First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

CENTRAL PROVINCE GOVERNOR’S XI v WEST INDIANS Played at Central Provinces Gymkhana Ground, Nagpur, December 19, 20, 21, 1948. West Indians won by six wickets. CENTRAL PROVINCE GOVERNOR’S XI 1 S.Mushtaq Ali c Ferguson b Gomez 36 c Atkinson b Gomez 30 2 G.R.Naidu c Weekes b Jones 44 b Jones 0 3 S.S.Thakur lbw b Ferguson 3 b Gomez 1 4 K.P.Kesari b Jones 7 lbw b Gomez 3 5 *C.K.Nayudu lbw b Ferguson 4 st McWatt b Stollmeyer 72 6 C.S.Nayudu c Rae b Gomez 9 c Rickards b Gomez 37 7 H.G.Gaekwad c McWatt b Gomez 3 c Stollmeyer b Jones 1 8 W.D.Sane b Gomez 4 b Jones 11 9 K.S.Thakur lbw b Gomez 19 b Jones 18 10 †E.S.Maka lbw b Ferguson 1 (11) not out 2 11 Ghulam Ahmed not out 1 (10) b Jones 1 Extras 8 8 —— —— 139 184 FoW (1): 1-59 (1), 2-68 (3), 3-88 (2), 4-95 (4), 5-103 (5), 6-110 (6), 7-113 (7), 8-132 (8), 9-137 (10), 10-139 (9) FoW (2): 1-5 (2), 2-12 (3), 3-18 (4), 4-55 (1), 5-129 (6), 6-147 (5), 7-147 (7), 8-170 (8), 9-172 (10), 10-184 (9) WEST INDIANS 1 G.M.Carew c Gaekwad b Ghulam Ahmed 37 lbw b Ghulam Ahmed 10 2 *J.B.Stollmeyer st Maka b C.K.Nayudu 47 lbw b Ghulam Ahmed 52 3 A.F.Rae lbw b Gaekwad 0 lbw b Gaekwad 15 4 W.Ferguson b Gaekwad 6 5 E.D.Weekes c Maka b Gaekwad 0 6 G.E.Gomez b Ghulam Ahmed 27 (4) not out 37 7 R.J.Christiani c S.S.Thakur b Gaekwad 1 (6) not out 27 8 K.R.Rickards b Ghulam Ahmed 6 9 †C.A.McWatt lbw b Ghulam Ahmed 26 10 D.S.Atkinson c C.K.Nayudu b Ghulam Ahmed 13 (5) lbw b Ghulam Ahmed 0 11 P.E.W.Jones not out 5 Extras 10 7 —— —— 178 (4 wickets) 148 FoW (1): 1-78 (2), 2-79 (3), 3-97 (4), 4-97 (5), 5-103 (1), 6-106 (7), 7-113 (8), 8-148 (6), 9-171 (9), 10-178 (10) FoW (2): 1-19 (1), 2-54 (3), 3-108 (2), 4-108 (5) West Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Jones 14 5 38 2 17.5 3 52 5 Gomez 19.3 5 40 5 22 8 50 4 Atkinson 4 3 5 0 3 0 4 0 Ferguson 25 7 48 3 6 1 25 0 Carew (5) 9 4 22 0 Stollmeyer (6) 9 2 23 1 Central Province Governor’s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Gaekwad 31 5 83 4 19 2 55 1 Kesari 3 1 8 0 1 0 1 0 Ghulam Ahmed 24.1 7 47 5 16 3 43 3 C.S.Nayudu 3 0 15 0 8 1 28 0 C.K.Nayudu 6 2 15 1 3 1 6 0 S.S.Thakur (6) 3 0 8 0 Umpires: J.D.Irani and N.D.Sane. Toss: Central Province Governor’s XI Close of Play: 1st day: West Indians (1) 95-2 (Carew 33*, Ferguson 6*); 2nd day: Central Province Governor’s XI (2) 147-7 (Sane 0*). 35