FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

INDIAN XI v AUSTRALIAN SERVICES Played at Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras, December 7, 8, 9, 10, 1945. Indian XI won by six wickets. AUSTRALIAN SERVICES 1 D.K.Carmody b Banerjee 0 lbw b Banerjee 92 2 R.S.Whitington c Banerjee b Sarwate 33 c Hazare b Mushtaq Ali 67 3 J.Pettiford c Modi b Hazare 12 lbw b Sarwate 18 4 C.F.T.Price b Sarwate 25 (8) lbw b Sarwate 15 5 *A.L.Hassett c Hazare b Sarwate 143 c Mushtaq Ali b Sarwate 10 6 K.R.Miller c Maka b Banerjee 2 (4) b Banerjee 7 7 C.G.Pepper lbw b Nayudu 87 (6) c Amarnath b Sarwate 15 8 D.R.Cristofani b Sarwate 5 (7) b Banerjee 29 9 E.A.Williams lbw b Banerjee 6 lbw b Banerjee 0 10 †S.G.Sismey b Banerjee 9 not out 16 11 R.S.Ellis not out 0 run out 1 Extras 17 5 —— —— 339 275 FoW (1): 1-0 (1), 2-21 (3), 3-71 (4), 4-76 (2), 5-103 (6), 6-284 (7), 7-313 (8), 8-327 (9), 9-337 (10), 10-339 (5) FoW (2): 1-133 (2), 2-164 (3), 3-173 (4), 4-198 (5), 5-202 (1), 6-242 (7), 7-244 (6), 8-244 (9), 9-270 (8), 10-275 (11) INDIAN XI 1 *V.M.Merchant lbw b Pepper 11 run out 35 2 S.Mushtaq Ali c Hassett b Pepper 28 lbw b Cristofani 37 3 L.Amarnath c Carmody b Price 113 b Hassett 9 4 Abdul Hafeez b Miller 11 not out 2 5 V.S.Hazare c Sismey b Pepper 8 c and b Whitington 0 6 R.S.Modi b Ellis 203 not out 4 7 Gul Mohammad c Whitington b Miller 55 8 C.T.Sarwate lbw b Pepper 2 9 C.S.Nayudu c Williams b Price 64 10 S.N.Banerjee lbw b Ellis 8 11 †E.S.Maka not out 1 Extras 21 5 —— —— 525 (4 wickets) 92 FoW (1): 1-31 (1), 2-50 (2), 3-95 (4), 4-110 (5), 5-209 (3), 6-328 (7), 7-341 (8), 8-481 (9), 9-520 (10), 10-525 (6) FoW (2): 1-59 (2), 2-76 (3), 3-88 (1), 4-88 (5) Indian XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Banerjee 28 5 86 4 27 4 81 4 Hazare 19 8 35 1 6 1 22 0 Abdul Hafeez 5 3 7 0 Amarnath 12 2 33 0 4 1 12 0 Nayudu 14 0 58 1 8 0 27 0 Sarwate 26.4 2 94 4 (3) 43 3 114 4 Modi 2 0 9 0 Merchant (6) 2 1 1 0 Gul Mohammad (7) 2 0 2 0 Mushtaq Ali (8) 6 2 11 1 Australian Services Bowling O M R W O M R W Miller 22 6 60 2 3 0 11 0 Williams 15 2 62 0 2 0 8 0 Cristofani 25 3 78 0 (5) 3 0 12 1 Pepper 40 6 118 4 (3) 8 0 22 0 Ellis 16.3 6 59 2 (4) 6 0 21 0 Price 14 1 60 2 Pettiford 7 0 47 0 Hassett 1 0 9 0 (6) 2 0 6 1 Whitington 2 0 11 0 (7) 3 2 4 1 Carmody (8) 2 1 3 0 Umpires: T.A.Ramachandran and M.G.Vijayasarathi. Toss: Australian Services Close of Play: 1st day: Australian Services (1) 315-7 (Hassett 133*, Williams 1*); 2nd day: Indian XI (1) 301-5 (Modi 85*, Gul Mohammad 38*); 3rd day: Australian Services (2) 148-1 (Carmody 72*, Pettiford 7*). A.L.Hassett’s 143 took 228 minutes and included 13 fours. L.Amarnath’s 113 included 14 fours. R.S.Modi’s 203 took 307 minutes and included 21 fours. R.S.Modi added 101 before lunch on the third day. 13