First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

BENGAL v UNITED PROVINCES Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, December 7, 8, 9, 1940. United Provinces won by 144 runs. UNITED PROVINCES 1 E.Alexander st Bedwell b Bhattacharya 21 b Bhattacharya 2 2 Firasat Hussain lbw b Kendrew 0 (6) c Bhattacharya b Behrend 30 3 *P.E.Palia b Bhattacharya 45 c and b Chatterjee 65 4 J.P.Phansalkar lbw b Bhattacharjee 51 (5) lbw b Behrend 27 5 Shamim Khwaja run out 27 (7) hit wkt b Chatterjee 21 6 †Dilawar Hussain c Bedwell b Bhattacharya 2 (2) lbw b Bhattacharya 9 7 Aftab Ahmed not out 21 (4) c Bhattacharya b Kendrew 0 8 Masood Salahuddin b Bhattacharjee 4 (9) c Ramchandra b Bhattacharya 13 9 B.K.Garudachar c Behrend b Bhattacharya 9 (8) b Behrend 39 10 Wahidullah b Bhattacharya 1 not out 2 11 A.S.N.Murthy b Bhattacharya 0 st Bedwell b Bhattacharya 4 Extras 10 14 —— —— 191 226 FoW (1): 1-4 (2), 2-45 (1), 3-88 (3), 4-154 (4), 5-154 (5), 6-166 (6), 7-171 (8), 8-184 (9), 9-189 (10), 10-191 (11) FoW (2): 1-10 (2), 2-18 (1), 3-21 (4), 4-97 (5), 5-141 (3), 6-150 (6), 7-201 (7), 8-215 (9), 9-221 (8), 10-226 (11) BENGAL 1 S.W.E.Behrend b Firasat Hussain 20 (10) c and b Firasat Hussain 5 2 A.Jabbar lbw b Firasat Hussain 5 (1) lbw b Alexander 9 3 K.Bhattacharya b Alexander 4 (8) not out 30 4 S.Bose b Palia 38 (3) b Alexander 0 5 *N.M.Bose c Firasat Hussain b Aftab Ahmed 10 (4) c Dilawar Hussain b Alexander 4 6 N.C.Chatterjee b Palia 1 (2) b Alexander 22 7 B.Ramchandra b Masood Salahuddin 25 (5) c Murthy b Palia 17 8 A.Kamal not out 31 (6) b Firasat Hussain 0 9 T.S.Bhattacharjee b Masood Salahuddin 5 st Dilawar Hussain b Aftab Ahmed 5 10 †J.S.Bedwell b Firasat Hussain 4 (11) c Firasat Hussain b Palia 1 11 N.A.Kendrew b Palia 2 (7) b Firasat Hussain 23 Extras 2 10 —— —— 147 126 FoW (1): 1-20 (2), 2-29 (3), 3-46 (1), 4-63 (5), 5-68 (6), 6-85 (4), 7-115 (7), 8-121 (9), 9-144 (10), 10-147 (11) FoW (2): 1-33 (1), 2-33 (3), 3-38 (2), 4-39 (4), 5-42 (6), 6-66 (5), 7-91 (7), 8-112 (9), 9-123 (10), 10-126 (11) Bengal Bowling O M R W O M R W Behrend 10 0 34 0 (3) 17 3 71 3 Kendrew 11 6 20 1 (4) 11 0 27 1 Bhattacharya 23 4 41 6 (1) 32.3 5 60 4 Bhattacharjee 10 2 40 2 (2) 8 1 23 0 Ramchandra 6 0 20 0 4 0 10 0 Chatterjee 8 0 26 0 8 1 21 2 United Provinces Bowling O M R W O M R W Alexander 10 2 32 1 6 0 20 4 Masood Salahuddin 13 6 17 2 2 0 18 0 Palia 14.5 3 30 3 (4) 5.1 1 25 2 Aftab Ahmed 6 0 23 1 (5) 3 0 14 1 Garudachar 1 0 7 0 Firasat Hussain 22 9 36 3 (3) 12 1 39 3 Umpires: M.K.Banerjee and J.Subbuswami. Toss: United Provinces Close of Play: 1st day: Bengal (1) 20-1 (Behrend 15*, Bhattacharya 0*); 2nd day: United Provinces (2) 97-4 (Palia 48*, Firasat Hussain 0*). 77