First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

MADRAS v CEYLON Played at Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras, December 20, 21, 22, 1940. Ceylon won by three wickets. MADRAS 1 *C.P.Johnstone b A.H.Gooneratne 51 c Navaratne b Porritt 26 2 V.N.Madhava Rao lbw b Kelaart 5 st Navaratne b Jayawickreme 19 3 A.G.Ram Singh lbw b A.H.Gooneratne 65 c Navaratne b A.H.Gooneratne 103 4 M.S.Gopal lbw b A.H.Gooneratne 7 c and b A.H.Gooneratne 20 5 R.S.Nailer lbw b Jayasundera 37 b Jayasundera 35 6 N.J.Venkatesan not out 15 (7) c Jayawickreme b Jayasundera 6 7 M.J.Gopalan lbw b Jayasundera 0 (6) c Porritt b G.J.D.Gooneratne 9 8 †T.M.Doraiswami b Jayasundera 0 run out 10 9 J.S.Versey-Brown b Jayasundera 0 (10) lbw b Kelaart 2 10 B.S.Krishna Rao b A.H.Gooneratne 3 (9) b A.H.Gooneratne 6 11 C.R.Rangachari b A.H.Gooneratne 2 not out 0 Extras 4 7 —— —— 189 243 FoW (1): 1-12 (2), 2-106 (1), 3-114 (4), 4-149 (3), 5-178 (5), 6-178 (7), 7-178 (8), 8-178 (9), 9-187 (10), 10-189 (11) FoW (2): 1-38 (1), 2-66 (2), 3-114 (4), 4-167 (5), 5-189 (6), 6-205 (7), 7-223 (8), 8-230 (9), 9-242 (10), 10-243 (3) CEYLON 1 J.E.Pulle c Nailer b Venkatesan 18 (2) c and b Krishna Rao 9 2 W.L.Mendis c Johnstone b Venkatesan 25 (1) lbw b Gopalan 10 3 R.A.K.Solomons b Venkatesan 12 (4) c and b Johnstone 27 4 A.M.H.Kelaart c Gopalan b Ram Singh 50 (3) lbw b Versey-Brown 14 5 G.J.D.Gooneratne b Krishna Rao 58 (6) b Ram Singh 28 6 *S.S.Jayawickreme c and b Gopalan 42 (5) b Versey-Brown 2 7 F.W.E.Porritt c Rangachari b Krishna Rao 0 (8) not out 25 8 A.H.Gooneratne st Doraiswami b Krishna Rao 6 (7) st Doraiswami b Gopalan 45 9 H.S.Roberts c Versey-Brown b Krishna Rao 22 not out 10 10 †B.Navaratne lbw b Rangachari 6 11 D.S.Jayasundera not out 0 Extras 16 14 —— —— 255 (7 wickets) 184 FoW (1): 1-39 (1), 2-51 (2), 3-63 (3), 4-155 (4), 5-186 (5), 6-186 (7), 7-203 (8), 8-237 (9), 9-253 (10), 10-255 (6) FoW (2): 1-16 (1), 2-24 (2), 3-40 (3), 4-44 (5), 5-77 (4), 6-120 (6), 7-174 (7) Ceylon Bowling O M R W O M R W Jayasundera 17 4 33 4 20 3 42 2 Kelaart 20 6 41 1 26 6 64 1 Porritt 26 4 74 0 16 4 42 1 Jayawickreme 9 4 12 0 8 2 19 1 Solomons 2 0 7 0 2 0 5 0 A.H.Gooneratne 10.1 3 18 5 12.3 2 45 3 G.J.D.Gooneratne (7) 6 1 19 1 Madras Bowling O M R W O M R W Versey-Brown 8 2 15 0 (3) 14 0 42 2 Rangachari 9 0 28 1 5 1 14 0 Ram Singh 16 2 36 1 (4) 14 3 44 1 Venkatesan 20 0 58 3 (5) 7 0 23 0 Krishna Rao 16 0 63 4 (6) 8 1 23 1 Johnstone 5 0 21 0 (7) 3 0 7 1 Gopalan 7 1 18 1 (1) 6 2 17 2 Umpires: L.O’Callaghan and J.Subbuswami. Toss: Madras Close of Play: 1st day: Ceylon (1) 76-3 (Kelaart 6*, G.J.D.Gooneratne 11*); 2nd day: Madras (2) 100-2 (Ram Singh 30*, Gopal 19*). A.G.Ram Singh’s 103 took 210 minutes and included 12 fours. Ceylon batted on after winning. 82