FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

ENGLAND v INDIA Played at Kennington Oval, August 17, 19, 20, 1946. Match drawn. INDIA 1 V.M.Merchant run out 128 2 S.Mushtaq Ali run out 59 3 *Nawab of Pataudi b Edrich 9 4 L.Amarnath b Edrich 8 5 V.S.Hazare c Compton b Gover 11 6 R.S.Modi b Smith 27 7 Abdul Hafeez b Edrich 1 8 M.H.Mankad b Bedser 42 9 S.W.Sohoni not out 29 10 C.S.Nayudu c Washbrook b Bedser 4 11 †D.D.Hindlekar lbw b Edrich 3 Extras b 1, lb 5, nb 4 10 —— 331 FoW (1): 1-94 (2), 2-124 (3), 3-142 (4), 4-162 (5), 5-225 (6), 6-226 (7), 7-272 (1), 8-313 (8), 9-325 (10), 10-331 (11) ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton lbw b Mankad 25 2 C.Washbrook c Mushtaq Ali b Mankad 17 3 L.B.Fishlock c Merchant b Nayudu 8 4 D.C.S.Compton not out 24 5 *W.R.Hammond not out 9 6 W.J.Edrich 7 J.Langridge 8 T.P.B.Smith 9 †T.G.Evans 10 A.V.Bedser 11 A.R.Gover Extras b 11, lb 1 12 —— (3 wickets) 95 FoW (1): 1-48 (2), 2-55 (1), 3-67 (3) England Bowling O M R W Gover 21 3 56 1 Bedser 32 6 60 2 Smith 21 4 58 1 Edrich 19.2 4 68 4 Langridge 29 9 64 0 Compton 5 0 15 0 India Bowling O M R W Amarnath 15 6 30 0 Sohoni 4 3 2 0 Hazare 2 1 4 0 Mankad 20 7 28 2 Nayudu 9 2 19 1 Umpires: F.Chester and J.A.Smart. Toss: India Close of Play: 1st day: India (1) 79-0 (Merchant 30*, Mushtaq Ali 48*); 2nd day: England (1) 95-3 (Compton 24*, Hammond 9*). There was no play on the final day. V.M.Merchant’s 128 took 315 minutes and included 12 fours. 330