First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

VICTORIA v INDIANS Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, October 30, 31, November 1, 3, 1947. Match drawn. INDIANS 1 M.H.Mankad c Baker b Johnston 0 lbw b Fothergill 59 2 C.T.Sarwate b Johnson 32 c Baker b Loxton 8 3 K.M.Rangnekar c Fothergill b Johnston 0 lbw b Johnson 2 4 V.S.Hazare c Johnson b Johnston 0 b Johnston 83 5 *L.Amarnath not out 228 (7) c M.R.Harvey b Hassett 16 6 Gul Mohammad c R.N.Harvey b Ring 3 (10) run out 13 7 G.Kishenchand c Baker b Johnson 17 (6) c Baker b Johnston 4 8 Amir Elahi c R.N.Harvey b Freer 46 st Baker b Johnson 9 9 C.S.Nayudu c R.N.Harvey b Fothergill 58 (5) b Johnson 5 10 C.R.Rangachari lbw b Johnson 0 (9) b Johnston 0 11 †J.K.Irani run out (Fothergill/Baker) 8 not out 2 Extras b 7, lb 3, nb 1 11 b 1, lb 1 2 —— —— 403 203 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-107, 5-120, 6-159, 7-219, 8-372, 9-376, 10-403 FoW (2): 1-24, 2-33, 3-127, 4-134, 5-142, 6-170, 7-182, 8-188, 9-188, 10-203 VICTORIA 1 M.R.Harvey c Hazare b Amarnath 4 lbw b Hazare 35 2 K.D.Meuleman c Irani b Rangachari 4 c Irani b Amarnath 0 3 *A.L.Hassett b Rangachari 1 not out 67 4 S.J.E.Loxton c and b Mankad 77 not out 35 5 R.N.Harvey c Amarnath b Nayudu 87 6 D.H.Fothergill lbw b Mankad 54 7 I.W.G.Johnson b Mankad 0 8 F.A.W.Freer run out (sub [P.K.Sen]/Irani) 14 9 †E.A.Baker b Amir Elahi 22 10 D.T.Ring not out 5 11 W.A.Johnston c Kishenchand b Mankad 0 Extras b 2, lb 3 5 lb 1 1 —— —— 273 (2 wickets) 138 FoW (1): 1-7, 2-8, 3-11, 4-163, 5-198, 6-202, 7-234, 8-252, 9-272, 10-273 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-65 Victoria Bowling O M R W O M R W Johnston 22 2 56 3 17.7 1 40 3 Freer 20.7 2 89 1 1nb 7 0 24 0 Loxton 7 1 23 0 6 0 16 1 Johnson 31 4 108 3 19 3 57 3 Ring 19 1 98 1 5 0 26 0 Fothergill 6 1 18 1 6 0 34 1 Hassett (7) 1 0 4 1 Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Rangachari 13 0 54 2 (2) 5 1 28 0 Amarnath 10 1 23 1 (1) 4 0 13 1 Mankad 20.2 2 55 4 (4) 9 2 22 0 Amir Elahi 7 1 41 1 (5) 7 2 19 0 Gul Mohammad 2 0 13 0 Sarwate 4 0 25 0 (7) 3 1 7 0 Nayudu 6 1 30 1 (6) 3 0 16 0 Hazare 10 2 27 0 (3) 12 2 32 1 Umpires: A.N.Barlow and R.J.J.Wright. Toss: Indians Close of Play: 1st day: Indians (1) 283-7 (Amarnath 157*, Nayudu 22*); 2nd day: Victoria (1) 208-6 (Fothergill 33*, Freer 1*); 3rd day: Indians (2) 170-6 (Hazare 75*). L.Amarnath’s 228 took 372 minutes and included 10 fours. 9