First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

MAHARASHTRA v KATHIAWAR Played at Poona Club Ground, December 16, 17, 18, 1948. Maharashtra won by a concession. KATHIAWAR 1 †M.Balan Pandit b Dalvi 4 2 Jayantilal Vora b Dhanawade 35 3 K.S.Harpal Deo c P.G.Sham Joshi b Dhanawade 41 4 Bhawanishankar c Mohan Lal b Chaudhari 14 5 Purshottam c and b Chaudhari 5 6 D.Narottam st P.G.Nana Joshi b Chaudhari 17 7 *Thakore Saheb of Rajkot c P.G.Nana Joshi b Deodhar 77 8 Vajubha b Chaudhari 0 9 M.Acharya c P.G.Nana Joshi b Dhanawade 5 10 S.Nyalchand c Dhanawade b Rege 4 11 J.Chauda not out 20 Extras 16 —— 238 FoW (1): 1-8 (1), 2-69 (2), 3-96 (3), 4-96 (4), 5-112 (5), 6-121 (6), 7-133 (8), 8-142 (9), 9-176 (10), 10-238 (7) MAHARASHTRA 1 M.R.Rege hit wkt b Chauda 47 2 K.V.Bhandarkar c Vajubha b Purshottam 205 3 B.B.Nimbalkar not out 443 4 S.D.Deodhar c Nyalchand b Acharya 93 5 B.Mohan Lal lbw b Chauda 7 6 M.G.Dalvi not out 7 7 †P.G.Nana Joshi 8 *Y.N.Gokhale 9 P.G.Sham Joshi 10 D.G.Chaudhari 11 S.D.Dhanawade Extras 24 —— (4 wickets) 826 FoW (1): 1-81 (1), 2-536 (2), 3-778 (4), 4-801 (5) Maharashtra Bowling O M R W Dalvi 11 2 30 1 Nimbalkar 6 0 26 0 Deodhar 5.1 0 20 1 Dhanawade 26 6 72 3 Rege 8 2 24 1 Chaudhari 19 5 46 4 Gokhale 1 0 4 0 Kathiawar Bowling O M R W Narottam 33 1 162 0 Jayantilal Vora 17 2 78 0 Vajubha 36 2 123 0 Purshottam 14 1 75 1 Chauda 33 0 152 2 Nyalchand 25 4 104 0 Acharya 14 4 52 1 Rajkot 2 0 16 0 Harpal Deo 2 0 20 0 Bhawanishankar 4 0 20 0 Umpires: D.K.Naik and T.A.Ramachandran. Toss: Kathiawar Close of Play: 1st day: Maharashtra (1) 132-1 (Bhandarkar 56*, Nimbalkar 24*); 2nd day: Maharashtra (1) 587-2 (Nimbalkar 301*, Deodhar 17*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. K.V.Bhandarkar’s 205 took 355 minutes and included 24 fours. B.B.Nimbalkar’s 443 took 494 minutes and included 49 fours and 1 six. Kathiawar conceded at lunch on Day 3 when Maharashtra said they intended to continue batting 29