First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

INDIA v WEST INDIES Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, December 31, 1948, January 1, 2, 3, 4, 1949. Match drawn. WEST INDIES 1 A.F.Rae lbw b Banerjee 15 run out 34 2 D.S.Atkinson b Banerjee 0 (10) not out 5 3 †C.L.Walcott c Banerjee b Ghulam Ahmed 54 (6) c Amarnath b Mankad 108 4 E.D.Weekes c and b Ghulam Ahmed 162 c and b Ghulam Ahmed 101 5 G.E.Gomez b Mankad 26 (7) b Ghulam Ahmed 29 6 G.M.Carew lbw b Mankad 11 (2) b Banerjee 9 7 *J.D.C.Goddard not out 39 (5) c Banerjee b Amarnath 9 8 R.J.Christiani c and b Banerjee 23 b Amarnath 22 9 F.J.Cameron c Mushtaq Ali b Banerjee 23 c and b Mankad 2 10 W.Ferguson b Ghulam Ahmed 2 (3) lbw b Mankad 6 11 P.E.W.Jones b Ghulam Ahmed 6 Extras b 1, lb 4 5 b 6, lb 1, w 1, nb 3 11 —— —— 366 (9 wickets, declared) 336 FoW (1): 1-1 (2), 2-28 (1), 3-109 (3), 4-188 (5), 5-238 (6), 6-284 (4), 7-309 (8), 8-340 (9), 9-342 (10), 10-366 (11) FoW (2): 1-13 (2), 2-32 (3), 3-104 (1), 4-130 (5), 5-181 (4), 6-244 (7), 7-304 (8), 8-321 (9), 9-336 (6) INDIA 1 S.Mushtaq Ali c Rae b Goddard 54 lbw b Atkinson 106 2 K.C.Ibrahim b Gomez 1 c Atkinson b Gomez 25 3 R.S.Modi b Jones 80 c Christiani b Goddard 87 4 V.S.Hazare b Gomez 59 not out 58 5 *L.Amarnath c Christiani b Gomez 3 not out 34 6 M.H.Mankad c Ferguson b Goddard 29 7 H.R.Adhikari not out 31 8 C.T.Sarwate b Goddard 0 9 †P.K.Sen lbw b Ferguson 1 10 Ghulam Ahmed st Christiani b Ferguson 0 11 S.A.Banerjee st Christiani b Ferguson 0 Extras b 5, lb 6, nb 3 14 b 12, nb 3 15 —— —— 272 (3 wickets) 325 FoW (1): 1-12 (2), 2-77 (1), 3-206 (4), 4-206 (3), 5-210 (5), 6-267 (6), 7-267 (8), 8-268 (9), 9-269 (10), 10-272 (11) FoW (2): 1-84 (2), 2-154 (1), 3-262 (3) India Bowling O M R W O M R W Banerjee 30 3 120 4 21 0 61 1 Amarnath 20 6 34 0 23 4 75 2 Hazare 5 0 33 0 11 3 33 0 Ghulam Ahmed 35.2 5 94 4 25 0 87 2 Mankad 23 5 74 2 24.3 5 68 3 Sarwate 2 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 West Indies Bowling O M R W O M R W Jones 17 3 48 1 21 5 49 0 Gomez 32 10 65 3 29 10 47 1 Ferguson 29 8 66 3 (6) 9 0 35 0 Goddard 13 3 34 3 (5) 23 11 41 1 Cameron 7 2 12 0 (3) 30 7 67 0 Atkinson 9 0 27 0 (8) 14 3 42 1 Christiani 2 0 6 0 3 0 12 0 Carew (4) 3 2 2 0 Walcott (9) 3 0 12 0 Weekes (10) 1 0 3 0 Umpires: A.R.Joshi and B.J.Mohoni. Toss: West Indies Close of Play: 1st day: West Indies (1) 339-7 (Goddard 22*, Cameron 22*); 2nd day: India (1) 204-2 (Modi 78*, Hazare 59*); 3rd day: West Indies (2) 120-3 (Weekes 62*, Goddard 6*); 4th day: India (2) 66-0 (Mushtaq Ali 45*, Ibrahim 21*). E.D.Weekes’s 162 took 188 minutes and included 24 fours. E.D.Weekes’s 101 took 185 minutes and included 5 fours. C.L.Walcott’s 108 took 164 minutes and included 11 fours and 2 sixes. S.Mushtaq Ali’s 106 took 213 minutes and included 9 fours. R.J.Christiani kept wicket in the India first innings on the third day as C.L.Walcott was ill, and again in the India second innings from when the score was about 250 as C.L.Walcott injured his hand. 43