First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

BOMBAY v WESTERN INDIA Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, December 30, 31, 1944, January 1, 1945. Bombay won by an innings and 312 runs. WESTERN INDIA 1 †Prataprai c V.M.Merchant b Modi 9 (8) st Maka b Raiji 2 2 Jayantilal Vora b Phadkar 46 (1) lbw b Tarapore 15 3 K.H.Jobanputra b Phadkar 1 (6) b Tarapore 4 4 S.B.Gandhi c Palwankar b Phadkar 80 lbw b Tarapore 16 5 R.P.Rathod b Kore 5 (7) run out 9 6 S.K.Girdhari c Palwankar b Phadkar 0 absent ill 0 7 Purshottam b Phadkar 7 (3) c and b Raiji 21 8 *Sukhvantrai c Ibrahim b Phadkar 20 (5) b Raiji 1 9 Ramniklal st Maka b Kore 0 (2) b Tarapore 19 10 Vajubha b Tarapore 4 not out 0 11 S.Nyalchand not out 6 (9) c Raiji b Tarapore 1 Extras b 5, lb 4, nb 1 10 lb 4 4 —— —— 188 92 FoW (1): 1-12 (1), 2-13 (3), 3-125 (2), 4-136 (5), 5-137 (6), 6-144 (7), 7-166 (4), 8-169 (9), 9-173 (8), 10-188 (10) FoW (2): 1-33, 2-56, 3-60, 4-67, 5-77, 6-80, 7-91, 8-92, 9-92 BOMBAY 1 K.C.Ibrahim b Girdhari 55 2 K.K.Tarapore lbw b Nyalchand 4 3 R.S.Modi st Prataprai b Vajubha 210 4 *V.M.Merchant b Purshottam 217 5 Y.B.Palwankar not out 66 6 U.M.Merchant b Nyalchand 10 7 J.J.Kore b Nyalchand 0 8 R.S.Cooper 9 D.G.Phadkar 10 M.N.Raiji 11 †E.S.Maka Extras 30 —— (6 wickets, declared) 592 FoW (1): 1-35 (2), 2-81 (1), 3-454 (4), 4-565 (3), 5-592 (6), 6-592 (7) Bombay Bowling O M R W O M R W Phadkar 16 0 58 6 5 1 21 0 V.M.Merchant 2 0 6 0 Modi 4 0 11 1 (2) 6 3 4 0 Palwankar 3 0 5 0 (3) 4 2 2 0 Tarapore 11 1 28 1 (4) 10.2 3 20 5 Kore 18 1 64 2 Raiji 2 1 6 0 (5) 13 3 41 3 Western India Bowling O M R W Gandhi 12 2 24 0 Jayantilal Vora 28 2 106 0 Nyalchand 53.3 12 126 3 Girdhari 26 3 93 1 Purshottam 29 1 142 1 Jobanputra 1 0 4 0 Rathod 6 0 34 0 Vajubha 7 0 33 1 Umpires: M.G.Bhave and T.A.Ramachandran. Toss: Western India Close of Play: 1st day: Bombay (1) 109-2 (Modi 32*, V.M.Merchant 14*); 2nd day: Bombay (1) 592-6d. The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. R.S.Modi’s 210 took 381 minutes and included 9 fours. V.M.Merchant’s 217 took 267 minutes and included 30 fours. 237