First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

BENGAL GOVERNOR’S XI v SERVICES XI Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, December 16, 17, 18, 1944. Services XI won by an innings and 1 run. BENGAL GOVERNOR’S XI 1 *T.C.Longfield c Simpson b Carey 0 (7) lbw b Carey 31 2 P.B.Datta lbw b Judge 4 (1) c Ingram-Johnson b Carey 7 3 A.C.Chatterjee b Cranmer 36 (2) run out 6 4 N.C.Chatterjee b Cranmer 36 lbw b Compton 115 5 †P.K.Sen lbw b Judge 7 (3) c Ingram-Johnson b Hardstaff 37 6 D.J.Rimmer c Hardstaff b Cranmer 14 (9) lbw b Judge 37 7 Maharaja of Cooch Behar c Ingram-Johnson b Cranmer 1 (5) c Cray b Judge 3 8 C.W.Langford lbw b Cranmer 0 c Prescott b Judge 11 9 A.Sen not out 15 (6) lbw b Compton 29 10 S.Mitra lbw b Cranmer 14 c Prescott b Judge 9 11 N.R.Chowdhury b Cranmer 7 not out 30 Extras 9 12 —— —— 143 327 FoW (1): 1-1 (1), 2-13 (2), 3-72, 4-81, 5-97, 6-99, 7-99, 8-100, 9-133, 10-143 FoW (2): 1-12 (2), 2-39 (1), 3-79 (3), 4-98 (5), 5-191 (6), 6-206 (4), 7-226 (8), 8-255 (7), 9-268 (10), 10-327 (9) SERVICES XI 1 N.S.Hotchkin c and b Mitra 74 2 R.T.Simpson c A.Sen b Chowdhury 68 3 D.C.S.Compton st sub (T.V.Parthasarathi) b Mitra 109 4 J.Hardstaff b Chowdhury 153 5 S.J.Cray b Chowdhury 20 6 R.F.Kettle lbw b Chowdhury 2 7 *†R.E.S.Ingram-Johnson b Langford 3 8 P.Cranmer b Longfield 0 9 P.A.H.Carey lbw b Chowdhury 5 10 P.F.Judge b Langford 9 11 T.E.Prescott not out 1 Extras 27 —— 471 FoW (1): 1-144 (2), 2-167 (1), 3-373 (3), 4-436 (5), 5-443 (4), 6-448 (6), 7-448 (7), 8-450 (8), 9-469 (10), 10-471 (9) Services XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Judge 17 5 42 2 28.3 7 90 4 Carey 5 1 12 1 (3) 17 4 48 2 Cranmer 19 5 52 7 (2) 8 1 35 0 Prescott 4 0 19 0 (6) 6 1 17 0 Compton 3 1 9 0 (7) 13 1 63 2 Hardstaff (4) 7 1 41 1 Kettle (5) 2 0 21 0 Bengal Governor’s XI Bowling O M R W Chowdhury 22.4 2 104 5 Langford 15 1 60 2 A.Sen 16 1 93 0 Cooch Behar 7 0 27 0 Longfield 15 1 77 1 N.C.Chatterjee 1 0 6 0 Mitra 14 2 77 2 Umpires: Toss: Bengal Governor’s XI Close of Play: 1st day: Services XI (1) 125-0 (Hotchkin 53*, Simpson 59*); 2nd day: Bengal Governor’s XI (2) 98-3 (N.C.Chatterjee 40*, Cooch Behar 3*). T.V.Parthasarathi took over as wicket-keeper when P.K.Sen injured a finger. This match was played for the Troops Amenities Fund. 231