First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

UNITED PROVINCES v BIHAR Played at Muir Central College Ground, Allahabad, January 10, 11, 12, 1948. United Provinces won by nine wickets. BIHAR 1 †B.Roy run out 1 lbw b Alexander 4 2 M.Carapiet lbw b Alexander 2 b V.W.Shah 25 3 B.Sen b Om Prakash 26 c Alexander b Om Prakash 0 4 *S.N.Banerjee c Raza b Alexander 11 c Balendu Shah b Om Prakash 19 5 S.Bagchi c Telang b V.W.Shah 1 c Alexander b V.W.Shah 25 6 B.Patnaik b V.W.Shah 1 b V.W.Shah 0 7 D.Sen b Alexander 1 c Alexander b Om Prakash 16 8 S.B.Dutt c Katju b Om Prakash 33 lbw b V.W.Shah 1 9 B.K.Bose not out 16 b V.W.Shah 1 10 S.Bose c Katju b Om Prakash 0 not out 18 11 S.Das lbw b Om Prakash 0 b Om Prakash 8 Extras 3 23 —— —— 95 140 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-5, 3-20, 4-22, 5-24, 6-33, 7-65, 8-95, 9-95, 10-95 FoW (2): 1-40, 2-40, 3-91, 4-93, 5-95, 6-95, 7-100, 8-109, 9-120, 10-140 UNITED PROVINCES 1 S.M.Mazhar lbw b D.Sen 16 not out 25 2 H.Raza c D.Sen b Banerjee 20 b Banerjee 7 3 †M.K.Balendu Shah c Carapiet b D.Sen 1 not out 59 4 Wahidullah c Roy b B.K.Bose 22 5 S.Om Prakash b B.K.Bose 7 6 Surendra Lal b Das 0 7 B.P.Telang c B.Sen b D.Sen 13 8 *E.Alexander c S.Bose b Banerjee 2 9 V.W.Shah b B.K.Bose 20 10 Phool Chand b B.K.Bose 14 11 B.N.Katju not out 1 Extras 22 8 —— —— 138 (1 wicket) 99 FoW (1): 1-31, 2-37, 3-39, 4-62, 5-62, 6-81, 7-84, 8-103, 9-127, 10-138 FoW (2): 1-20 United Provinces Bowling O M R W O M R W Alexander 15 3 28 3 13 3 24 1 Katju 8 4 7 0 3 1 14 0 V.W.Shah 13 3 25 2 17 7 34 5 Om Prakash 9 0 22 4 12.2 0 35 4 Phool Chand 3 0 10 0 4 1 10 0 Bihar Bowling O M R W O M R W Banerjee 19 5 48 2 11 3 25 1 S.Bose 7 1 16 0 2 1 6 0 D.Sen 11 5 15 3 6 1 14 0 Das 5 1 9 1 4 0 17 0 B.K.Bose 11.2 2 28 4 5.5 0 29 0 Umpires: B.K.Chakravarthy and T.A.Ramachandran. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: United Provinces (1) 84-7 ([unknown] not out); 2nd day: United Provinces (2) 23-1 (Mazhar not out, Balendu Shah not out). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. 63