FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

INDIAN XI v AUSTRALIAN SERVICES Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, November 25, 26, 27, 28, 1945. Match drawn. INDIAN XI 1 *V.M.Merchant run out 12 not out 155 2 M.H.Mankad lbw b Williams 78 lbw b Pepper 21 3 S.Mushtaq Ali c Roper b Pepper 31 (4) c Whitington b Pepper 3 4 L.Amarnath lbw b Pepper 0 (5) c Roper b Pettiford 48 5 V.S.Hazare b Roper 65 6 R.S.Modi lbw b Pepper 75 7 Abdul Hafeez st Carmody b Ellis 37 (6) not out 86 8 D.G.Phadkar c Pepper b Ellis 8 9 C.S.Nayudu c and b Pepper 38 10 †T.V.Parthasarathi not out 11 (3) b Pepper 4 11 C.R.Rangachari b Williams 0 Extras 31 33 —— —— 386 (4 wickets, declared) 350 FoW (1): 1-36 (1), 2-92 (3), 3-96 (4), 4-155 (2), 5-230 (5), 6-300 (6), 7-322 (7), 8-339 (8), 9-381 (9), 10-386 (11) FoW (2): 1-64 (2), 2-78 (3), 3-84 (4), 4-161 (5) AUSTRALIAN SERVICES 1 †D.K.Carmody lbw b Rangachari 40 c Mankad b Amarnath 14 2 R.S.Whitington lbw b Phadkar 155 b Rangachari 4 3 J.Pettiford c Parthasarathi b Rangachari 101 not out 14 4 *A.L.Hassett c Parthasarathi b Mankad 18 5 K.R.Miller st Parthasarathi b Mankad 82 6 C.G.Pepper c and b Mankad 13 7 J.A.Workman c Parthasarathi b Amarnath 13 (4) not out 17 8 D.R.Cristofani c Modi b Amarnath 8 9 E.A.Williams not out 20 10 A.W.Roper lbw b Amarnath 1 11 R.S.Ellis b Mankad 1 Extras 20 —— —— 472 (2 wickets) 49 FoW (1): 1-49 (1), 2-267 (3), 3-312 (4), 4-340 (2), 5-371 (6), 6-412 (7), 7-424 (8), 8-468 (5), 9-471 (10), 10-472 (11) FoW (2): 1-18 (1), 2-18 (2) Australian Services Bowling O M R W O M R W Roper 20 5 40 1 7 1 36 0 Williams 18.2 3 47 2 16 3 57 0 Ellis 41 8 88 2 (4) 30 5 85 0 Cristofani 13 1 49 0 Pepper 39 8 120 4 (3) 32 9 94 3 Pettiford 3 1 4 0 (5) 14 4 31 1 Hassett 2 0 7 0 Miller (6) 7 0 14 0 Indian XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Hazare 19 4 50 0 (2) 2 0 7 0 Phadkar 19 5 35 1 (5) 5 1 11 0 Amarnath 22 7 41 3 (1) 3 0 11 1 Rangachari 16 4 40 2 (3) 3 0 12 1 Nayudu 21 0 113 0 Mankad 45 5 147 4 (4) 7 3 8 0 Abdul Hafeez 5 0 26 0 Umpires: M.G.Bhave and J.R.Patel. Toss: Indian XI Close of Play: 1st day: Indian XI (1) 266-5 (Modi 60*, Abdul Hafeez 7*); 2nd day: Australian Services (1) 222-1 (Whitington 95*, Pettiford 82*); 3rd day: Indian XI (2) 70-1 (Merchant 40*, Parthasarathi 0*). R.S.Whitington’s 155 took 300 minutes and included 15 fours. J.Pettiford’s 101 took 175 minutes and included 9 fours. V.M.Merchant’s 155 took 294 minutes and included 22 fours. 11