First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

BIHAR v BENGAL Played at Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, November 30, December 1, 2, 1940. Match drawn. BENGAL 1 A.Jabbar b Bose 6 c Mody b Khambatta 68 2 S.W.E.Behrend b Khambatta 50 3 S.Bose c Naoroji b Khambatta 37 4 *N.M.Bose c Naoroji b Bose 31 5 N.C.Chatterjee lbw b Zahur Ahmed 11 (3) b Zahur Ahmed 61 6 A.S.Garbis b Khambatta 8 (5) not out 18 7 H.M.Bose not out 35 8 B.Ramchandra c and b Sen 51 9 K.Bhattacharya b Banerjee 9 (4) not out 35 10 †K.R.Roy b Banerjee 1 11 T.S.Bhattacharjee b Banerjee 2 (2) run out 62 Extras 16 18 —— —— 257 (3 wickets, declared) 262 FoW (1): 1-8 (1), 2- (3), 3- (4), 4- (2), 5- (5), 6- (6), 7-232 (8), 8- (9), 9- (10), 10-257 (11) FoW (2): 1-95 (2), 2-198 (1), 3-220 (3) BIHAR 1 S.Bagchi c N.M.Bose b Chatterjee 31 (7) lbw b Ramchandra 5 2 S.Chakravorty c Bhattacharjee b Behrend 11 3 S.Banerjee c Roy b Behrend 8 (1) b Behrend 5 4 N.Vania c Bhattacharya b Ramchandra 14 (2) c Bhattacharya b Bhattacharjee 12 5 E.Sanjana c Bhattacharjee b Chatterjee 54 (4) b Behrend 11 6 B.Sen c Roy b Bhattacharya 31 (3) not out 17 7 Zahur Ahmed b Behrend 11 (5) b Behrend 0 8 *†K.A.D.Naoroji c and b Bhattacharjee 21 (6) c Jabbar b Behrend 0 9 N.Mody c Bhattacharya b Behrend 21 (8) not out 1 10 B.K.Bose c Roy b Behrend 0 11 D.S.Khambatta not out 5 Extras 10 7 —— —— 217 (6 wickets) 58 FoW (1): 1-18 (2), 2-36 (3), 3-70 (4), 4-72 (1), 5-151 (5), 6-168 (7), 7-172 (6), 8-207 (9), 9-207 (10), 10-217 (8) FoW (2): 1-20 (1), 2-22 (2), 3-40 (4), 4-40 (5), 5-44 (6), 6-57 (7) Bihar Bowling O M R W O M R W Khambatta 19 4 51 3 (2) 19 2 74 1 Bose 17 3 42 2 (1) 6 4 10 0 Zahur Ahmed 23 3 79 1 18 1 64 1 Chakravorty 9 1 24 0 (6) 13 2 45 0 Sen 3 0 19 1 5 0 18 0 Banerjee 3.2 1 7 3 (4) 6 2 13 0 Vania 8 2 19 0 Sanjana (7) 4 0 20 0 Bengal Bowling O M R W O M R W Behrend 19 1 68 5 8 2 24 4 Bhattacharjee 7.4 2 20 1 5 0 24 1 Bhattacharya 18 7 39 1 (5) 1 0 2 0 Chatterjee 17 2 45 2 (3) 2 2 0 0 Ramchandra 11 4 30 1 (4) 2 1 1 1 Garbis 1 0 5 0 Umpires: M.K.Banerjee, M.Dutta Roy and P.Misra. Toss: Bengal Close of Play: 1st day: Bihar (1) 8-0 (Bagchi 3*, Chakravorty 1*); 2nd day: Bengal (2) 12-0 (Jabbar 4*, Bhattacharjee 6*). P.Misra stood on the third day in place of M.Dutta Roy who had to return to Calcutta to attend to urgent business. GUJARAT v BARODA Played at Ahmedabad, November 30, December 1, 2, 1940. Gujarat won by a walk-over. Baroda conceded a walk-over due to the death of the Maharaja of Kolhapur. 74