First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

EUROPEANS v INDIANS Played at Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras, January 12, 13, 14, 1941. Indians won by 97 runs. INDIANS 1 V.N.Madhava Rao c Law b McHatton 19 b Johnstone 55 2 M.Swaminathan c Johnstone b Spitteler 14 c Johnstone b Versey-Brown 6 3 A.G.Ram Singh c Johnstone b Versey-Brown 44 c Law b Versey-Brown 6 4 B.S.R.Bhadradri lbw b Johnstone 11 run out 54 5 T.D.Narayanaswami Rao b McHatton 1 c McHatton b Johnstone 4 6 G.Parthasarathi b Spitteler 32 c Law b Johnstone 1 7 *M.J.Gopalan b Versey-Brown 51 c Law b Versey-Brown 25 8 N.J.Venkatesan c Johnstone b Versey-Brown 4 c O’Callaghan b Versey-Brown 3 9 †M.O.Srinivasan not out 7 c Nailer b Versey-Brown 0 10 B.S.Krishna Rao b Versey-Brown 11 c and b Spitteler 2 11 C.R.Rangachari c O’Callaghan b Versey-Brown 0 not out 2 Extras 15 10 —— —— 209 168 FoW (1): 1-29 (1), 2-47 (2), 3-86 (4), 4-87 (5), 5-108 (3), 6-162 (6), 7-179 (8), 8-191 (7), 9-209 (10), 10-209 (11) FoW (2): 1-13 (2), 2-21 (3), 3-109 (1), 4-123 (5), 5-125 (6), 6-142 (4), 7-150 (8), 8-152 (9), 9-154 (10), 10-168 (7) EUROPEANS 1 *C.P.Johnstone c Srinivasan b Ram Singh 39 b Ram Singh 16 2 J.A.G.C.Law c Srinivasan b Rangachari 1 c Gopalan b Ram Singh 17 3 C.N.Reed c Bhadradri b Rangachari 59 c Rangachari b Ram Singh 14 4 H.B.McHatton c Madhava Rao b Krishna Rao 14 (7) c Ram Singh b Rangachari 0 5 R.S.Nailer c Parthasarathi b Krishna Rao 2 (4) b Rangachari 21 6 †H.P.Ward c Parthasarathi b Rangachari 24 (5) st Srinivasan b Ram Singh 39 7 D.A.S.Day st Srinivasan b Rangachari 3 (6) b Rangachari 0 8 L.O’Callaghan c Ram Singh b Rangachari 6 c Krishna Rao b Ram Singh 3 9 J.R.Shadwell c Narayanaswami Rao b Ram Singh 1 c and b Ram Singh 1 10 J.S.Versey-Brown b Ram Singh 0 not out 0 11 R.A.Spitteler not out 0 b Rangachari 1 Extras 15 4 —— —— 164 116 FoW (1): 1-23 (2), 2-55 (1), 3-106 (4), 4-110 (5), 5-146 (3), 6-151 (7), 7-157 (6), 8-164 (8), 9-164 (9), 10-164 (10) FoW (2): 1-29 (1), 2-36 (2), 3-63 (3), 4-73 (4), 5-73 (6), 6-89 (7), 7-93 (8), 8-96 (9), 9-115 (5), 10-116 (11) Europeans Bowling O M R W O M R W Versey-Brown 22.2 7 47 5 24.5 5 64 5 O’Callaghan 11 4 18 0 7 0 13 0 Spitteler 24 6 86 2 15 2 43 1 McHatton 12 3 26 2 7 2 17 0 Johnstone 7 0 17 1 14 7 17 3 Day (6) 2 0 4 0 Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Gopalan 3 1 10 0 2 0 4 0 Ram Singh 28.2 8 57 3 22 6 59 6 Venkatesan 12 2 24 0 6 3 10 0 Rangachari 19 4 41 5 15.4 4 30 4 Krishna Rao 5 0 17 2 1 0 9 0 Umpires: V.S.Natarajan and J.Subbuswami. Toss: Indians Close of Play: 1st day: Europeans (1) 58-2 (Reed 18*, McHatton 0*); 2nd day: Indians (2) 144-6 (Gopalan 6*, Venkatesan 2*). 95