First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

BENGAL GOVERNOR’S XI v MAJOR-GENERAL STEWART’S XII Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, January 7, 8, 9, 1945. Bengal Governor’s XI won by seven wickets. MAJOR-GENERAL STEWART’S XII 1 †D.D.Hindlekar c Anwar Hussain b C.S.Nayudu 8 b C.S.Nayudu 3 2 A.C.Chatterjee c C.S.Nayudu b Amarnath 17 b C.S.Nayudu 14 3 D.C.S.Compton c Mankad b C.S.Nayudu 26 (5) st Nimbalkar b Mankad 123 4 J.Hardstaff run out 24 c Mushtaq Ali b Mankad 73 5 S.S.Jayawickreme c and b C.S.Nayudu 0 (6) b Mankad 41 6 N.C.Chatterjee lbw b Amarnath 18 (7) b Amarnath 15 7 C.T.Sarwate b C.S.Nayudu 5 (8) b Mankad 2 8 S.K.Girdhari b C.S.Nayudu 2 (10) c Jabbar b Amarnath 6 9 Maharaja of Cooch Behar b Amarnath 10 (3) run out 11 10 P.K.Sen c Bhattacharya b Amarnath 10 (9) lbw b Amarnath 1 11 N.R.Chowdhury st Doraiswami b C.S.Nayudu 0 (12) not out 1 12 P.A.H.Carey not out 2 (11) c Jabbar b Mankad 2 Extras 14 23 —— —— 136 315 FoW (1): 1-29 (1), 2-43 (2), 3-79 (3), 4-79 (5), 5-86 (4), 6-96 (7), 7-98 (8), 8-110 (6), 9-127 (9), 10-127 (10), 11-136 (11) FoW (2): 1-14 (1), 2-25 (2), 3-76 (3), 4-143 (4), 5-229 (6), 6-303 (5), 7-305 (8), 8-306 (7), 9-309 (9), 10-312 (11), 11-315 (10) BENGAL GOVERNOR’S XI 1 M.H.Mankad b Chowdhury 14 c A.C.Chatterjee b Chowdhury 17 2 B.B.Nimbalkar b Girdhari 92 c Compton b Chowdhury 22 3 S.Mushtaq Ali c Cooch Behar b Chowdhury 0 not out 86 4 L.Amarnath lbw b Chowdhury 0 (5) b Sarwate 36 5 M.Sathasivam st Hindlekar b Girdhari 56 6 *C.K.Nayudu lbw b Girdhari 40 (4) st Hindlekar b Girdhari 5 7 C.S.Nayudu c Cooch Behar b Girdhari 2 8 Anwar Hussain c Compton b Girdhari 6 (6) not out 37 9 K.Bhattacharya b Girdhari 0 10 A.Sen b Girdhari 1 11 A.Jabbar not out 0 12 †T.M.Doraiswami b Girdhari 0 Extras 17 23 —— —— 228 (4 wickets) 226 FoW (1): 1-55 (1), 2-55 (3), 3-55 (4), 4-156 (5), 5-204 (2), 6-214 (7), 7-227 (6), 8-227 (9), 9-228 (8), 10-228 (10), 11-228 (12) FoW (2): 1-43 (1), 2-56 (2), 3-61 (4), 4-132 (5) Bengal Governor’s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Nimbalkar 2 0 5 0 Sen 3 2 2 0 (7) 3 0 21 0 Anwar Hussain 5 3 8 0 (2) 5 1 11 0 C.S.Nayudu 20.2 1 77 6 14 1 55 2 Amarnath 26 14 30 4 (1) 25.4 6 75 3 Mankad (3) 29 5 88 5 C.K.Nayudu (5) 5 0 28 0 Bhattacharya (6) 3 0 14 0 Stewart’s XII Bowling O M R W O M R W Carey 7 2 24 0 (2) 6 0 36 0 Compton 4 0 14 0 Chowdhury 22 5 87 3 (1) 14 1 73 2 Girdhari 24.5 3 60 8 (3) 17 2 62 1 Sarwate 5 0 26 0 (4) 9 0 32 1 Umpires: S.Dutt Roy and S.K.Ganguli. Toss: Bengal Governor’s XI Close of Play: 1st day: Bengal Governor’s XI (1) 26-0 (Mankad 5*, Nimbalkar 19*); 2nd day: Major-General Stewart’s XII (2) 156-4 (Compton 33*, Jayawickreme 7*). D.C.S.Compton’s 123 took 120 minutes and included 13 fours and 2 sixes. N.R.Chowdhury took a hat-trick in the Bengal Governor’s XI first innings (Mankad, Mushtaq Ali, Amarnath). This match was the R.B.Lagden memorial match and played for the Red Cross Fund. 241