First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

EUROPEANS v INDIANS Played at Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras, January 12, 13, 14, 1940. Indians won by four wickets. EUROPEANS 1 A.W.Stansfeld b Rangachari 18 c Nayudu b Ram Singh 7 2 †G.G.Cradock-Watson b Rangachari 21 c Parthasarathi b Venkatesan 20 3 C.N.Reed c Parankusam b Ram Singh 48 b Rangachari 0 4 *C.P.Johnstone c Chari b Venkatesan 45 lbw b Nayudu 36 5 R.S.Nailer st Chari b Ram Singh 56 b Ram Singh 91 6 H.P.Ward b Ram Singh 0 (7) c Ramaswami b Ram Singh 30 7 P.J.Keen c Chari b Ram Singh 1 (8) b Nayudu 0 8 H.W.Horton b Nayudu 1 (9) st Chari b Ram Singh 3 9 J.S.Versey-Brown c Venkatesan b Parankusam 36 (10) c Gopalan b Parthasarathi 7 10 F.F.Coldwell b Ram Singh 2 (6) b Ram Singh 9 11 R.A.Spitteler not out 11 not out 8 Extras 20 2 —— —— 259 213 FoW (1): 1-36 (1), 2-57 (2), 3-129 (4), 4-196 (3), 5-202 (6), 6-207 (5), 7-208 (8), 8-212 (7), 9-216 (10), 10-259 (9) FoW (2): 1-9 (1), 2-9 (3), 3-56 (4), 4-68 (2), 5-92 (6), 6-192 (7), 7-195 (8), 8-197 (5), 9-200 (9), 10-213 (10) INDIANS 1 A.V.Krishnaswami lbw b Spitteler 20 c Cradock-Watson b Versey-Brown 43 2 B.S.R.Bhadradri c Ward b Versey-Brown 23 lbw b Johnstone 6 3 A.G.Ram Singh b Coldwell 47 c Cradock-Watson b Versey-Brown 3 4 N.J.Venkatesan run out 3 (8) not out 25 5 C.K.Nayudu lbw b Versey-Brown 46 (4) b Versey-Brown 4 6 C.Ramaswami c Coldwell b Spitteler 105 (5) c Versey-Brown b Spitteler 0 7 G.Parthasarathi c Ward b Spitteler 6 (6) c Cradock-Watson b Versey-Brown 35 8 *M.J.Gopalan b Spitteler 32 (7) not out 21 9 †S.V.T.Chari c and b Spitteler 9 10 T.S.Parankusam run out 0 11 C.R.Rangachari not out 1 Extras 36 9 —— —— 328 (6 wickets) 146 FoW (1): 1-38 (1), 2-49 (2), 3-57 (4), 4-125 (5), 5-185 (3), 6-198 (7), 7-306 (8), 8-327 (6), 9-327 (9), 10-328 (10) FoW (2): 1-10 (2), 2-15 (3), 3-27 (4), 4-28 (5), 5-91 (1), 6-109 (6) Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Gopalan 6 1 22 0 1 0 3 0 Ram Singh 22 2 78 5 24 5 72 5 Rangachari 20 5 50 2 12 3 38 1 Nayudu 19 1 61 1 12 0 36 2 Venkatesan 4 1 23 1 1 0 1 1 Parankusam 2.5 0 5 1 6 0 36 0 Parthasarathi (7) 7.4 0 25 1 Europeans Bowling O M R W O M R W Versey-Brown 26.4 4 72 2 22 4 57 4 Johnstone 8 1 29 0 7 0 19 1 Spitteler 29 6 91 5 18.3 3 49 1 Coldwell 17 0 69 1 3 0 12 0 Stansfeld 1 0 3 0 Horton 6 1 16 0 Nailer 3 0 12 0 Umpires: Toss: Europeans Close of Play: 1st day: Indians (1) 52-2 (Ram Singh 2*, Venkatesan 0*); 2nd day: Europeans (2) 70-4 (Nailer 5*, Coldwell 1*). C.Ramaswami’s 105 included 9 fours and 2 sixes. 43