First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

SIR HOMI MEHTA’S XI v DR C.R.PEREIRA’S XI Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, November 12, 13, 14, 1946. Sir Homi Mehta’s XI won by 137 runs. SIR HOMI MEHTA’S XI 1 N.H.Colah b Baloch 17 b Khot 0 2 J.W.Anson b Richardson 40 b Baloch 4 3 †V.Dias c Richardson b Baloch 89 c Mantri b Khot 2 4 *K.M.Rangnekar st Mantri b Kore 23 lbw b Khot 49 5 D.G.Phadkar b Khot 11 b Kore 143 6 B.W.Malcolm lbw b Richardson 16 c Mantri b Khot 2 7 D.H.Wadia b Khot 10 b Baloch 18 8 I.U.Kopekar st Mantri b V.M.Merchant 20 b Kore 6 9 D.Solomon lbw b V.M.Merchant 1 c Kotian b Kore 0 10 L.D’Souza not out 0 st Mantri b Kore 1 11 M.A.Latiff b V.M.Merchant 0 not out 9 Extras 5 3 —— —— 232 237 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9-232, 10-232 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-237 DR C.R.PEREIRA’S XI 1 M.I.Merchant b Phadkar 0 (9) c Dias b Rangnekar 2 2 B.P.Kadam lbw b Phadkar 2 (1) st Dias b Latiff 17 3 †M.K.Mantri hit wkt b Latiff 20 (2) b Solomon 12 4 *V.M.Merchant c Phadkar b Solomon 1 (3) b Rangnekar 142 5 J.B.Khot b Solomon 2 (4) c Colah b Latiff 26 6 F.F.Richardson b Latiff 13 c and b Solomon 3 7 G.K.Patel b Latiff 18 lbw b Phadkar 0 8 K.V.Palwankar c Colah b Phadkar 10 not out 22 9 J.J.Kore not out 10 (5) c Dias b Phadkar 6 10 D.T.Kotian b Latiff 1 b Latiff 1 11 M.S.Baloch c Malcolm b Latiff 1 lbw b Latiff 1 Extras 13 9 —— —— 91 241 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-91 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-241 Dr C.R.Pereira’s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Khot 17 3 38 2 24 6 51 4 V.M.Merchant 12.2 2 31 3 5 3 17 0 Baloch 11 0 46 2 18 4 31 2 Kotian 14 2 39 0 16 8 59 0 Kore 10 0 27 1 23.2 6 41 4 Richardson 14 2 46 2 13 3 35 0 Sir Homi Mehta’s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Phadkar 17 5 30 3 22 4 69 2 Solomon 12 3 22 2 13 2 37 2 Rangnekar 2 0 8 0 18 1 51 2 D’Souza 2 1 7 0 Latiff 10.4 5 11 5 (4) 24.4 3 57 4 Colah (5) 2 0 14 0 Malcolm (6) 1 0 4 0 Umpires: H.D.Billimoria and J.G.Rangnekar. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Dr C.R.Pereira’s XI (1) 62-6 (Patel 10*, Palwankar 1*); 2nd day: . D.G.Phadkar’s 143 included 11 fours and 1 six. V.M.Merchant’s 142 included 10 fours. V.M.Merchant took a hat-trick in the Sir Homi Mehta’s XI first innings (Kopekar, Solomon, Latiff). 14