First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

WEST ZONE v NORTH ZONE Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, February 21, 22, 23, 1947. West Zone won by an innings and 34 runs. WEST ZONE 1 K.C.Ibrahim c Kishenchand b Amarnath 2 2 M.H.Mankad c and b Khan Mohammad 1 3 R.S.Modi c Maqsood Ahmed b Fazal Mahmood 124 4 *V.S.Hazare lbw b Zulfiqar Ahmed 185 5 K.M.Rangnekar run out 6 6 H.R.Adhikari c Khanna b Amarnath 40 7 Gul Mohammad not out 47 8 D.G.Phadkar c Imtiaz Ahmed b Fazal Mahmood 6 9 Amir Elahi b Fazal Mahmood 13 10 †E.S.Maka c Zulfiqar Ahmed b Fazal Mahmood 41 11 K.K.Tarapore c Kishenchand b Fazal Mahmood 2 Extras 25 —— 492 FoW (1): 1-8, 2-10, 3-278, 4-289, 5-372, 6-385, 7-410, 8-426, 9- , 10-492 NORTH ZONE 1 Mohammad Saeed c Amir Elahi b Mankad 43 (2) c Hazare b Mankad 25 2 B.C.Khanna b Phadkar 5 (7) lbw b Tarapore 0 3 Imtiaz Ahmed b Amir Elahi 23 (1) b Phadkar 0 4 G.Kishenchand lbw b Hazare 69 (5) lbw b Phadkar 14 5 *L.Amarnath lbw b Amir Elahi 28 (4) run out 49 6 Maqsood Ahmed c Mankad b Tarapore 20 c Hazare b Tarapore 43 7 Anwar Hussain st Maka b Phadkar 40 (3) b Phadkar 8 8 Fazal Mahmood c Tarapore b Phadkar 5 b Mankad 6 9 Khan Mohammad b Phadkar 7 lbw b Tarapore 28 10 Zulfiqar Ahmed lbw b Phadkar 1 st Maka b Amir Elahi 19 11 †J.K.Irani not out 3 not out 2 Extras 9 11 —— —— 253 205 FoW (1): 1-10, 2-53, 3-91, 4-137, 5-170, 6-214, 7-227, 8-240, 9-246, 10-253 FoW (2): 1-4, 2-14, 3-49, 4-91, 5-129, 6-130, 7-153, 8-155, 9-203, 10-205 North Zone Bowling O M R W Amarnath 25 2 117 2 Khan Mohammad 17 0 106 1 Fazal Mahmood 32.6 7 118 5 Maqsood Ahmed 7 0 33 0 Khanna 5 0 10 0 Zulfiqar Ahmed 16 1 83 1 West Zone Bowling O M R W O M R W Phadkar 14.6 2 54 5 12 2 46 3 Hazare 10 0 37 1 6 2 23 0 Amir Elahi 26 4 76 2 12.1 0 67 1 Mankad 16 1 46 1 8 2 18 2 Tarapore 12 3 31 1 9 0 40 3 Umpires: D.K.Naik and J.R.Patel. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: West Zone (1) 395-6 (Gul Mohammad 12*, Phadkar 4*); 2nd day: North Zone (1) 105-5 (Kishenchand 64*, Anwar Hussain 16*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. R.S.Modi’s 124 took 195 minutes and included 12 fours. V.S.Hazare’s 185 took 276 minutes and included 22 fours. 94