First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

MAHARASHTRA v UNITED PROVINCES Played at Poona Gymkhana Ground, February 24, 25, 26, 27, 1940. Maharashtra won by ten wickets. UNITED PROVINCES 1 Masud Alam c Jadhav b Hazare 0 (9) lbw b Harris 0 2 A.S.N.Murthy c Doctor b Sohoni 48 (1) b Hazare 1 3 *P.E.Palia c Sohoni b Patwardhan 5 c Hazare b Jadhav 216 4 Aftab Ahmed run out (Bhandarkar) 20 c Doctor b Hazare 19 5 Shamim Khwaja run out 16 c Doctor b Sohoni 5 6 Akhtar Hussain st Doctor b Sohoni 7 (7) b Sohoni 16 7 Masood Salahuddin b Harris 34 (6) c Hazare b Sohoni 0 8 B.K.Garudachar not out 63 run out 8 9 Iqbal Ahmed Khan b Hazare 0 (10) not out 9 10 E.Alexander run out 3 (2) c Deodhar b Jadhav 41 11 †S.J.Dastoor c and b Sohoni 23 run out 16 Extras 18 24 —— —— 237 355 FoW (1): 1-0 (1), 2-13 (3), 3-57 (4), 4-94 (2), 5-102 (6), 6-110 (5), 7-166 (7), 8-169 (9), 9-176 (10), 10-237 (11) FoW (2): 1-1 (1), 2-142 (2), 3-218 (4), 4-240 (5), 5-241 (6), 6-287 (7), 7-312 (8), 8-313 (9), 9-338 (3), 10-355 (11) MAHARASHTRA 1 K.V.Bhandarkar b Palia 132 not out 7 2 S.W.Sohoni c Alexander b Murthy 96 not out 1 3 N.D.Nagarwala c Garudachar b Murthy 54 4 *D.B.Deodhar c Aftab Ahmed b Masood Salahuddin 60 5 V.S.Hazare c Murthy b Masood Salahuddin 53 6 K.M.Rangnekar c Masud Alam b Garudachar 45 7 J.G.Harris run out 62 8 K.M.Jadhav b Alexander 1 9 R.G.Salvi b Aftab Ahmed 33 10 †D.S.Doctor st Dastoor b Aftab Ahmed 8 11 M.K.Patwardhan not out 1 Extras 36 4 —— —— 581 (no wicket) 12 FoW (1): 1-188 (2), 2-275 (3), 3-321 (1), 4-417 (5), 5-448 (4), 6-477 (6), 7-480 (8), 8-540 (9), 9-555 (10), 10-581 (7) Maharashtra Bowling O M R W O M R W Hazare 25 5 78 2 (2) 36 12 67 2 Patwardhan 10 0 34 1 (1) 12 1 32 0 Harris 15 5 29 1 (5) 17 3 58 1 Jadhav 10 0 45 0 18 3 58 2 Sohoni 5.5 0 32 3 (3) 31 5 97 3 Deodhar 1 0 1 0 8.3 3 19 0 United Provinces Bowling O M R W O M R W Alexander 33 5 98 1 8nb 1 0 1 0 Masood Salahuddin 22 2 90 2 9nb 0.5 0 7 0 Palia 46 14 95 1 Aftab Ahmed 25 3 97 2 Garudachar 11 0 45 1 1nb Murthy 27 0 112 2 Iqbal Ahmed Khan 1 0 8 0 Umpires: Toss: United Provinces Close of Play: 1st day: Maharashtra (1) 131-0 (Bhandarkar 54*, Sohoni 67*); 2nd day: Maharashtra (1) 477-6 (Harris 9*, Jadhav 0*); 3rd day: United Provinces (2) 240-4 (Palia 156*). K.V.Bhandarkar’s 132 took 272 minutes and included 12 fours. P.E.Palia’s 216 took 331 minutes and included 25 fours. 59