FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

SOUTHERN PUNJAB v DELHI Played at Baradari Ground, Patiala, January 10, 11, 12, 1946. Southern Punjab won by an innings and 193 runs. SOUTHERN PUNJAB 1 Nawab of Pataudi c Suraj Narain b Ejaz Ahmed 7 2 †V.Rajindernath lbw b Ejaz Ahmed 0 3 L.Amarnath c Abdur Rauf b de Mello 20 4 Mohammad Saeed b Shujauddin 170 5 *Maharaja of Patiala run out 52 6 K.Rai Singh lbw b Premnath 132 7 Bhalindra Singh run out 27 8 Maqsood Ahmed c Salahuddin Khan b Mohammad Yunus Khan 7 9 Murawwat Hussain not out 36 10 B.Compos b Premnath 0 11 Shabir Hussain b Mohammad Yunus Khan 7 Extras 14 —— 472 FoW (1): 1-2 (2), 2-13 (1), 3-37 (3), 4-150 (5), 5-317 (4), 6-391 (7), 7-421, 8-427, 9-442, 10-472 DELHI 1 †Suraj Narain c Pataudi b Murawwat Hussain 0 b Murawwat Hussain 0 2 Saleem c Patiala b Bhalindra Singh 46 b Amarnath 14 3 Abdur Rauf lbw b Bhalindra Singh 45 b Bhalindra Singh 22 4 Idrees Baig run out 8 b Pataudi 9 5 Shujauddin b Shabir Hussain 28 c Bhalindra Singh b Pataudi 3 6 Lakshminarain not out 17 b Murawwat Hussain 3 7 Ejaz Ahmed c Pataudi b Shabir Hussain 9 b Bhalindra Singh 7 8 Salahuddin Khan b Maqsood Ahmed 10 b Murawwat Hussain 2 9 Premnath b Maqsood Ahmed 0 b Pataudi 13 10 *A.S.de Mello b Bhalindra Singh 5 b Bhalindra Singh 13 11 Mohammad Yunus Khan b Bhalindra Singh 0 not out 0 Extras 13 12 —— —— 181 98 FoW (1): 1-1 (1), 2-62 (2), 3-76 (4), 4-129, 5-135, 6-153, 7-168, 8-172, 9-177, 10-181 FoW (2): 1-4, 2-21, 3-38, 4-46, 5-58, 6-60, 7-66, 8-72, 9-94, 10-98 Delhi Bowling O M R W de Mello 19 5 60 1 Ejaz Ahmed 22 2 81 2 Mohammad Yunus Khan 36 2 89 2 Idrees Baig 9 3 20 0 Premnath 12 2 36 2 Salahuddin Khan 26 3 75 0 Shujauddin 24 1 82 1 Lakshminarain 3 0 15 0 Southern Punjab Bowling O M R W O M R W Patiala 4 2 5 0 Murawwat Hussain 18 6 33 1 (1) 12 4 21 3 Shabir Hussain 25 8 50 2 Maqsood Ahmed 19 7 34 2 Bhalindra Singh 21.2 9 34 4 (2) 7 1 25 3 Amarnath 13 7 12 0 (3) 11 5 17 1 Pataudi 1 1 0 0 (4) 6 1 23 3 Umpires: Toss: Southern Punjab Close of Play: 1st day: Southern Punjab (1) 346-5 (Rai Singh 83*, Bhalindra Singh 4*); 2nd day: Delhi (1) 99-3 (Abdur Rauf 33*, Shujauddin 9*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. Mohammad Saeed’s 170 included 17 fours and 2 sixes. 47