FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

NORTH ZONE v SOUTH ZONE Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, February 22, 23, 24, 25, 1946. Match drawn. NORTH ZONE 1 Nazar Mohammad b Rangachari 47 2 Mohammad Saeed c Ghazali b Shinde 23 3 Abdul Hafeez c Frank b Shinde 93 4 *L.Amarnath c Rangachari b Shinde 8 5 G.Kishenchand c Deodhar b Shinde 3 6 Inayat Khan c Ghazali b Shinde 12 7 K.Rai Singh lbw b Palia 1 8 R.P.Mehra c and b Ram Singh 2 9 Fazal Mahmood st Doctor b Shinde 14 10 †J.K.Irani c Deodhar b Sohoni 27 11 Inderjit Barhoke not out 24 Extras 15 —— 269 FoW (1): 1-45 (2), 2-144 (1), 3-167 (4), 4-184 (3), 5-195 (5), 6-196 (7), 7-198 (6), 8-216 (8), 9-216 (9), 10-269 (10) SOUTH ZONE 1 S.W.Sohoni c Irani b Fazal Mahmood 8 2 P.E.Palia not out 21 3 E.B.Aibara not out 15 4 Asghar Ali 5 A.G.Ram Singh 6 C.R.Rangachari 7 S.G.Shinde 8 †D.S.Doctor 9 *D.B.Deodhar 10 B.Frank 11 M.E.Z.Ghazali Extras 6 —— (1 wicket) 50 FoW (1): 1-16 (1) South Zone Bowling O M R W Sohoni 12.5 1 39 1 Rangachari 19 3 66 1 Shinde 28 5 93 6 Palia 18 6 25 1 Ram Singh 11 0 22 1 Ghazali 4 0 9 0 North Zone Bowling O M R W Amarnath 9 3 9 0 Fazal Mahmood 12 1 26 1 Inayat Khan 3 2 2 0 Inderjit Barhoke 2 0 7 0 Umpires: D.K.Naik and J.R.Patel. Toss: North Zone Close of Play: 1st day: South Zone (1) 50-1 (Palia 21*, Aibara 15*); 2nd day: No play; 3rd day: No play. There was no play after the first day because of the disturbed situation in Bombay. 74