First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

BIHAR GOVERNOR’S XI v WEST INDIANS Played at Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, January 7, 8, 9, 1949. West Indians won by an innings and 98 runs. WEST INDIANS 1 G.M.Carew b S.N.Banerjee 38 2 A.F.Rae c Mitter b Das 21 3 C.L.Walcott c Bose b Mushtaq Ali 128 4 R.J.Christiani b Bose 63 5 †C.A.McWatt c S.N.Banerjee b Mushtaq Ali 41 6 G.E.Gomez not out 55 7 E.D.Weekes not out 63 8 *J.D.C.Goddard 9 F.J.Cameron 10 P.E.W.Jones 11 J.Trim Extras 36 —— (5 wickets, declared) 445 FoW (1): 1-44 (2), 2-79 (1), 3-201 (4), 4-319 (3), 5-319 (5) BIHAR GOVERNOR’S XI 1 †A.Mitter c Jones b Trim 0 b Trim 7 2 M.Carapiet c Gomez b Trim 6 c McWatt b Trim 0 3 S.S.Banerjee lbw b Trim 22 b Jones 26 4 H.R.Adhikari c Trim b Cameron 13 lbw b Cameron 21 5 S.Mushtaq Ali b Gomez 37 c Cameron b Gomez 33 6 *S.N.Banerjee c Christiani b Trim 15 lbw b Gomez 11 7 S.K.Girdhari b Gomez 5 b Gomez 18 8 B.Patnaik c Walcott b Cameron 18 b Gomez 35 9 F.D’Souza c McWatt b Jones 7 (10) b Cameron 1 10 S.Das c Trim b Gomez 12 (11) c and b Cameron 0 11 B.K.Bose not out 1 (9) not out 23 Extras 20 16 —— —— 156 191 FoW (1): 1-3 (1), 2-10 (2), 3-43 (4), 4-64 (3), 5-88 (6), 6-113 (5), 7-114 (7), 8-129 (9), 9-154 (10), 10-156 (8) FoW (2): 1-2 (2), 2-7 (1), 3-49 (4), 4-70 (3), 5-102 (6), 6-107 (5), 7-143 (7), 8-178 (8), 9-187 (10), 10-191 (11) Bihar Governor’s XI Bowling O M R W S.N.Banerjee 18 0 80 1 Das 12 0 82 1 Bose 22 2 122 1 Girdhari 7 0 36 0 Adhikari 15 1 38 0 Mushtaq Ali 14 2 51 2 West Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Jones 15 6 22 1 10 3 22 1 Trim 15 2 29 4 12 2 35 2 Cameron 17.1 2 45 2 13.1 2 47 3 Gomez 17 6 40 3 14 3 46 4 Walcott (5) 7 3 25 0 Umpires: M.K.Banerjee and S.K.Roy. Toss: Bihar Governor’s XI Close of Play: 1st day: West Indians (1) 445-5 (Gomez 55*, Weekes 63*); 2nd day: Bihar Governor’s XI (2) 54-3 (S.S.Banerjee 22*, Mushtaq Ali 3*). C.L.Walcott’s 128 took 153 minutes and included 13 fours and 5 sixes. 51