FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

ESSEX v INDIANS Played at Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea, August 24, 26, 27, 1946. Indians won by one wicket. ESSEX 1 A.V.Avery c Hindlekar b Shinde 62 b Amarnath 16 2 H.P.Crabtree c Sohoni b Shinde 25 c Sarwate b Banerjee 118 3 T.C.Dodds c Hindlekar b Banerjee 14 st Hindlekar b Mankad 21 4 T.E.Bailey b Sohoni 22 not out 33 5 T.P.B.Smith c Sohoni b Amarnath 29 not out 3 6 *T.N.Pearce c Merchant b Banerjee 66 7 D.R.Wilcox b Shinde 18 8 R.Smith b Mankad 0 9 R.M.Taylor lbw b Banerjee 31 10 F.H.Vigar not out 10 11 †T.H.Wade c Sohoni b Shinde 15 Extras b 5, lb 4, nb 2 11 b 4, lb 3, nb 3 10 —— —— 303 (3 wickets, declared) 201 FoW (1): 1-50, 2-104, 3-104, 4-146, 5-156, 6-205, 7-206, 8-264, 9-277, 10-303 FoW (2): 1-36, 2-79, 3-192 INDIANS 1 *V.M.Merchant b T.P.B.Smith 38 lbw b R.Smith 181 2 S.Mushtaq Ali b R.Smith 6 b Bailey 7 3 R.S.Modi c Wilcox b R.Smith 10 c Pearce b Taylor 65 4 L.Amarnath b R.Smith 4 b T.P.B.Smith 6 5 M.H.Mankad c Wade b R.Smith 15 b T.P.B.Smith 52 6 Gul Mohammad b R.Smith 11 st Wade b T.P.B.Smith 2 7 S.W.Sohoni b R.Smith 8 lbw b T.P.B.Smith 4 8 S.N.Banerjee c Taylor b Bailey 0 b Taylor 2 9 C.T.Sarwate not out 25 lbw b T.P.B.Smith 14 10 †D.D.Hindlekar run out 10 not out 19 11 S.G.Shinde b Bailey 0 not out 6 Extras b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 3 11 b 6, lb 4, nb 2 12 —— —— 138 (9 wickets) 370 FoW (1): 1-13, 2-34, 3-51, 4-64, 5-88, 6-93, 7-97, 8-107, 9-136, 10-138 FoW (2): 1-8, 2-126, 3-139, 4-251, 5-263, 6-269, 7-282, 8-312, 9-354 Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Amarnath 21 10 31 1 23 5 50 1 Banerjee 26 4 78 3 8 0 32 1 Sohoni 11 1 33 1 5 0 14 0 Mankad 31 9 47 1 14 2 35 1 Shinde 35 10 69 4 14 2 47 0 Sarwate 14 2 34 0 5 0 13 0 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W R.Smith 28 5 56 6 27.1 5 77 1 Bailey 26 7 50 2 15 2 51 1 T.P.B.Smith 13 3 21 1 47 7 122 5 Taylor (4) 32 2 89 2 Dodds (5) 2 0 8 0 Vigar (6) 3 0 11 0 Umpires: Harold Elliott and A.Skelding. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Indians (1) 39-2 (Merchant 16*, Amarnath 4*); 2nd day: Indians (2) 33-1 (Merchant 9*, Modi 16*). H.P.Crabtree’s 118 included 12 fours. V.M.Merchant’s 181 took 310 minutes and included 15 fours. 348