FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

SOUTH ZONE v AUSTRALIAN SERVICES Played at Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras, December 2, 3, 4, 1945. Australian Services won by six wickets. SOUTH ZONE 1 *C.P.Johnstone b Miller 18 lbw b Ellis 21 2 P.E.Palia c Stanford b Cristofani 48 b Pettiford 24 3 Asghar Ali lbw b Ellis 15 (4) run out 21 4 E.B.Aibara not out 49 (3) c Pettiford b Miller 45 5 A.G.Ram Singh b Price 6 c Williams b Roper 42 6 G.F.Upjohn c Williams b Price 0 c and b Price 2 7 M.J.Gopalan c Roper b Ellis 15 lbw b Roper 41 8 A.Ananthanarayanan lbw b Price 1 b Price 0 9 †I.Sanjiva Rao lbw b Ellis 0 not out 11 10 Ghulam Ahmed c Cristofani b Ellis 0 (11) b Miller 0 11 C.R.Rangachari lbw b Price 0 (10) b Miller 16 Extras 7 10 —— —— 159 233 FoW (1): 1-40 (1), 2-79 (2), 3-82 (3), 4-108 (5), 5-116 (6), 6-154 (7), 7-157 (8), 8-158 (9), 9-158 (10), 10-159 (11) FoW (2): 1-49 (2), 2-49 (1), 3-118 (4), 4-118 (3), 5-128 (6), 6-192 (5), 7-193 (8), 8-205 (7), 9-233 (10), 10-233 (11) AUSTRALIAN SERVICES 1 D.K.Carmody c Rangachari b Ghulam Ahmed 33 (2) not out 87 2 J.A.Workman b Palia 76 (1) c Rangachari b Ghulam Ahmed 21 3 J.Pettiford b Ghulam Ahmed 4 c Johnstone b Ghulam Ahmed 8 4 *K.R.Miller b Ghulam Ahmed 0 c Johnstone b Ghulam Ahmed 8 5 R.M.Stanford st Sanjiva Rao b Ram Singh 1 c Johnstone b Ghulam Ahmed 3 6 D.R.Cristofani c Ghulam Ahmed b Ram Singh 10 not out 54 7 E.A.Williams c Johnstone b Ram Singh 0 8 C.F.T.Price b Palia 31 9 A.W.Roper b Rangachari 18 10 R.S.Ellis c and b Ghulam Ahmed 0 11 †C.D.Bremner not out 2 Extras 20 17 —— —— 195 (4 wickets) 198 FoW (1): 1-65 (1), 2-69 (3), 3-71 (4), 4-74 (5), 5-84 (6), 6-88 (7), 7-173 (8), 8-174 (2), 9-175 (10), 10-195 (9) FoW (2): 1-59 (1), 2-73 (3), 3-90 (4), 4-100 (5) Australian Services Bowling O M R W O M R W Roper 7 2 6 0 12 1 45 2 Williams 3 0 10 0 Pettiford 9 0 48 0 (2) 13 3 38 1 Miller 3 2 8 1 (3) 9.3 4 19 3 Cristofani 10 3 26 1 (4) 2 1 5 0 Ellis 12 3 21 4 (5) 26 7 58 1 Price 11.4 2 33 4 (6) 12 0 51 2 Carmody (7) 2 0 7 0 South Zone Bowling O M R W O M R W Gopalan 4 0 23 0 3 1 3 0 Rangachari 10.4 3 31 1 3 1 19 0 Ram Singh 23 4 57 3 16.4 1 75 0 Ghulam Ahmed 23 4 56 4 17 3 59 4 Palia 4 0 8 2 13 5 25 0 Umpires: T.A.Ramachandran and M.G.Vijayasarathi. Toss: South Zone Close of Play: 1st day: Australian Services (1) 124-6 (Workman 52*, Price 14*); 2nd day: South Zone (2) 213-8 (Sanjiva Rao 1*, Rangachari 7*). 12