FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

LEICESTERSHIRE v INDIANS Played at Grace Road, Leicester, May 18, 20, 21, 1946. Match drawn. INDIANS 1 V.M.Merchant not out 111 not out 57 2 S.Mushtaq Ali lbw b Sperry 12 run out 6 3 V.S.Hazare b Jackson 27 b Sperry 4 4 L.Amarnath b Jackson 16 c Howard b Sperry 0 5 C.S.Nayudu c Howard b Prentice 6 (6) b Tilley 16 6 Abdul Hafeez b Tilley 14 (5) b Jackson 10 7 S.W.Sohoni lbw b Tilley 0 st Corrall b Sperry 7 8 †D.D.Hindlekar b Tilley 0 not out 3 9 *Nawab of Pataudi 10 S.G.Shinde 11 M.H.Mankad Extras b 6, lb 6 12 b 2, lb 2 4 —— —— (7 wickets, declared) 198 (6 wickets, declared) 107 FoW (1): 1-24, 2-124, 3-162, 4-173, 5-198, 6-198, 7-198 FoW (2): 1-12, 2-20, 3-20, 4-54, 5-79, 6-101 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *G.L.Berry c Sohoni b Amarnath 67 2 G.S.Watson b Mankad 23 (1) b Hazare 2 3 F.T.Prentice b Nayudu 19 not out 10 4 M.Tompkin lbw b Mankad 8 (2) not out 11 5 V.E.Jackson b Nayudu 1 6 A.Riddington b Amarnath 11 7 J.Howard c Mankad b Hazare 2 8 †P.Corrall not out 0 9 J.Sperry b Amarnath 0 10 E.W.Tilley b Amarnath 1 11 J.E.Walsh absent hurt 0 Extras b 8, lb 4 12 w 1 1 —— —— 144 (1 wicket) 24 FoW (1): 1-49, 2-100, 3-113, 4-124, 5-139, 6-142, 7-142, 8-142, 9-144 FoW (2): 1-3 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Sperry 17 4 40 1 (2) 18 4 33 3 Tilley 11.5 2 33 3 (1) 13 4 23 1 Jackson 21 5 42 2 10 1 21 1 Walsh 9 1 21 0 Prentice 14 6 29 1 6 0 13 0 Riddington 11 4 21 0 (4) 11 5 13 0 Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Hazare 12 7 19 1 (2) 11 4 10 1 Amarnath 15.3 8 14 4 (1) 12 5 13 0 Mankad 30 15 22 2 Shinde 2 0 16 0 Nayudu 24 4 61 2 Umpires: E.Cooke and Harold Elliott. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Indians (1) 86-1 (Merchant 54*, Hazare 16*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (1) 83-1 (Berry 41*, Prentice 14*). 113