FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

WEST ZONE v SOUTH ZONE Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, February 18, 19, 20, 1946. Match drawn. SOUTH ZONE 1 M.R.Rege lbw b Hazare 17 b Gul Mohammad 26 2 P.E.Palia b Saeed Ahmed 13 c Mankad b Saeed Ahmed 0 3 Asghar Ali b Saeed Ahmed 0 (6) st Hindlekar b Amir Elahi 0 4 S.W.Sohoni b Hazare 51 c Hazare b Amir Elahi 21 5 *D.B.Deodhar b Mankad 89 (8) c Hazare b Amir Elahi 58 6 A.G.Ram Singh not out 125 (5) c Merchant b Phadkar 4 7 B.Frank lbw b Mankad 0 (9) b Amir Elahi 4 8 E.B.Aibara c Adhikari b Phadkar 46 (3) c and b Gul Mohammad 7 9 S.G.Shinde c Gul Mohammad b Hazare 5 (10) c Merchant b Amir Elahi 1 10 †D.S.Doctor b Phadkar 0 (7) c Ibrahim b Amir Elahi 33 11 C.R.Rangachari b Phadkar 8 not out 7 Extras 15 6 —— —— 369 167 FoW (1): 1-16 (2), 2-16 (3), 3-62 (1), 4-133 (4), 5-246 (5), 6-246 (7), 7-341 (8), 8-357 (9), 9-357 (10), 10-369 (11) FoW (2): 1-0 (2), 2-24 (3), 3-33 (1), 4-48 (5), 5-64 (4), 6-64 (6), 7-121 (7), 8-129 (9), 9-131 (10), 10-167 (8) WEST ZONE 1 K.C.Ibrahim st Doctor b Ram Singh 56 run out 16 2 M.H.Mankad b Palia 68 c Doctor b Rangachari 10 3 *V.M.Merchant c Doctor b Ram Singh 14 4 V.S.Hazare hit wkt b Shinde 45 5 R.S.Modi c sub (M.E.Z.Ghazali) b Shinde 20 6 H.R.Adhikari c Asghar Ali b Sohoni 28 (3) not out 20 7 Gul Mohammad st Doctor b Palia 2 (4) not out 32 8 D.G.Phadkar c Deodhar b Shinde 46 9 Saeed Ahmed b Palia 22 10 Amir Elahi b Palia 0 11 †D.D.Hindlekar not out 12 Extras 21 14 —— —— 334 (2 wickets) 92 FoW (1): 1-125 (1), 2-145 (2), 3-147 (3), 4-201 (5), 5-215 (4), 6-218 (7), 7-243 (6), 8-285 (9), 9-291 (10), 10-334 (8) FoW (2): 1-32 (1), 2-32 (2) West Zone Bowling O M R W O M R W Phadkar 25 4 89 3 8 3 13 1 Saeed Ahmed 26 5 60 2 3 0 5 1 Hazare 25 6 68 3 7 2 18 0 Merchant 5 2 10 0 Mankad 23 5 51 2 12 2 29 0 Amir Elahi 21 0 76 0 26.2 2 81 6 Gul Mohammad (4) 13 5 15 2 South Zone Bowling O M R W O M R W Sohoni 18 1 49 1 (2) 9 1 30 0 Palia 40 19 44 4 (4) 2 1 1 0 Ram Singh 22 3 50 2 Shinde 45.2 10 122 3 (3) 5 1 11 0 Rangachari 18 3 48 0 (1) 12 2 36 1 Umpires: H.D.Billimoria and H.E.Choudhury. Toss: South Zone Close of Play: 1st day: South Zone (1) 357-8 (Ram Singh 121*); 2nd day: West Zone (1) 291-8 (Phadkar 23*, Amir Elahi 0*). 73