First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

VICEROY’S XI v BENGAL GOVERNOR’S XI Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, January 3, 4, 5, 1941. Viceroy’s XI won by three wickets. BENGAL GOVERNOR’S XI 1 S.K.Ganguli c Nissar b Amir Elahi 28 (2) lbw b Nissar 1 2 S.Mushtaq Ali c Azmat Hayat b Amir Elahi 59 (1) b Amarnath 2 3 P.E.Palia c Hindlekar b Mankad 28 c Amir Elahi b Nazir Ali 21 4 *C.K.Nayudu c Nissar b Mankad 13 lbw b Amarnath 3 5 N.C.Chatterjee b Mankad 0 st Hindlekar b Nazir Ali 2 6 †Dilawar Hussain c Nazir Ali b Amarnath 31 lbw b Amir Elahi 10 7 S.N.Banerjee st Hindlekar b Amir Elahi 62 c Nissar b Amarnath 29 8 T.C.Longfield b Mankad 18 c Murawwat Hussain b Amarnath 14 9 A.G.Ram Singh c and b Amir Elahi 45 lbw b Mankad 0 10 M.Jahangir Khan c Qamaruddin Sheikh b Amir Elahi 60 c Nazir Ali b Amir Elahi 18 11 K.Bhattacharya not out 7 not out 7 Extras 13 16 —— —— 364 123 FoW (1): 1-69 (2), 2-100 (1), 3-132 (4), 4-132 (5), 5-135 (3), 6-220 (6), 7-244 (7), 8-260 (8), 9-350 (10), 10-364 (9) FoW (2): 1-3 (1), 2-4 (2), 3- (4), 4-37 (3), 5-38 (5), 6-59 (6), 7-92 (8), 8-92 (9), 9-94 (7), 10-123 (10) VICEROY’S XI 1 †D.D.Hindlekar c Dilawar Hussain b Longfield 8 b Nayudu 39 2 M.H.Mankad c Longfield b Palia 11 c sub b Nayudu 26 3 Murawwat Hussain lbw b Banerjee 6 (7) c Ganguli b Nayudu 2 4 Qamaruddin Sheikh c Dilawar Hussain b Jahangir Khan 42 (3) lbw b Longfield 2 5 L.Amarnath c Dilawar Hussain b Jahangir Khan 62 (4) b Longfield 0 6 S.Nazir Ali run out 26 (5) c Dilawar Hussain b Nayudu 7 7 *Maharaja of Patiala b Ram Singh 24 (8) c Nayudu b Longfield 24 8 Azmat Hayat c Palia b Ram Singh 65 (6) not out 61 9 Bhalindra Singh c Chatterjee b Banerjee 18 not out 18 10 Amir Elahi c Banerjee b Ram Singh 29 11 M.Nissar not out 1 Extras 10 10 —— —— 302 (7 wickets) 189 FoW (1): 1-9 (1), 2-16 (3), 3-44 (2), 4-86 (4), 5-151 (6), 6-183 (7), 7-185 (5), 8-240 (9), 9-299 (10), 10-302 (8) FoW (2): 1-48 (2), 2-51 (3), 3-51 (4), 4-70 (5), 5-77 (1), 6-82 (7), 7-121 (8) Viceroy’s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Nissar 9 3 29 0 (2) 2 0 9 1 Amarnath 10 2 34 1 (1) 14 3 30 4 Amir Elahi 30.2 0 160 5 (4) 6.5 0 44 2 Murawwat Hussain 2 0 16 0 Mankad 22 1 95 4 3 1 10 1 Patiala 4 1 17 0 Nazir Ali (3) 5 1 14 2 Bengal Governor’s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Banerjee 21 4 64 2 4 0 17 0 Jahangir Khan 26 9 57 2 6 1 18 0 Longfield 9 1 25 1 (4) 14 1 37 3 Nayudu 7 0 20 0 (5) 27.5 6 67 4 Palia 11 2 24 1 (6) 1 0 6 0 Ram Singh 22.3 4 63 3 (3) 9 0 28 0 Bhattacharya 5 0 27 0 Chatterjee 2 0 12 0 Mushtaq Ali (7) 1 0 6 0 Umpires: M.Dutta Roy and P.Mukherjee. Toss: Bengal Governor’s XI Close of Play: 1st day: Viceroy’s XI (1) 19-2 (Mankad 5*, Qamaruddin Sheikh 0*); 2nd day: Viceroy’s XI (1) 302 all out. 93