First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

TASMANIA v INDIANS Played at Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Hobart, January 10, 12, 13, 1948. Indians won by an innings and 139 runs. TASMANIA 1 *R.O.G.Morrisby b Rangachari 22 c Sarwate b Amarnath 29 2 M.R.Thomas b Rangachari 2 run out 0 3 W.T.Walmsley c Mankad b Amarnath 2 c Rangachari b Amarnath 33 4 R.V.Thomas c Rangnekar b Amarnath 45 c Rangachari b Sarwate 5 5 A.E.Wilkes b Rangachari 2 c Sen b Rangachari 0 6 D.Jackman lbw b Rangachari 0 b Rangachari 6 7 J.F.L.Laver c Sen b Rangachari 0 b Amarnath 0 8 J.I.Murfett c Adhikari b Rangachari 26 c Sen b Rangachari 1 9 C.G.Richardson not out 21 not out 17 10 N.V.Diprose lbw b Mankad 8 c Rangachari b Sarwate 5 11 †L.J.Alexander b Hazare 10 b Hazare 13 Extras b 3, nb 1 4 b 11, lb 4, nb 1 16 —— —— 142 125 FoW (1): 1-7, 2-14, 3-45, 4-53, 5-53, 6-53, 7-97, 8-103, 9-131, 10-142 FoW (2): 1-2, 2-66, 3-73, 4-73, 5-79, 6-84, 7-84, 8-86, 9-91, 10-125 INDIANS 1 M.H.Mankad lbw b Richardson 37 2 C.T.Sarwate b Richardson 2 3 *L.Amarnath c R.V.Thomas b Laver 171 4 V.S.Hazare c Alexander b Walmsley 115 5 K.M.Rangnekar c Murfett b Richardson 43 6 K.Rai Singh run out (M.R.Thomas/Alexander) 2 7 H.R.Adhikari not out 23 8 M.S.Ranvirsinhji run out (Alexander) 7 9 G.Kishenchand 10 †P.K.Sen 11 C.R.Rangachari Extras b 5, lb 1 6 —— (7 wickets, declared) 406 FoW (1): 1-18, 2-49, 3-304, 4-356, 5-368, 6-389, 7-406 Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Rangachari 12 0 45 6 11 3 35 3 Amarnath 8 1 27 2 11 5 18 3 Mankad 10 2 39 1 5 0 20 0 Hazare 4 1 18 1 (5) 4.1 0 18 1 Sarwate 4 1 9 0 1nb (4) 6 1 14 2 1nb Kishenchand (6) 2 0 4 0 Tasmania Bowling O M R W Murfett 21.7 2 85 0 Richardson 25 4 89 3 Walmsley 26 1 127 1 Diprose 18 5 53 0 Laver 10 0 46 1 Umpires: H.D.G.Hickman and A.J.Watkins. Toss: Indians Close of Play: 1st day: Indians (1) 189-2 (Amarnath 95*, Hazare 52*); 2nd day: Tasmania (2) 12-1 (Morrisby 4*, Walmsley 7*). L.Amarnath’s 171 took 273 minutes and included 17 fours. V.S.Hazare’s 115 took 202 minutes and included 13 fours. C.R.Rangachari completed a hat-trick in the Tasmania first innings (Wilkes, Jackman, Laver). 62