First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

EAST ZONE v WEST INDIANS Played at Alfred Park, Allahabad, January 13, 14, 15, 1949. East Zone won by ten wickets. EAST ZONE 1 G.N.Kunzru c Trim b Jones 5 (2) not out 0 2 †N.R.Nivsarkar lbw b Jones 0 3 S.S.Banerjee c Christiani b Jones 7 4 P.Roy lbw b Goddard 38 5 B.Frank c Cameron b Trim 123 6 *P.E.Palia c Christiani b Jones 13 7 S.K.Girdhari b Goddard 31 8 D.Jagdish Lal b Trim 33 9 S.N.Banerjee lbw b Goddard 3 (1) not out 6 10 Wahidullah not out 4 11 H.G.Gaekwad c and b Goddard 9 Extras 32 —— —— 298 (no wicket) 6 FoW (1): 1-1 (2), 2-10 (1), 3-14 (3), 4-117 (4), 5-159 (6), 6-207 (5), 7-273 (8), 8-278 (7), 9-288 (9), 10-298 (11) WEST INDIANS 1 G.M.Carew c Wahidullah b Gaekwad 20 lbw b S.N.Banerjee 4 2 J.B.Stollmeyer b Gaekwad 6 c Nivsarkar b S.N.Banerjee 0 3 A.F.Rae lbw b Gaekwad 18 (5) c and b Girdhari 10 4 †R.J.Christiani b Girdhari 11 (7) b Palia 39 5 *J.D.C.Goddard lbw b Gaekwad 12 (4) c Nivsarkar b S.N.Banerjee 8 6 G.E.Gomez c S.N.Banerjee b Girdhari 19 c Kunzru b S.N.Banerjee 43 7 C.L.Walcott c Wahidullah b Girdhari 18 (3) c Nivsarkar b S.N.Banerjee 43 8 C.A.McWatt b Gaekwad 0 lbw b S.N.Banerjee 10 9 F.J.Cameron b Girdhari 0 b S.N.Banerjee 14 10 P.E.W.Jones not out 1 b Gaekwad 0 11 J.Trim b Girdhari 4 not out 6 Extras b 5, lb 3, nb 1 9 b 3, lb 1, nb 3 7 —— —— 118 184 FoW (1): 1-27 (2), 2-36 (1), 3-61 (4), 4-67 (3), 5-84 (5), 6-111 (7), 7-112 (8), 8-113 (9), 9-114 (6), 10-118 (11) FoW (2): 1-1 (2), 2-17 (1), 3-59 (4), 4-62 (3), 5-99 (5), 6-139 (7), 7-159 (6), 8-177 (8), 9-178 (9), 10-184 (10) West Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Jones 27 7 55 4 Trim 14 3 40 2 Gomez 36 15 55 0 (1) 0.3 0 6 0 Goddard 20 4 54 4 Cameron 8 0 21 0 Stollmeyer 8 0 41 0 East Zone Bowling O M R W O M R W S.N.Banerjee 13 2 27 0 20 1 67 7 Palia 2 0 11 0 3 0 16 1 Gaekwad 21 6 40 5 21 2 42 1 Girdhari 10.3 1 31 5 23 6 45 1 Kunzru (5) 3 0 7 0 Umpires: B.K.Chakravarthy and P.K.Sinha. Toss: West Indians Close of Play: 1st day: East Zone (1) 245-6 (Girdhari 16*, Jagdish Lal 21*); 2nd day: West Indians (2) 51-2 (Walcott 37*, Goddard 5*). B.Frank’s 123 took 168 minutes and included 17 fours. 53