FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

MIDDLESEX v INDIANS Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, August 31, September 2, 1946. Indians won by an innings and 263 runs. INDIANS 1 V.M.Merchant lbw b Harrington 27 2 S.Mushtaq Ali b Sims 23 3 *Nawab of Pataudi c Robertson b Shaddick 16 4 L.Amarnath c Price b Sims 1 5 V.S.Hazare not out 193 6 R.S.Modi b Robertson 80 7 M.H.Mankad not out 109 8 †D.D.Hindlekar 9 S.W.Sohoni 10 S.G.Shinde 11 S.N.Banerjee Extras b 11, lb 8, nb 1 20 —— (5 wickets, declared) 469 FoW (1): 1-51, 2-57, 3-59, 4-81, 5-243 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson b Mankad 25 lbw b Banerjee 4 2 S.M.Brown b Mankad 44 c and b Banerjee 0 3 A.W.Thompson run out 12 b Banerjee 4 4 M.P.Donnelly c Hindlekar b Hazare 14 c Mushtaq Ali b Hazare 25 5 *R.W.V.Robins c Mushtaq Ali b Hazare 5 b Banerjee 1 6 L.H.Compton st Hindlekar b Mankad 1 c Mushtaq Ali b Hazare 27 7 †W.F.F.Price b Mankad 2 c Hindlekar b Mankad 9 8 J.M.Sims c Sohoni b Hazare 6 c Banerjee b Hazare 6 9 W.J.R.Harrington b Mankad 8 not out 2 10 J.A.Young b Hazare 1 c Banerjee b Mankad 0 11 R.A.Shaddick not out 1 b Mankad 0 Extras b 3, lb 1, nb 1 5 lb 2, nb 2 4 —— —— 124 82 FoW (1): 1-70, 2-71, 3-90, 4-98, 5-101, 6-105, 7-109, 8-122, 9-123, 10-124 FoW (2): 1-4, 2-6, 3-21, 4-23, 5-52, 6-68, 7-79, 8-81, 9-82, 10-82 Middlesex Bowling O M R W Compton 20 1 70 0 Harrington 24 3 71 1 Young 26 8 46 0 Sims 26 5 79 2 Shaddick 20 2 72 1 Robins 12 1 43 0 Robertson 13 2 34 1 Thompson 2 0 21 0 Donnelly 2 0 5 0 Brown 1 0 8 0 Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Amarnath 4 2 4 0 9 4 11 0 Banerjee 3 0 12 0 7 2 21 4 Mankad 23 3 48 5 11 1 22 3 Shinde 12 3 30 0 Hazare 10.5 1 25 4 (4) 9 1 24 3 Umpires: J.J.Hills and A.Skelding. Toss: Indians Close of Play: 1st day: Indians (1) 469-5 (Hazare 193*, Mankad 109*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. V.S.Hazare’s 193 took 300 minutes and included 19 fours. M.H.Mankad’s 109 included 9 fours. 364