First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

INDIAN XI v CEYLON Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, December 26, 27, 28, 1940. Match drawn. INDIAN XI 1 S.K.Ganguli lbw b Kelaart 69 c Porritt b Jayasundera 64 2 M.Toufiq lbw b Kelaart 0 b Jayasundera 4 3 P.E.Palia c Navaratne b M.O.Gooneratne 38 (4) lbw b Kelaart 37 4 *C.K.Nayudu c Mendis b Porritt 29 (5) b Porritt 50 5 N.C.Chatterjee st Navaratne b M.O.Gooneratne 53 (6) not out 73 6 S.N.Banerjee c A.H.Gooneratne b Kelaart 43 (7) not out 25 7 S.Bose b Kelaart 2 8 A.Jabbar lbw b M.O.Gooneratne 4 (3) c Kelaart b Jayawickreme 21 9 K.Bhattacharya c Navaratne b M.O.Gooneratne 1 10 †L.E.Hunt lbw b Porritt 10 11 J.Nuttall not out 0 Extras 2 19 —— —— 251 (5 wickets, declared) 293 FoW (1): 1-1 (2), 2-69 (3), 3-116 (4), 4-164 (1), 5-197 (5), 6-200 (7), 7-207 (8), 8-211 (9), 9-247 (10), 10-251 (6) FoW (2): 1-9 (2), 2-61 (3), 3-122 (1), 4-180 (4), 5-209 (5) CEYLON 1 W.L.Mendis c Nayudu b Palia 12 not out 22 2 J.E.Pulle c Hunt b Banerjee 4 c Toufiq b Nuttall 35 3 A.M.H.Kelaart lbw b Bhattacharya 0 c Nuttall b Chatterjee 1 4 *S.S.Jayawickreme c Nayudu b Banerjee 138 5 G.J.D.Gooneratne lbw b Bhattacharya 44 6 A.H.Gooneratne lbw b Banerjee 34 (4) not out 13 7 F.W.E.Porritt c Palia b Bhattacharya 49 8 H.S.Roberts b Nayudu 16 9 M.O.Gooneratne c Palia b Nayudu 0 10 †B.Navaratne lbw b Palia 18 11 D.S.Jayasundera not out 37 Extras 20 11 —— —— 372 (2 wickets) 82 FoW (1): 1-7 (2), 2-8 (3), 3-24 (1), 4-176 (5), 5-233 (4), 6-259 (6), 7-276 (8), 8-276 (9), 9-315 (10), 10-372 (7) FoW (2): 1-57 (2), 2-58 (3) Ceylon Bowling O M R W O M R W Jayasundera 4 2 9 0 24 4 78 2 Kelaart 20.3 2 70 4 36 12 83 1 A.H.Gooneratne 3 0 17 0 3 0 11 0 Jayawickreme 5 2 28 0 17 8 33 1 M.O.Gooneratne 16 1 79 4 4 0 21 0 Porritt 5 0 19 2 17 2 48 1 G.J.D.Gooneratne 3 0 27 0 Indian XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Banerjee 28 3 114 3 6 0 17 0 Nayudu 30 4 83 2 2 0 12 0 Bhattacharya 19.4 5 49 3 4 1 7 0 Palia 27 6 58 2 Nuttall 3 0 11 0 (4) 7 3 17 1 Chatterjee 8 0 37 0 (5) 6 1 18 1 Umpires: Toss: Indian XI Close of Play: 1st day: Ceylon (1) 96-3 (Jayawickreme 56*, G.J.D.Gooneratne 18*); 2nd day: Indian XI (2) 42-1 (Ganguli 23*, Jabbar 8*). S.S.Jayawickreme’s 138 took 189 minutes and included 15 fours. 87