FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

YORKSHIRE v INDIANS Played at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, July 13, 15, 16, 1946. Match drawn. YORKSHIRE 1 †P.A.Gibb c Merchant b Mankad 71 retired hurt 24 2 H.Halliday c Mankad b Shinde 51 not out 24 3 W.Barber c and b Mankad 32 not out 15 4 W.Watson b Mankad 55 5 N.W.D.Yardley c Gul Mohammad b Hazare 43 6 H.Beaumont c Amarnath b Hazare 2 7 *A.B.Sellers not out 28 8 A.Coxon not out 6 9 R.Aspinall 10 E.P.Robinson 11 A.Booth Extras b 8, lb 3, nb 1 12 nb 1 1 —— —— (6 wickets, declared) 300 (no wicket) 64 FoW (1): 1-107, 2-147, 3-165, 4-238, 5-248, 6-289 INDIANS 1 †V.M.Merchant lbw b Coxon 7 2 S.Mushtaq Ali c Yardley b Booth 27 3 R.S.Modi b Aspinall 5 4 V.S.Hazare not out 244 5 M.H.Mankad c Coxon b Aspinall 132 6 L.Amarnath lbw b Coxon 7 7 *Nawab of Pataudi not out 51 8 S.G.Shinde 9 S.N.Banerjee 10 Gul Mohammad 11 S.W.Sohoni Extras b 7, lb 9, w 1 17 —— (5 wickets, declared) 490 FoW (1): 1-17, 2-36, 3-41, 4-363, 5-378 Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Banerjee 7 1 37 0 1nb 4 1 12 0 1nb Amarnath 13 4 27 0 8 2 16 0 Sohoni 15 2 52 0 6 1 19 0 Hazare 32 5 72 2 Mankad 36 10 56 3 (4) 4 1 6 0 Shinde 13 3 39 1 (5) 2 0 10 0 Gul Mohammad 1 0 5 0 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W Aspinall 40 8 118 2 1w Coxon 35 5 115 2 Robinson 38 7 69 0 Booth 29 7 58 1 Halliday 8 1 36 0 Yardley 11 2 23 0 Beaumont 14 1 45 0 Barber 2 0 9 0 Umpires: Harold Elliott and J.A.Smart. Toss: Yorkshire Close of Play: 1st day: Indians (1) 70-3 (Hazare 18*, Mankad 10*); 2nd day: Yorkshire (2) 56-0 (Halliday 23*, Barber 8*). V.S.Hazare’s 244 took 390 minutes and included 24 fours. M.H.Mankad’s 132 took 265 minutes and included 12 fours. P.A.Gibb retired hurt in the Yorkshire second innings having scored 24 (team score 38-0). 258