First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

INDIA TO ENGLAND TOURING TEAM v REST OF INDIA Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, December 31, 1946, January 1, 2, 3, 1947. India to England Touring Team won by an innings and 147 runs. INDIA TO ENGLAND TOURING TEAM 1 *V.M.Merchant c Girdhari b Fazal Mahmood 14 2 S.Mushtaq Ali b Phadkar 18 3 R.S.Modi retired hurt 156 4 L.Amarnath c Chowdhury b Phadkar 262 5 S.W.Sohoni c Balendu Shah b Girdhari 58 6 Gul Mohammad b Girdhari 52 7 M.H.Mankad not out 9 8 C.T.Sarwate not out 19 9 S.N.Banerjee 10 †D.D.Hindlekar 11 S.G.Shinde Extras 24 —— (5 wickets, declared) 612 FoW (1): 1-27, 2-39, 3-474, 4-574, 5- REST OF INDIA 1 †M.K.Balendu Shah b Banerjee 6 (6) b Sohoni 2 2 M.R.Rege lbw b Amarnath 1 c Amarnath b Banerjee 23 3 G.Kishenchand c Sohoni b Shinde 39 (4) c Hindlekar b Sohoni 7 4 N.C.Chatterjee lbw b Mankad 22 (5) b Sarwate 21 5 K.M.Rangnekar c Mushtaq Ali b Banerjee 171 (1) c Sarwate b Sohoni 12 6 M.S.Ranvirsinhji lbw b Banerjee 16 (3) lbw b Sarwate 46 7 D.G.Phadkar c Sohoni b Amarnath 32 lbw b Sohoni 23 8 *Maharaja of Cooch Behar b Mankad 4 absent hurt 0 9 S.K.Girdhari run out 11 (8) c Mankad b Sarwate 0 10 Fazal Mahmood c Sohoni b Amarnath 5 (9) not out 4 11 N.R.Chowdhury not out 9 (10) c sub b Sohoni 0 Extras 5 6 —— —— 321 144 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-22, 3-39, 4-83, 5-87, 6-200, 7-212, 8-305, 9-309, 10-321 FoW (2): 1-35, 2-37, 3-50, 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9-144 Rest of India Bowling O M R W Phadkar 14 1 81 2 Fazal Mahmood 18 2 112 1 Chowdhury 19 0 123 0 Girdhari 21 2 122 2 Ranvirsinhji 7 0 49 0 Chatterjee 4 0 28 0 Rege 9 1 56 0 Rangnekar 3 0 17 0 India to England Touring Team Bowling O M R W O M R W Banerjee 21 3 75 3 5 0 29 1 Amarnath 21 6 69 3 3 1 9 0 Sohoni 10 0 49 0 9.5 0 49 5 Shinde 10 0 58 1 6 2 14 0 Mankad 12.2 0 52 2 4 1 11 0 Sarwate 5 1 13 0 3 1 26 3 Umpires: Toss: India to England Touring Team Close of Play: 1st day: India to England Touring Team (1) 449-2 (Modi 156*, Amarnath 243*); 2nd day: Rest of India (1) ?-?; 3rd day: Rest of India (2) 84-3 (Ranvirsinhji 24*, Chatterjee 13*). R.S.Modi’s 156 took 252 minutes and included 14 fours. L.Amarnath’s 262 took 250 minutes and included 32 fours. K.M.Rangnekar’s 171 took 187 minutes and included 20 fours. R.S.Modi retired hurt in the India to England Touring Team first innings having scored 156 (team score 449-2). 55