First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

MAHARASHTRA v BOMBAY Played at Poona Club Ground, November 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 1940. Match drawn. MAHARASHTRA 1 K.V.Bhandarkar c and b Havewala 91 2 S.W.Sohoni lbw b Hakim 120 3 R.V.Bhajekar c Havewala b Ibrahim 0 4 *D.B.Deodhar c sub b Havewala 246 5 V.S.Hazare c Hindlekar b Rangnekar 76 6 †Y.N.Gokhale run out 17 7 C.T.Sarwate lbw b Hakim 14 8 B.J.Mohoni hit wkt b Hakim 8 9 Ushaq Ahmed lbw b Havewala 54 10 K.M.Jadhav b Merchant 6 11 M.K.Patwardhan not out 21 Extras b 14, lb 3, w 3, nb 2 22 —— 675 FoW (1): 1-204 (1), 2-205 (3), 3-216 (2), 4-371 (5), 5-393 (6), 6-429 (7), 7-441 (8), 8-588 (9), 9-632 (10), 10-675 (4) BOMBAY 1 †D.D.Hindlekar c Mohoni b Patwardhan 0 2 L.B.Kenny b Sohoni 67 3 A.A.Hakim c Deodhar b Sohoni 23 4 S.M.Kadri c Hazare b Sarwate 45 5 *V.M.Merchant b Hazare 109 6 K.M.Rangnekar c Mohoni b Sarwate 202 7 K.C.Ibrahim st Gokhale b Mohoni 61 8 J.B.Khot c Mohoni b Patwardhan 55 9 M.S.Naik c Sohoni b Hazare 34 10 D.R.Havewala c Deodhar b Hazare 14 11 K.K.Tarapore not out 16 Extras b 18, lb 6 24 —— 650 FoW (1): 1-0 (1), 2-48 (3), 3-122 (4), 4-219 (2), 5-304 (5), 6-451 (7), 7-569 (6), 8-617 (8), 9-619 (9), 10-650 (10) Bombay Bowling O M R W Merchant 21 3 52 1 Hakim 41 6 153 3 Khot 19 3 66 0 Havewala 52.1 7 137 3 Tarapore 16 6 117 0 Ibrahim 18 4 47 1 Kenny 1 0 13 0 Rangnekar 19 1 58 1 Naik 2 0 10 0 Maharashtra Bowling O M R W Patwardhan 30 8 72 2 Sohoni 58 12 139 2 Hazare 66.1 21 132 3 Ushaq Ahmed 40 11 80 0 Sarwate 73 13 154 2 Jadhav 12 1 34 0 Mohoni 3 0 9 1 Deodhar 4 0 6 0 Umpires: N.D.Marshall and D.K.Naik. Toss: Maharashtra Close of Play: 1st day: Maharashtra (1) 385-4 (Deodhar 80*, Gokhale 9*); 2nd day: Bombay (1) 0-1 (Kenny 0*, Hakim 0*); 3rd day: Bombay (1) 215-3 (Kenny 67*, Merchant 69*); 4th day: Bombay (1) 501-6 (Rangnekar 160*, Khot 20*). The match was scheduled for three days but extended to five. S.W.Sohoni’s 120 took 165 minutes and included 13 fours. D.B.Deodhar’s 246 included 19 fours. V.M.Merchant’s 109 took 262 minutes and included 9 fours. K.M.Rangnekar’s 202 took 365 minutes and included 22 fours. Deodhar had a runner from lunch on the second day when his score was 129*. 69