First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

WEST ZONE v WEST INDIANS Played at Poona Club Ground, December 3, 4, 5, 6, 1948. Match drawn. WEST INDIANS 1 G.M.Carew b Raiji 49 b Hazare 62 2 J.B.Stollmeyer c Rege b Raiji 92 c Hazare b Raiji 18 3 A.F.Rae c B.B.Nimbalkar b Raiji 19 b Rege 61 4 †C.L.Walcott c Rege b Raiji 1 (7) c and b Kishenchand 120 5 G.E.Gomez c Merchant b Sohoni 58 (10) not out 6 6 E.D.Weekes b Raiji 0 (5) b Patel 31 7 *J.D.C.Goddard c Merchant b Sohoni 13 (8) not out 30 8 K.R.Rickards b Hazare 1 (6) run out 99 9 D.S.Atkinson c R.B.Nimbalkar b Hazare 3 (4) c B.B.Nimbalkar b Raiji 28 10 F.J.Cameron lbw b Hazare 12 (9) b Sohoni 1 11 W.Ferguson not out 25 Extras 1 22 —— —— 274 (8 wickets) 478 FoW (1): 1-98 (1), 2-135 (3), 3-138 (4), 4-191 (2), 5-193 (6), 6-232 (7), 7-233 (8), 8-237 (9), 9-237 (5), 10-274 (10) FoW (2): 1-50 (2), 2-109 (1), 3-176 (4), 4-182 (3), 5-221 (5), 6-418 (6), 7-461 (7), 8-462 (9) WEST ZONE 1 M.R.Rege c Cameron b Goddard 49 2 S.W.Sohoni b Gomez 0 3 P.R.Umrigar c Goddard b Atkinson 6 4 *V.S.Hazare st Walcott b Ferguson 137 5 G.Kishenchand c and b Gomez 53 6 B.B.Nimbalkar b Stollmeyer 52 7 U.M.Merchant c Goddard b Atkinson 82 8 †R.B.Nimbalkar c Cameron b Weekes 56 9 M.N.Raiji c Atkinson b Goddard 4 10 S.D.Deodhar lbw b Atkinson 23 11 J.M.Patel not out 1 Extras 11 —— 474 FoW (1): 1-13 (2), 2-36 (3), 3-84 (1), 4-245 (5), 5-257 (4), 6-358 (6), 7-430 (8), 8-434 (9), 9-467 (7), 10-474 (10) West Zone Bowling O M R W O M R W Sohoni 19 3 61 2 27 9 65 1 Hazare 11.1 1 35 3 22 7 53 1 B.B.Nimbalkar 4 0 18 0 Raiji 27 1 103 5 (3) 51 2 184 2 Umrigar 8 0 15 0 (4) 9 3 17 0 Patel 16 5 41 0 (5) 27 3 87 1 Rege (6) 13 3 25 1 Kishenchand (7) 5 0 25 1 West Indians Bowling O M R W Gomez 23 6 50 2 Atkinson 37.5 9 106 3 Goddard 39 20 52 2 Cameron 50 15 115 0 Stollmeyer 11 0 39 1 Ferguson 18 1 46 1 Weekes 14 1 53 1 Carew 3 2 2 0 Umpires: A.R.Joshi and B.J.Mohoni. Toss: West Indians Close of Play: 1st day: West Zone (1) 26-1 (Rege 24*, Umrigar 0*); 2nd day: West Zone (1) 295-5 (B.B.Nimbalkar 23*, Merchant 20*); 3rd day: West Indians (2) 110-2 (Rae 23*, Atkinson 0*). V.S.Hazare’s 137 took 240 minutes and included 25 fours. C.L.Walcott’s 120 took 185 minutes and included 7 fours and 2 sixes. 23