FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

M.C.C. v INDIANS Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, May 25, 27, 28, 1946. Indians won by an innings and 194 runs. INDIANS 1 V.M.Merchant c Wyatt b Davies 148 2 S.Mushtaq Ali b Gray 9 3 R.S.Modi b Wyatt 48 4 L.Amarnath b Wyatt 0 5 Gul Mohammad c Griffith b Gray 2 6 V.S.Hazare b Marsham 94 7 M.H.Mankad c Edrich b Wyatt 11 8 †D.D.Hindlekar c Bartlett b Wyatt 79 9 C.T.Sarwate b Davies 9 10 S.G.Shinde not out 21 11 *Nawab of Pataudi absent hurt 0 Extras b 13, lb 3, nb 1 17 —— 438 FoW (1): 1-19, 2-144, 3-144, 4-149, 5-266, 6-296, 7-348, 8-376, 9-438 M.C.C. 1 *R.E.S.Wyatt b Mankad 19 c Gul Mohammad b Mankad 23 2 A.P.Singleton lbw b Amarnath 20 lbw b Mankad 22 3 W.J.Edrich c and b Mankad 16 c Hindlekar b Mankad 12 4 N.W.D.Yardley b Amarnath 29 (5) c Modi b Amarnath 9 5 H.T.Bartlett b Mankad 2 (6) c Gul Mohammad b Amarnath 8 6 B.H.Valentine b Amarnath 24 (7) b Mankad 15 7 J.G.W.Davies b Hazare 0 (8) c Hazare b Amarnath 8 8 †S.C.Griffith b Amarnath 1 (4) b Mankad 4 9 A.W.H.Mallett run out 3 (10) st Hindlekar b Mankad 0 10 A.J.B.Marsham not out 8 (9) b Mankad 0 11 L.H.Gray c sub b Hazare 3 not out 0 Extras b 12, lb 2 14 lb 4 4 —— —— 139 105 FoW (1): 1-43, 2-45, 3-85, 4-93, 5-106, 6-115, 7-116, 8-119, 9-132, 10-139 FoW (2): 1-34, 2-47, 3-54, 4-71, 5-73, 6-91, 7-95, 8-95, 9-99, 10-105 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W Gray 35 7 107 2 Edrich 5 0 18 0 Mallett 29 6 69 0 Marsham 20 1 69 1 Davies 44 15 84 2 Singleton 4 0 16 0 Wyatt 18.4 6 45 4 Yardley 2 0 13 0 Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Amarnath 25 10 41 4 18.3 5 42 3 Hazare 22 7 29 2 5 1 10 0 Mankad 19 5 40 3 17 6 37 7 Sarwate 8 0 15 0 4 0 12 0 Umpires: G.Beet and H.W.Lee. Toss: Indians Close of Play: 1st day: Indians (1) 373-7 (Hindlekar 35*, Sarwate 9*); 2nd day: M.C.C. (2) 60-3 (Edrich 5*, Yardley 4*). V.M.Merchant’s 148 took 270 minutes and included 17 fours. 129