First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

KATHIAWAR v GUJARAT Played at Municipal Stadium, Rajkot, December 21, 22, 23, 24, 1946. Kathiawar won by 6 runs. KATHIAWAR 1 Vajubha b Guard 1 (10) b Kesari 0 2 †M.Balan Pandit b Mankad 17 (1) c sub b Desai 30 3 G.Kishenchand b Mankad 14 (5) c and b Mankad 18 4 K.S.Abbasmiya b J.M.Patel 20 (3) c Guard b Desai 0 5 Purshottam c Kesari b Mankad 10 (6) c Prithviraj b Kesari 12 6 Bhawanishankar c J.M.Patel b Shodhan 82 (7) c Hazare b Kesari 4 7 S.K.Girdhari b Shodhan 73 (4) c Mankad b Kesari 13 8 S.B.Gandhi c Medh b Guard 87 (9) lbw b Kesari 16 9 Akbar Khan b Guard 4 (11) b Kesari 4 10 *Thakore Saheb of Rajkot c Hazare b Guard 23 (8) not out 13 11 S.Nyalchand not out 5 (2) c and b Desai 9 Extras 11 12 —— —— 347 131 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-347 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-131 GUJARAT 1 *M.H.Mankad c Vajubha b Gandhi 10 (6) c Vajubha b Gandhi 23 2 Alimuddin run out 1 c Kishenchand b Girdhari 2 3 †R.G.Hazare b Akbar Khan 9 (1) b Akbar Khan 10 4 Prithviraj b Girdhari 35 c Kishenchand b Nyalchand 84 5 J.H.Shodhan c Kishenchand b Nyalchand 42 lbw b Akbar Khan 21 6 K.P.Kesari c sub b Girdhari 5 (8) c Kishenchand b Girdhari 20 7 D.P.Medh b Akbar Khan 42 b Akbar Khan 62 8 V.P.Desai c Balan Pandit b Nyalchand 13 (3) c Purshottam b Akbar Khan 2 9 B.G.Patel c Abbasmiya b Akbar Khan 33 b Girdhari 3 10 G.M.Guard not out 0 not out 8 11 J.M.Patel absent hurt 0 c Gandhi b Girdhari 6 Extras 13 28 —— —— 203 269 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9-203 FoW (2): 1-2, 2-6, 3-19, 4-53, 5-140, 6- , 7-247, 8-253, 9-256, 10-269 Gujarat Bowling O M R W O M R W Mankad 39 9 81 3 12 2 22 1 Shodhan 22 7 58 2 5 2 15 0 Guard 17.3 3 50 4 1 0 4 0 J.M.Patel 17 1 70 1 Desai 8 0 40 0 (4) 17 4 49 3 Medh 6 1 37 0 (5) 3 1 8 0 Kesari (6) 13.3 5 21 6 Kathiawar Bowling O M R W O M R W Akbar Khan 24.1 6 47 3 34 9 64 4 Abbasmiya 1 0 6 0 Gandhi 12 1 32 1 (2) 20 9 28 1 Nyalchand 15 4 28 2 (3) 27 6 53 1 Girdhari 21 6 52 2 (4) 39.2 10 75 4 Vajubha 4 0 19 0 (5) 4 0 10 0 Purshottam (6) 3 0 11 0 Umpires: Toss: Kathiawar Close of Play: 1st day: Kathiawar (1) 314-7 (Gandhi 73*, Akbar Khan not out); 2nd day: Kathiawar (2) ?-?; 3rd day: Gujarat (2) 101-4 (Prithviraj 38*, Mankad 11*). Kathiawar included G.Kishenchand, the Sind player, in their team for which permission was obtained from the Cricket Board of Control after the toss had ben made. Gujarat played the match under protest as the change in personnel was made after the toss and it was later ordered by the Board that the match should be replayed. 41