First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

SOUTHERN INDIA v CEYLON CRICKET ASSOCIATION Played at Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras, February 2, 3, 4, 1947. Ceylon Cricket Association won by an innings and 114 runs. CEYLON CRICKET ASSOCIATION 1 M.MakkinSalih c Gopalan b Rangachari 98 2 T.B.Werapitiya b Rangachari 2 3 F.C.de Saram run out 42 4 M.Sathasivam c Gopalan b Venkatesan 215 5 S.S.Jayawickreme c Ramdev b Gopalan 52 6 G.M.Spittel b Rangachari 3 7 *B.R.Heyn c Frank b Venkatesan 66 8 B.Wijesinha not out 14 9 L.E.de Zoysa 10 R.L.de Kretser 11 †B.Navaratne Extras 29 —— (7 wickets, declared) 521 FoW (1): 1-4, 2-123, 3-227, 4-369, 5-374, 6-480, 7-521 SOUTHERN INDIA 1 *C.P.Johnstone lbw b Heyn 26 b de Kretser 45 2 P.R.Shyamsunder lbw b Heyn 31 lbw b Spittel 15 3 Asghar Ali c Wijesinha b de Kretser 53 c Jayawickreme b de Kretser 32 4 B.Frank c Navaratne b Wijesinha 21 b de Zoysa 12 5 C.J.Ramdev b de Zoysa 3 lbw b de Zoysa 8 6 B.C.Alva c Spittel b de Kretser 38 c Navaratne b de Kretser 15 7 M.J.Gopalan c Sathasivam b de Kretser 9 c Heyn b de Zoysa 46 8 N.J.Venkatesan c and b de Kretser 6 c Makkin Salih b de Kretser 16 9 Ghulam Ahmed b de Zoysa 3 lbw b de Zoysa 7 10 C.R.Rangachari not out 1 run out 4 11 †I.Sanjiva Rao c Jayawickreme b de Kretser 0 not out 0 Extras 6 10 —— —— 197 210 FoW (1): 1-50, 2-59, 3-95, 4- , 5- , 6-173, 7-185, 8- , 9- , 10-197 FoW (2): 1-26, 2-91, 3-112, 4-112, 5-132, 6-142, 7-170, 8- , 9- , 10-210 Southern India Bowling O M R W Gopalan 22 3 74 1 Rangachari 29 1 141 3 Ghulam Ahmed 34 0 105 0 Venkatesan 25.3 0 87 2 Alva 19 4 71 0 Johnstone 4 1 4 0 Frank 1 0 10 0 Ceylon Cricket Association Bowling O M R W O M R W Spittel 19 4 48 0 17 7 33 1 Wijesinha 11 2 27 1 7 1 15 0 Heyn 9 2 22 2 6 3 7 0 de Zoysa 18 3 49 2 25 3 64 4 de Kretser 18 7 45 5 29 6 67 4 Jayawickreme (6) 12 6 9 0 Sathasivam (7) 5 2 5 0 Umpires: M.G.Vijayasarathi and A.F.Wensley. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Ceylon Cricket Association (1) 368-3 (Sathasivam 134*, Jayawickreme not out); 2nd day: Southern India (1) 197 all out. M.Sathasivam’s 215 took 248 minutes and included 24 fours. 83