First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

EUROPEANS v INDIANS Played at Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras, December 30, 31, 1944, January 1, 1945. Europeans won by eight wickets. INDIANS 1 M.Swaminathan c Johnstone b Hitchen 1 c Law b Saunders 13 2 †M.O.Srinivasan b Robinson 42 c Nailer b Saunders 18 3 A.G.Ram Singh lbw b Johnstone 27 (4) c Johnstone b Richardson 28 4 B.S.R.Bhadradri lbw b Robinson 0 (3) b Richardson 14 5 E.C.Phillip lbw b Robinson 14 st Law b Robinson 0 6 J.Sydney b Robinson 2 lbw b Robinson 1 7 M.J.Gopalan c Saunders b Johnstone 32 c Nailer b McIntyre 78 8 B.C.Alva b Robinson 2 c Nailer b Saunders 39 9 N.J.Venkatesan b Robinson 0 run out 35 10 T.S.Parankusam c Johnstone b Robinson 13 not out 6 11 C.R.Rangachari not out 0 b Saunders 14 Extras 7 3 —— —— 140 249 FoW (1): 1-1, 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-140 FoW (2): 1-32, 2-33, 3-67, 4-72, 5-76, 6-78, 7-150, 8- , 9- , 10-249 EUROPEANS 1 †J.A.G.C.Law c Bhadradri b Gopalan 0 c Rangachari b Ram Singh 5 2 *C.P.Johnstone c Sydney b Venkatesan 60 not out 60 3 W.J.Wright st Srinivasan b Parankusam 42 b Rangachari 6 4 M.Robinson run out 87 not out 24 5 F.F.Richardson run out 18 6 R.S.Nailer b Rangachari 4 7 H.P.Ward c Srinivasan b Gopalan 37 8 R.H.Meyer c Bhadradri b Parankusam 22 9 C.Hitchen st Srinivasan b Ram Singh 10 10 A.W.Saunders hit wkt b Ram Singh 7 11 A.D.McIntyre not out 0 Extras 9 —— —— 296 (2 wickets) 95 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-72, 3-136, 4-168, 5-172, 6-243, 7-259, 8-272, 9-296, 10-296 FoW (2): 1- , 2-39 Europeans Bowling O M R W O M R W McIntyre 12 5 16 0 8 2 17 1 Hitchen 6 2 17 1 5 2 30 0 Johnstone 21 10 27 2 14 3 31 0 Saunders 5 0 13 0 13.2 3 36 4 Robinson 16.1 2 51 7 17 2 79 2 Richardson 7 2 9 0 19 3 53 2 Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Gopalan 13 4 24 2 4 2 8 0 Rangachari 29 5 89 1 14 4 26 1 Ram Singh 29 3 75 2 15 2 45 1 Alva 7 2 19 0 Parankusam 17.2 1 65 2 (4) 4 0 16 0 Venkatesan 4 0 15 1 Umpires: Toss: Indians Close of Play: 1st day: Indians (1) 135-8 (Gopalan 29*, Parankusam 12*); 2nd day: Indians (2) 33-2 (Ram Singh 0*, Bhadradri 0*). 238