First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

NORTH ZONE v SOUTH ZONE Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, February 17, 18, 19, 1947. North Zone won by ten wickets. SOUTH ZONE 1 M.R.Rege c Irani b Amarnath 15 c Imtiaz Ahmed b Amarnath 149 2 P.R.Shyamsunder b Fazal Mahmood 65 c Mohammad Saeed b Khan Mohammad 17 3 M.E.Z.Ghazali b Fazal Mahmood 0 b Khan Mohammad 0 4 *S.W.Sohoni lbw b Khan Mohammad 3 c Maqsood Ahmed b Lakda 36 5 B.Frank c Nazar Mohammad b Fazal Mahmood 46 absent hurt 0 6 Asghar Ali b Amarnath 33 (5) c Nazar Mohammad b Maqsood Ahmed 46 7 W.D.Sane c Fazal Mahmood b Khan Mohammad 5 not out 38 8 S.G.Shinde c Khan Mohammad b Amarnath 32 (6) c Maqsood Ahmed b Fazal Mahmood 7 9 †D.S.Doctor lbw b Fazal Mahmood 13 (8) c and b Amarnath 0 10 Ghulam Ahmed lbw b Amarnath 0 b Amarnath 4 11 C.R.Rangachari not out 0 (9) lbw b Fazal Mahmood 0 Extras 15 b 4, lb 5 9 —— —— 227 306 FoW (1): 1-35, 2-36, 3-43, 4-129, 5-153, 6-164, 7-210, 8-227, 9-227, 10-227 FoW (2): 1-22, 2-22, 3-72, 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9-306 NORTH ZONE 1 Nazar Mohammad lbw b Sohoni 15 2 Mohammad Saeed b Rangachari 41 3 Maqsood Ahmed b Rangachari 1 (2) not out 11 4 G.Kishenchand run out 218 5 Imtiaz Ahmed b Rangachari 7 6 *L.Amarnath lbw b Rangachari 9 7 Anwar Hussain c Ghazali b Rangachari 72 (1) not out 17 8 Fazal Mahmood not out 100 9 Khan Mohammad c Doctor b Shinde 1 10 †J.K.Irani b Rangachari 2 11 F.G.Lakda not out 1 Extras 39 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 506 (no wicket) 28 FoW (1): 1-38, 2-43, 3- , 4- , 5-132, 6-281, 7-488, 8- , 9-504 North Zone Bowling O M R W O M R W Amarnath 18 4 31 4 18 5 46 3 Khan Mohammad 15 0 55 2 12 0 72 2 Fazal Mahmood 22.2 2 64 4 14 3 43 2 Lakda 6 0 23 0 4 0 19 1 Maqsood Ahmed 7 0 39 0 15 1 84 1 Mohammad Saeed (6) 2 0 17 0 Anwar Hussain (7) 2 0 16 0 South Zone Bowling O M R W O M R W Sohoni 16 2 64 1 1 0 10 0 Rangachari 29.6 2 131 6 1 0 17 0 Shinde 32 5 142 1 Ghulam Ahmed 20 3 68 0 Ghazali 14 2 43 0 Sane 4 1 19 0 Rege (3) 0 0 1 0 Umpires: H.D.Billimoria and H.E.Choudhury. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: North Zone (1) 94-2 (Mohammad Saeed 35*, Kishenchand 34*); 2nd day: North Zone (1) 486-6 (Kishenchand 218*, Fazal Mahmood 54*). G.Kishenchand’s 218 took 370 minutes and included 21 fours. M.R.Rege’s 149 included 16 fours. 89