First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

MAHARASHTRA v WESTERN INDIA Played at Poona Club Ground, January 6, 7, 8, 1940. Match drawn. MAHARASHTRA 1 K.V.Bhandarkar lbw b Saeed Ahmed 27 c Rathod b Nyalchand 31 2 S.W.Sohoni c Gandhi b Manavadar 31 retired out 109 3 S.Nazir Ali c Barritt b Akbar Khan 62 4 N.D.Nagarwala lbw b Akbar Khan 10 (5) c Faiz Ahmed b Sukhvantrai 24 5 V.S.Hazare c Faiz Ahmed b Manavadar 40 6 *D.B.Deodhar not out 157 7 K.M.Rangnekar c Faiz Ahmed b Rathod 102 not out 17 8 J.G.Harris lbw b Nyalchand 58 9 Raja of Jath c Akbar Khan b Rathod 23 (3) c and b Nyalchand 2 10 †D.S.Doctor not out 20 (6) not out 16 11 M.K.Patwardhan (4) c Sukhvantrai b Faiz Ahmed 25 Extras 13 3 —— —— (8 wickets, declared) 543 (5 wickets, declared) 227 FoW (1): 1-36 (1), 2-98 (2), 3-111 (4), 4-166 (3), 5-178 (5), 6-328 (7), 7-435 (8), 8-497 (9) FoW (2): 1-48 (1), 2-52 (3), 3-106 (4), 4-187, 5-198 WESTERN INDIA 1 †Faiz Ahmed lbw b Harris 61 2 H.W.Barritt lbw b Hazare 13 st Bhandarkar b Jath 28 3 Umar Khan b Hazare 4 (1) lbw b Rangnekar 9 4 R.P.Rathod b Hazare 1 5 Nawab of Manavadar b Hazare 59 c sub b Jath 4 6 *K.S.Abdul Khaliq b Sohoni 17 7 Saeed Ahmed c Doctor b Hazare 15 8 Sukhvantrai b Hazare 3 (6) not out 0 9 Akbar Khan b Patwardhan 56 (3) c Bhandarkar b Rangnekar 0 10 S.B.Gandhi c Harris b Hazare 53 (4) not out 33 11 S.Nyalchand not out 2 Extras 22 10 —— —— 306 (4 wickets) 84 FoW (1): 1-36 (2), 2-52 (3), 3-54 (4), 4-118 (1), 5-164 (6), 6-184 (5), 7-191 (7), 8-192 (8), 9-298 (9), 10-306 (10) FoW (2): 1-20 (1), 2-24 (3), 3-76 (2), 4-80 (5) Western India Bowling O M R W O M R W Saeed Ahmed 45 0 114 1 1 0 5 0 Manavadar 23 2 86 2 Gandhi 30 3 100 0 Akbar Khan 33 7 83 2 Nyalchand 14 5 41 1 (3) 10 1 28 2 Rathod 28 2 106 2 Faiz Ahmed (2) 19 2 73 1 Umar Khan (4) 6 0 37 0 Barritt (5) 7 0 48 0 Sukhvantrai (6) 5 0 33 1 Maharashtra Bowling O M R W O M R W Patwardhan 22 6 61 1 Sohoni 10 2 39 1 Hazare 45.4 13 94 7 (2) 2 0 7 0 Harris 27 9 39 1 Jath 15 2 51 0 (4) 5 0 18 2 Rangnekar (1) 8 2 28 2 Nazir Ali (3) 5 2 8 0 Deodhar (5) 4 0 13 0 Umpires: Toss: Maharashtra Close of Play: 1st day: Maharashtra (1) 361-6 (Deodhar 66*, Harris 11*); 2nd day: Western India (1) 170-5 (Manavadar 55*, Saeed Ahmed 5*). K.M.Rangnekar’s 102 took 98 minutes and included 12 fours. S.W.Sohoni’s 109 took 120 minutes. K.V.Bhandarkar kept wicket in the Western India second innings. 40