FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

SUSSEX v INDIANS Played at County Ground, Hove, July 27, 29, 30, 1946. Indians won by nine wickets. INDIANS 1 V.M.Merchant c Hammond b Cox 205 not out 63 2 M.H.Mankad c J.Langridge b Cox 105 c Hammond b J.Langridge 8 3 *Nawab of Pataudi not out 110 4 L.Amarnath c Griffith b J.N.Bartlett 106 5 R.S.Modi (3) not out 72 6 V.S.Hazare 7 Gul Mohammad 8 S.N.Banerjee 9 C.S.Nayudu 10 †D.D.Hindlekar 11 S.G.Shinde Extras b 4, lb 2, nb 1 7 b 5 5 —— —— (3 wickets, declared) 533 (1 wicket) 148 FoW (1): 1-293, 2-314, 3-533 FoW (2): 1-28 SUSSEX 1 J.G.Langridge lbw b Banerjee 7 c Modi b Banerjee 2 2 H.W.Parks c Pataudi b Amarnath 56 c Pataudi b Amarnath 4 3 R.G.Stainton st Hindlekar b Mankad 72 b Banerjee 6 4 G.Cox c Hazare b Amarnath 8 not out 234 5 J.Langridge c Pataudi b Shinde 45 c Modi b Amarnath 79 6 C.Oakes lbw b Mankad 4 st Hindlekar b Mankad 8 7 H.T.Bartlett c Mankad b Shinde 33 b Mankad 0 8 *†S.C.Griffith c Mankad b Shinde 0 c Hindlekar b Mankad 8 9 H.E.Hammond c Banerjee b Mankad 2 b Mankad 33 10 J.K.Nye not out 0 c Hindlekar b Shinde 16 11 J.N.Bartlett c Hindlekar b Shinde 0 lbw b Mankad 10 Extras b 15, lb 5, nb 6 26 b 17, lb 6, w 1, nb 3 27 —— —— 253 427 FoW (1): 1-13, 2-110, 3-122, 4-193, 5-203, 6-239, 7-239, 8-250, 9-250, 10-253 FoW (2): 1-3, 2-15, 3-17, 4-188, 5-230, 6-232, 7-244, 8-351, 9-400, 10-427 Sussex Bowling O M R W O M R W Hammond 32 4 109 0 (2) 7 0 24 0 Nye 25 2 122 0 (1) 11 0 39 0 Cox 27 4 86 2 (6) 2 0 15 0 J.Langridge 17 2 76 0 (3) 16 6 33 1 J.N.Bartlett 11.5 1 55 1 4 1 14 0 Oakes 19 0 78 0 (4) 4 0 17 0 H.T.Bartlett (7) 0.1 0 1 0 Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Banerjee 11 2 32 1 10 0 50 2 Amarnath 26 10 39 2 26 8 60 2 Mankad 26 10 44 3 (4) 44.4 9 140 5 Nayudu 10 0 33 0 (5) 4 0 17 0 Shinde 27 3 60 4 (3) 31 3 116 1 Hazare 7 1 19 0 2 0 17 0 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and H.Cruice. Toss: Indians Close of Play: 1st day: Indians (1) 533-3 (Pataudi 110*); 2nd day: Sussex (2) 161-3 (Cox 72*, J.Langridge 69*). V.M.Merchant’s 205 took 215 minutes and included 23 fours. M.H.Mankad’s 105 took 195 minutes and included 10 fours. Nawab of Pataudi’s 110 took 160 minutes. L.Amarnath’s 106 took 145 minutes. G.Cox’s 234 took 490 minutes and included 20 fours, 1 five and 1 six. 288