First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

WEST ZONE v EAST ZONE Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, November 25, 26, 27, 1948. West Zone won by eight wickets. EAST ZONE 1 S.Mushtaq Ali c Oza b Shinde 30 c Umrigar b Sohoni 43 2 G.N.Kunzru st Mantri b Oza 34 (5) not out 63 3 C.T.Sarwate b Oza 15 lbw b Hazare 35 4 N.C.Chatterjee b Oza 2 lbw b Oza 1 5 M.H.Mankad lbw b Shinde 1 (2) c Mantri b Shinde 43 6 B.Frank st Mantri b Shinde 39 (7) b Sohoni 2 7 *P.E.Palia b Shinde 34 (6) c Hazare b Shinde 0 8 S.N.Banerjee st Mantri b Shinde 25 c Hazare b Shinde 21 9 H.G.Gaekwad c Hazare b Umrigar 7 c Gul Mohammad b Shinde 0 10 †M.K.Balendu Shah not out 4 lbw b Hazare 9 11 S.A.Banerjee run out 0 run out 1 Extras 7 4 —— —— 198 222 FoW (1): 1-61 (1), 2-80 (3), 3-81 (2), 4-82 (5), 5-86 (4), 6-152 (7), 7-157 (6), 8-194 (9), 9-194 (8), 10-198 (11) FoW (2): 1-65 (1), 2-112 (2), 3-113 (4), 4-128 (3), 5-133 (6), 6-140 (7), 7-185 (8), 8-185 (9), 9-213 (10), 10-222 (11) WEST ZONE 1 K.C.Ibrahim c Balendu Shah b S.N.Banerjee 0 c Kunzru b Sarwate 36 2 †M.K.Mantri b S.N.Banerjee 4 3 P.R.Umrigar c Kunzru b S.A.Banerjee 11 not out 21 4 *V.S.Hazare c Mankad b S.A.Banerjee 146 not out 44 5 D.G.Phadkar c Balendu Shah b S.N.Banerjee 45 6 U.M.Merchant c S.N.Banerjee b Mankad 0 7 Gul Mohammad c Mankad b Sarwate 16 8 S.W.Sohoni run out 2 (2) lbw b Sarwate 81 9 M.M.Dalvi not out 2 10 S.G.Shinde c S.N.Banerjee b S.A.Banerjee 0 11 J.R.Oza b S.A.Banerjee 0 Extras 12 2 —— —— 238 (2 wickets) 184 FoW (1): 1-0 (1), 2-5 (2), 3-50 (3), 4-166 (5), 5-167 (6), 6-194 (7), 7-216 (8), 8-238 (4), 9-238 (10), 10-238 (11) FoW (2): 1-119 (2), 2-120 (1) West Zone Bowling O M R W O M R W Phadkar 6 1 20 0 Sohoni 12 1 38 0 (1) 19 4 58 2 Shinde 33 5 79 5 (2) 30 3 81 4 Hazare 4 1 4 0 (3) 13 4 11 2 Oza 21 5 43 3 (4) 14 3 40 1 Umrigar 3.2 2 7 1 (5) 2 0 15 0 Gul Mohammad (6) 2 0 13 0 East Zone Bowling O M R W O M R W S.N.Banerjee 18 4 73 3 5 0 16 0 S.A.Banerjee 17 8 36 4 7 1 28 0 Mankad 22 8 40 1 6 1 22 0 Sarwate 15 0 46 1 13 3 42 2 Gaekwad 11 2 17 0 10 0 24 0 Kunzru 3 0 14 0 3 0 16 0 Mushtaq Ali (7) 5 1 15 0 Chatterjee (8) 3 0 19 0 Umpires: J.G.Rangnekar and P.P.Umrigar. Toss: East Zone Close of Play: 1st day: West Zone (1) 58-3 (Hazare 33*, Phadkar 3*); 2nd day: East Zone (2) 128-4 (Kunzru 5*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. V.S.Hazare’s 146 took 244 minutes and included 17 fours. S.A.Banerjee completed a hat-trick in the West Zone first innings (Hazare, Shinde, Oza). 16