FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

WORCESTERSHIRE v INDIANS Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, May 4, 6, 7, 1946. Worcestershire won by 16 runs. WORCESTERSHIRE 1 *A.P.Singleton run out 47 c Hindlekar b Mankad 63 2 R.Howorth b Mankad 27 b Mankad 105 3 A.F.T.White b Mankad 10 (4) c sub b Mankad 10 4 E.Cooper b Banerjee 35 (3) c Pataudi b Mankad 1 5 H.H.I.H.Gibbons st Hindlekar b Mankad 20 c Hindlekar b Shinde 34 6 R.E.Bird b Shinde 0 c and b Shinde 3 7 D.M.Young b Mankad 1 b Banerjee 5 8 R.O.Jenkins b Amarnath 12 c Modi b Shinde 35 9 R.T.D.Perks b Amarnath 19 b Shinde 6 10 †J.S.Buller lbw b Sarwate 9 b Shinde 0 11 P.F.Jackson not out 1 not out 0 Extras b 1, lb 7, w 1, nb 1 10 b 13, lb 5, w 1, nb 3 22 —— —— 191 284 FoW (1): 1-61, 2-81, 3-94, 4-135, 5-138, 6-139, 7-160, 8-162, 9-185, 10-191 FoW (2): 1-146, 2-192, 3-194, 4-195, 5-208, 6-224, 7-264, 8-272, 9-272, 10-284 INDIANS 1 V.M.Merchant lbw b Perks 24 lbw b Howorth 51 2 S.Mushtaq Ali c Buller b Howorth 14 (7) b Howorth 0 3 L.Amarnath c Bird b Howorth 1 (4) b Singleton 23 4 R.S.Modi lbw b Jackson 34 (5) lbw b Singleton 84 5 Gul Mohammad b Perks 29 (6) b Howorth 19 6 *Nawab of Pataudi c Singleton b Perks 29 (3) c Perks b Jackson 4 7 M.H.Mankad c White b Perks 23 (2) b Jackson 1 8 †D.D.Hindlekar lbw b Jackson 0 (9) b Perks 3 9 S.N.Banerjee b Howorth 4 (10) b Perks 59 10 C.T.Sarwate not out 24 (8) c Jenkins b Howorth 6 11 S.G.Shinde b Perks 0 not out 1 Extras b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 2 10 b 10, lb 6 16 —— —— 192 267 FoW (1): 1-43, 2-43, 3-47, 4-108, 5-125, 6-140, 7-145, 8-157, 9-192, 10-192 FoW (2): 1-6, 2-28, 3-80, 4-129, 5-133, 6-155, 7-162, 8-177, 9-251, 10-267 Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Banerjee 12 2 37 1 23 2 84 1 Amarnath 17.5 4 32 2 15 2 45 0 Sarwate 16 0 62 1 (4) 2 0 9 0 Mankad 20 8 26 4 (3) 30 5 74 4 Shinde 10 1 24 1 15.3 1 50 5 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Perks 32.4 14 53 5 21.2 3 55 2 Howorth 20 4 47 3 (4) 23 7 59 4 Jackson 26 6 60 2 12 3 25 2 Singleton 3 2 3 0 (2) 24 4 72 2 Jenkins 8 2 19 0 8 0 40 0 Umpires: D.Davies and J.A.Smart. Toss: Indians Close of Play: 1st day: Indians (1) 81-3 (Modi 22*, Gul Mohammad 13*); 2nd day: Worcestershire (2) 230-6 (Gibbons 23*, Jenkins 2*). R.Howorth’s 105 took 125 minutes and included 13 fours and 1 five. L.Amarnath retired hurt in the Indians second innings (team score 87-3) - he returned when the score was 155-6. 94