First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

BENGAL GOVERNOR’S XI v WEST INDIANS Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, December 26, 27, 28, 1948. Match drawn. WEST INDIANS 1 G.M.Carew b Chowdhury 12 (2) c sub (S.A.Banerjee) b Girdhari 52 2 A.F.Rae c R.B.Nimbalkar b Chowdhury 14 (1) c Banerjee b Girdhari 24 3 C.L.Walcott b Girdhari 97 not out 21 4 E.D.Weekes c R.B.Nimbalkar b Chowdhury 1 not out 16 5 *J.D.C.Goddard b Chowdhury 18 6 K.R.Rickards c and b Girdhari 16 7 R.J.Christiani b Girdhari 25 8 F.J.Cameron not out 40 9 †C.A.McWatt run out 10 10 D.S.Atkinson c Roy b Chowdhury 4 11 P.E.W.Jones b Chowdhury 8 Extras 10 11 —— —— 255 (2 wickets) 124 FoW (1): 1-15 (1), 2-58 (2), 3-64 (4), 4-128 (5), 5-153 (6), 6-178 (3), 7-201 (7), 8-223 (9), 9-231 (10), 10-255 (11) FoW (2): 1-79 (1), 2-99 (2) BENGAL GOVERNOR’S XI 1 S.Mushtaq Ali b Jones 34 2 P.B.Datta c Christiani b Goddard 12 3 N.C.Chatterjee c McWatt b Cameron 4 4 B.B.Nimbalkar b Cameron 11 5 *N.M.Bose lbw b Cameron 7 6 †R.B.Nimbalkar c Carew b Cameron 38 7 P.Roy not out 101 8 B.N.Katju b Jones 9 9 S.N.Banerjee c Walcott b Atkinson 1 10 S.K.Girdhari c Christiani b Goddard 88 11 N.R.Chowdhury b Jones 0 Extras 10 —— 315 FoW (1): 1-29 (2), 2-50 (1), 3-50 (3), 4-60 (5), 5-77 (4), 6-116 (6), 7-132 (8), 8-141 (9), 9-314 (10), 10-315 (11) Bengal Governor’s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Banerjee 17 4 45 0 9 1 29 0 B.B.Nimbalkar 4 2 12 0 Chowdhury 30.2 5 105 6 (2) 6 0 29 0 Mushtaq Ali 2 0 10 0 (3) 5 0 9 0 Girdhari 24 6 65 3 (4) 11 5 11 2 Datta 4 0 8 0 Roy (5) 8 0 35 0 West Indians Bowling O M R W Jones 39.5 14 80 3 Walcott 6 3 6 0 Atkinson 25 8 49 1 Goddard 34 13 55 2 Cameron 39 8 78 4 Christiani 4 0 22 0 Weekes 4 0 15 0 Umpires: B.K.Chakravarthy and S.K.Sinha. Toss: West Indians Close of Play: 1st day: West Indians (1) 255 all out; 2nd day: Bengal Governor’s XI (1) 201-8 (Roy 50*, Girdhari 30*). P.Roy’s 101 took 321 minutes and included 9 fours. C.L.Walcott took over as wicket-keeper after lunch on the second day. B.B.Nimbalkar kept wicket in the West Indians second innings. 41