FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

EAST ZONE v AUSTRALIAN SERVICES Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, November 21, 22, 23, 1945. East Zone won by two wickets. AUSTRALIAN SERVICES 1 R.S.Whitington c and b Banerjee 0 c Phansalkar b Banerjee 0 2 J.A.Workman c and b C.S.Nayudu 25 c Parthasarathi b Chowdhury 5 3 J.Pettiford b Chowdhury 9 lbw b Banerjee 15 4 *A.L.Hassett c Mushtaq Ali b Chowdhury 25 (6) c C.K.Nayudu b C.S.Nayudu 125 5 K.R.Miller st Parthasarathi b Sarwate 17 (7) c Parthasarathi b Sarwate 1 6 C.G.Pepper b C.S.Nayudu 0 (8) b Sarwate 7 7 D.R.Cristofani b C.S.Nayudu 10 (9) b Chowdhury 69 8 E.A.Williams c Nimbalkar b Chowdhury 3 (10) c Chowdhury b Sarwate 27 9 C.F.T.Price not out 15 (4) c Banerjee b Chowdhury 2 10 A.W.Roper lbw b Sarwate 0 (5) b C.S.Nayudu 28 11 †C.D.Bremner b Sarwate 0 not out 0 Extras 3 25 —— —— 107 304 FoW (1): 1-0 (1), 2-27 (3), 3-57 (4), 4-60 (2), 5-60 (6), 6-72 (7), 7-85 (8), 8-107 (5), 9-107 (10), 10-107 (11) FoW (2): 1-0 (1), 2-16 (2), 3-18 (4), 4-48 (3), 5-85 (5), 6-86 (7), 7-100 (8), 8-236 (9), 9-300 (6), 10-304 (10) EAST ZONE 1 S.N.Banerjee st Bremner b Cristofani 11 c Whitington b Williams 6 2 C.T.Sarwate c Hassett b Roper 2 lbw b Cristofani 13 3 S.Mushtaq Ali c Workman b Cristofani 46 b Williams 58 4 D.C.S.Compton run out 0 b Roper 101 5 B.B.Nimbalkar c Roper b Pepper 0 (8) not out 33 6 *C.K.Nayudu c Roper b Cristofani 25 st Bremner b Pepper 11 7 C.S.Nayudu lbw b Price 24 b Roper 33 8 N.C.Chatterjee c Cristofani b Price 11 (5) lbw b Pepper 1 9 J.P.Phansalkar hit wkt b Cristofani 0 c Hassett b Cristofani 1 10 †T.V.Parthasarathi b Price 4 not out 8 11 N.R.Chowdhury not out 0 Extras 8 19 —— —— 131 (8 wickets) 284 FoW (1): 1-8 (2), 2-50 (1), 3-66 (4), 4-66 (5), 5-70 (3), 6-107 (7), 7-117 (6), 8-121 (9), 9-130 (10), 10-131 (8) FoW (2): 1-15 (1), 2-46 (2), 3-127 (3), 4-140 (5), 5-170 (6), 6-233 (4), 7-238 (7), 8-255 (9) East Zone Bowling O M R W O M R W Banerjee 7 1 17 1 16 2 61 2 Nimbalkar 3 0 15 0 2 0 17 0 Chowdhury 11 1 35 3 14 6 39 3 C.S.Nayudu 9 2 29 3 16 0 77 2 Sarwate 2 0 8 3 13.5 1 63 3 C.K.Nayudu (6) 1 0 13 0 Mushtaq Ali (7) 1 0 9 0 Australian Services Bowling O M R W O M R W Roper 4 0 11 1 12 1 51 2 Williams 5 0 15 0 20 7 55 2 Pepper 9 0 37 1 (5) 18.5 2 78 2 Cristofani 15 2 46 4 (3) 20 2 65 2 Price 7.2 2 14 3 (4) 4 0 16 0 Umpires: M.K.Banerjee and P.A.H.Carey. Toss: Australian Services Close of Play: 1st day: Australian Services (2) 29-3 (Pettiford 13*, Roper 5*); 2nd day: East Zone (2) 122-2 (Mushtaq Ali 53*, Compton 39*). A.L.Hassett’s 125 took 155 minutes and included 17 fours. D.C.S.Compton’s 101 took 156 minutes and included 15 fours. 9