FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

SURREY v INDIANS Played at Kennington Oval, May 11, 13, 14, 1946. Indians won by nine wickets. INDIANS 1 *V.M.Merchant b Squires 53 not out 15 2 V.S.Hazare lbw b A.V.Bedser 0 3 R.S.Modi b A.V.Bedser 0 not out 4 4 Gul Mohammad b A.V.Bedser 89 5 †R.B.Nimbalkar c Mobey b Parker 18 6 S.Mushtaq Ali lbw b Parker 6 7 S.W.Sohoni lbw b Watts 6 8 M.H.Mankad c Mobey b A.V.Bedser 16 9 C.S.Nayudu c Bennett b A.V.Bedser 9 10 C.T.Sarwate not out 124 (2) c Watts b A.V.Bedser 1 11 S.N.Banerjee b Parker 121 Extras b 7, lb 4, nb 1 12 —— —— 454 (1 wicket) 20 FoW (1): 1-2, 2-10, 3-121, 4-143, 5-155, 6-165, 7-188, 8-201, 9-205, 10-454 FoW (2): 1-15 SURREY 1 R.J.Gregory lbw b Sohoni 16 lbw b Mankad 100 2 L.B.Fishlock hit wkt b Nayudu 62 c Merchant b Hazare 83 3 H.S.Squires c Nimbalkar b Hazare 4 st Nimbalkar b Nayudu 21 4 H.T.Barling b Hazare 8 (5) b Mankad 16 5 J.F.Parker c Merchant b Banerjee 20 (4) b Sarwate 20 6 E.A.Bedser lbw b Mankad 6 lbw b Sarwate 21 7 E.A.Watts b Mankad 2 st Nimbalkar b Sarwate 2 8 *N.H.Bennett c Mushtaq Ali b Nayudu 0 c Mankad b Sarwate 24 9 A.V.Bedser b Nayudu 0 not out 31 10 A.R.Gover lbw b Banerjee 7 lbw b Sarwate 0 11 †G.S.Mobey not out 6 lbw b Mankad 5 Extras b 1, lb 1, nb 2 4 b 5, lb 9, w 1 15 —— —— 135 338 FoW (1): 1-31, 2-38, 3-54, 4-100, 5-118, 6-118, 7-118, 8-118, 9-124, 10-135 FoW (2): 1-144, 2-196, 3-232, 4-235, 5-269, 6-274, 7-285, 8-326, 9-327, 10-338 Surrey Bowling O M R W O M R W Gover 7 2 18 0 A.V.Bedser 47 8 135 5 (1) 3 0 14 1 Watts 38 7 122 1 (2) 2.5 0 6 0 Parker 27.2 7 64 3 Squires 12 1 36 1 E.A.Bedser 8 0 25 0 Gregory 5 1 23 0 Fishlock 3 0 19 0 Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Hazare 16 9 20 2 16 5 36 1 Sohoni 9 1 31 1 6 0 15 0 Banerjee 9 0 42 2 11 1 45 0 Nayudu 12 3 30 3 25 4 93 1 Mankad 5 1 8 2 25 7 80 3 Sarwate (6) 16 5 54 5 Umpires: A.Skelding and C.N.Woolley. Toss: Indians Close of Play: 1st day: Indians (1) 398-9 (Sarwate 102*, Banerjee 87*); 2nd day: Surrey (2) 172-1 (Gregory 70*, Squires 9*). C.T.Sarwate’s 124 included 9 fours. S.N.Banerjee’s 121 took 190 minutes and included 14 fours. R.J.Gregory’s 100 took 175 minutes and included 10 fours. C.S.Nayudu took a hat-trick in the Surrey first innings (Fishlock, Bennett, A.V.Bedser). 104