FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

EUROPEANS v INDIANS Played at Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras, December 29, 30, 1945, January 1, 1946. Indians won by five wickets. EUROPEANS 1 *C.P.Johnstone c Ram Singh b Venkatesan 19 c Gopalan b Venkatesan 12 2 P.B.K.Gracey lbw b Rangachari 35 b Venkataraman 61 3 W.J.Wright c Gurunathan b Venkataraman 14 c Rangachari b Ram Singh 26 4 V.T.W.Troman st Gurunathan b Venkataraman 20 c Rangachari b Ram Singh 1 5 C.M.J.B.Timmins lbw b Rangachari 5 c Gurunathan b Ram Singh 3 6 †H.P.Ward b Rangachari 35 st Gurunathan b Ram Singh 53 7 R.C.Whitehead c Rangachari b Venkatesan 32 (8) c Rangachari b Ram Singh 0 8 R.J.J.Vine c Bobjee b Ram Singh 16 (7) b Venkatesan 4 9 B.A.Richardson b Rangachari 1 (10) b Rangachari 3 10 C.Hitchen not out 0 (9) run out 2 11 P.A.J.Plummer b Rangachari 0 not out 0 Extras 10 9 —— —— 187 174 FoW (1): 1- (1), 2- (3), 3- (2), 4-85 (5), 5-107 (4), 6-164 (7), 7-185 (6), 8-185 (8), 9-187 (9), 10-187 (11) FoW (2): 1- (1), 2-77 (3), 3-85 (4), 4-89 (5), 5-140 (2), 6-147 (7), 7-148 (8), 8-159 (9), 9-172 (10), 10-174 (6) INDIANS 1 N.Suryanarayan lbw b Hitchen 2 (2) c Johnstone b Hitchen 1 2 C.V.Krishnaswami b Gracey 45 (1) c Timmins b Johnstone 55 3 A.G.Ram Singh c Whitehead b Troman 14 c Gracey b Johnstone 104 4 C.K.Nainakannu b Johnstone 1 b Vine 2 5 M.V.Bobjee b Whitehead 34 (6) not out 12 6 K.S.Kannan run out 8 (7) not out 3 7 *M.J.Gopalan b Whitehead 4 (5) c Vine b Johnstone 26 8 N.J.Venkatesan not out 20 9 C.R.Rangachari c Johnstone b Whitehead 7 10 †S.K.Gurunathan run out 0 11 M.G.Venkataraman b Gracey 1 Extras 15 9 —— —— 151 (5 wickets) 212 FoW (1): 1-22 (1), 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-151 FoW (2): 1-6 (2), 2-140 (1), 3-145 (4), 4-189 (3), 5-200 (5) Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Rangachari 27.3 7 34 5 (3) 22 8 37 1 Venkataraman 25 8 64 2 (6) 4 0 25 1 Kannan 11 5 15 0 (2) 5 1 8 0 Gopalan 4 1 7 0 (1) 3 0 7 0 Venkatesan 12 0 43 2 11 2 24 2 Ram Singh 6 2 14 1 (4) 27.2 5 64 5 Europeans Bowling O M R W O M R W Hitchen 8 5 16 1 4 1 23 1 Plummer 5 2 15 0 3 0 23 0 Troman 7 0 20 1 (6) 8 1 35 0 Johnstone 10 1 32 1 (5) 18.3 6 44 3 Timmins 4 0 9 0 Gracey 9.2 2 21 2 (4) 2 0 17 0 Whitehead 7 0 23 3 (3) 5 0 27 0 Vine (7) 8 0 34 1 Umpires: T.A.Ramachandran and M.G.Vijayasarathi. Toss: Europeans Close of Play: 1st day: Europeans (1) 109-5 (Ward 8*, Whitehead 0*); 2nd day: Europeans (2) 65-1 (Gracey 27*, Wright 23*). A.G.Ram Singh’s 104 took 122 minutes and included 11 fours. 37