7) not out 40 6 B.P.Telang c Bhattacharya b Chowdhury 2 (5) b A.Sen 5 7 B.Ramchandra c A.Sen b Bhattacharya 32 (8) c Carey b Chowdhury 13 8 M.Jalaluddin b Carey 29 (11) c Cooch Behar b Chowdhury 1 9 A.Majeed b Harker 32 lbw b A.Sen 1 10 Saidullah not out 14 c Cooch Behar b Chowdhury 3 11 J.Mehra b Bhattacharya 8 (2) c Carey b Bhattacharya 15 Extras 9 6 —— —— 176 154 FoW (1): 1-1 (2), 2-28 (1), 3-29 (4), 4-46 (5), 5- (6), 6-61 (3), 7-98 (7), 8-130 (8), 9-167 (9), 10-176 (11) FoW (2): 1-24 (1), 2-24 (3), 3-50 (2), 4-56 (4), 5-67 (5), 6-109 (6), 7-131 (8), 8-132 (9), 9-149 (10), 10-154 (11) United Provinces Bowling O M R W O M R W Majeed 24 9 25 4 23 7 58 2 Jalaluddin 1 1 0 0 8 3 14 1 Gandhi 36 7 97 5 (4) 27.3 7 44 4 Ramchandra 26.3 11 55 1 (3) 1 0 1 0 Saidullah 9 1 33 0 Mehra 3 0 12 0 (5) 11 5 19 3 Telang 2 0 12 0 Bengal Bowling O M R W O M R W Carey 14 5 48 3 (3) 14 4 37 0 Chowdhury 13 3 40 3 (1) 20.1 8 49 5 A.Sen 6 0 28 1 (2) 15 1 28 3 Datta 3 0 10 0 Bhattacharya 7.3 2 25 2 (4) 13 1 34 2 Harker 4 0 16 1 Umpires: H.D.Billimoria and Vali Ahmed. Toss: Bengal Close of Play: 1st day: Bengal (1) 248 all out; 2nd day: Bengal (2) 74-5 (Harker 14*); 3rd day: United Provinces (2) 149-9 (Phansalkar 37*). P.B.Datta retired hurt in the Bengal second innings having scored 0 (team score 0-0) - he returned when the score was 27-2. He was hit on the knee by a ball from A.Majeed. 226