First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

GUJARAT v KATHIAWAR Played at Gujarat College Ground, Ahmedabad, December 20, 21, 22, 1947. Kathiawar won by five wickets. GUJARAT 1 †H.A.Nakhuda b Purshottam 4 lbw b Girdhari 17 2 G.G.Desai c Jayantilal Vora b Girdhari 69 (3) c Narottam b Girdhari 11 3 Alimuddin hit wkt b Narottam 19 (2) b Girdhari 41 4 *P.N.Cambhatta lbw b Narottam 0 (6) c and b Girdhari 27 5 J.H.Shodhan c Girdhari b Jayantilal Vora 37 b Nyalchand 1 6 D.P.Medh c Gandhi b Girdhari 7 (4) c Gandhi b Girdhari 4 7 C.Patel st Balan Pandit b Girdhari 11 not out 14 8 W.A.D’Souza not out 3 run out 2 9 R.H.Shodhan b Nyalchand 2 c and b Girdhari 0 10 J.M.Patel c Girdhari b Nyalchand 0 (11) c Rathod b Girdhari 4 11 U.R.Chippa run out 0 (10) st Balan Pandit b Girdhari 1 Extras 6 8 —— —— 158 130 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-158 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-130 KATHIAWAR 1 †M.Balan Pandit c Nakhuda b J.H.Shodhan 22 b J.M.Patel 27 2 Jayantilal Vora lbw b J.M.Patel 17 c Nakhuda b J.H.Shodhan 7 3 K.S.Harpal Deo run out 0 b R.H.Shodhan 24 4 Bhawanishankar b Chippa 31 c D’Souza b J.M.Patel 30 5 *S.B.Gandhi b J.M.Patel 27 b R.H.Shodhan 25 6 S.K.Girdhari not out 40 not out 14 7 Purshottam lbw b R.H.Shodhan 1 8 K.P.Kesari c R.H.Shodhan b Chippa 3 (7) not out 2 9 D.Narottam b R.H.Shodhan 3 10 R.P.Rathod b J.H.Shodhan 0 11 S.Nyalchand run out 4 Extras 11 2 —— —— 159 (5 wickets) 131 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-159 FoW (2): 1-9, 2-42, 3-73, 4-108, 5-123 Kathiawar Bowling O M R W O M R W Jayantilal Vora 9 2 32 1 5 0 8 0 Purshottam 5 2 12 1 2 0 8 0 Nyalchand 9 2 21 2 9 2 15 1 Narottam 14 0 58 2 8 3 21 0 Girdhari 13.2 4 29 3 19.4 1 55 8 Kesari (6) 5 0 15 0 Gujarat Bowling O M R W O M R W J.H.Shodhan 14.5 3 32 2 6 3 12 1 R.H.Shodhan 19 4 40 2 17 2 61 2 J.M.Patel 14 0 55 2 11 3 30 2 Chippa 9 2 21 2 13.4 7 26 0 Umpires: Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Kathiawar (1) 93-4; 2nd day: Gujarat (2) 46-2 (Alimuddin not out, [unknown] not out). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. 36