First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

SOUTHERN PUNJAB v DELHI Played at Baradari Ground, Patiala, January 25, 26, 27, 1947. Southern Punjab won by nine wickets. DELHI 1 Saleem c Jahangir Khan b Patiala 30 (2) b Jahangir Khan 4 2 Abdur Rauf lbw b Maqsood Ahmed 23 (1) c Aftab Ahmed b Patiala 29 3 Gurbaksh Singh b Patiala 1 (10) b Maqsood Ahmed 11 4 Turab Ali st Rajindernath b Aftab Ahmed 23 lbw b Maqsood Ahmed 15 5 Qamaruddin Butt c Rajindernath b Aftab Ahmed 24 b Aftab Ahmed 21 6 Badaruddin Malik b Patiala 39 c Nisar Ahmed b Patiala 56 7 E.O.Jackson b Aftab Ahmed 1 (3) b Maqsood Ahmed 16 8 Mohammad Afzal not out 70 (7) c Bhalindra Singh b Aftab Ahmed 1 9 K.Bahadur b Patiala 2 b Aftab Ahmed 1 10 I.Dayal b Jahangir Khan 32 (8) lbw b Aftab Ahmed 4 11 *†A.R.G.M.Edwards c Rajindernath b Jahangir Khan 1 not out 1 Extras 11 1 —— —— 257 160 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-257 FoW (2): 1-32, 2-41, 3-61, 4-73, 5-102, 6-114, 7-132, 8-136, 9-158, 10-160 SOUTHERN PUNJAB 1 Nisar Ahmed b Jackson 0 2 Daljinder Singh lbw b Qamaruddin Butt 33 (1) not out 28 3 Maqsood Ahmed c Gurbaksh Singh b Jackson 103 not out 52 4 K.Rai Singh st Edwards b Qamaruddin Butt 3 5 Murawwat Hussain c Edwards b Mohammad Afzal 68 6 Bhalindra Singh lbw b Badaruddin Malik 11 7 *Maharaja of Patiala c Abdur Rauf b Mohammad Afzal 11 8 M.Jahangir Khan lbw b Jackson 4 9 L.Amarnath run out 55 10 Aftab Ahmed lbw b Jackson 2 11 †V.Rajindernath not out 15 (2) lbw b Jackson 2 Extras 25 6 —— —— 330 (1 wicket) 88 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-81, 3-85, 4-223, 5-223, 6-237, 7-243, 8-277, 9-286, 10-330 FoW (2): 1- Southern Punjab Bowling O M R W O M R W Patiala 31 8 85 4 14.4 4 34 2 Amarnath 8 4 10 0 11 3 21 0 Murawwat Hussain 5 2 3 0 Bhalindra Singh 4 1 5 0 (3) 8 1 20 0 Aftab Ahmed 31 8 89 3 (4) 14 2 50 4 Jahangir Khan 17.5 3 39 2 (5) 6 2 16 1 Maqsood Ahmed 7 0 15 1 (6) 8 2 18 3 Delhi Bowling O M R W O M R W Jackson 21 1 84 4 6 0 22 1 Mohammad Afzal 9 1 38 2 3 0 9 0 Badaruddin Malik 22 0 89 1 7.4 1 24 0 Qamaruddin Butt 14 0 70 2 2 0 9 0 Bahadur 4 0 24 0 3 0 18 0 Umpires: Mukesh Chand and Partap Singh. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Delhi (1) 250-9 (Mohammad Afzal 54*, Edwards 0*); 2nd day: Southern Punjab (1) 322-9 (Amarnath 51*, Rajindernath not out). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. Maqsood Ahmed’s 103 took 140 minutes and included 10 fours. 77