First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

BENGAL v BOMBAY Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, January 21, 22, 23, 24, 1949. Match drawn. BOMBAY 1 *K.C.Ibrahim c Sen b Mankad 113 2 B.R.Irani lbw b Girdhari 55 (1) c Sen b Girdhari 23 3 †M.K.Mantri c Chowdhury b Girdhari 117 4 U.M.Merchant lbw b Mankad 57 5 D.G.Phadkar c Sen b Girdhari 1 (3) not out 31 6 K.M.Rangnekar c Bose b Banerjee 51 7 P.R.Umrigar not out 100 8 G.S.Ramchand c Sen b Chowdhury 14 9 M.N.Raiji b Mankad 2 (4) not out 45 10 V.R.Amladi not out 28 (2) c Girdhari b Bose 23 11 M.A.Latiff Extras 36 5 —— —— (8 wickets, declared) 574 (2 wickets, declared) 127 FoW (1): 1-170 (2), 2-218 (1), 3-354 (4), 4-357 (5), 5-414 (3), 6-428 (6), 7-470 (8), 8-481 (9) FoW (2): 1-47 (1), 2-48 (2) BENGAL 1 †P.K.Sen b Phadkar 3 (5) b Latiff 7 2 D.R.Das b Phadkar 0 (1) b Irani 17 3 *S.Bose c Raiji b Umrigar 19 4 P.Roy c Merchant b Umrigar 8 (2) c Ibrahim b Raiji 34 5 M.H.Mankad c Mantri b Phadkar 20 (6) not out 18 6 N.C.Chatterjee c Amladi b Ramchand 85 (3) c Ibrahim b Raiji 23 7 B.Frank c Raiji b Phadkar 31 8 P.E.Palia b Umrigar 26 9 S.K.Girdhari not out 26 (4) not out 28 10 S.A.Banerjee lbw b Umrigar 7 11 N.R.Chowdhury b Phadkar 6 Extras 20 4 —— —— 251 (4 wickets) 131 FoW (1): 1-1 (2), 2-18 (1), 3-22 (3), 4-49 (4), 5-55 (5), 6-102 (7), 7-207 (6), 8-208 (8), 9-224 (10), 10-251 (11) FoW (2): 1-34 (1), 2-61 (3), 3-90 (2), 4-103 (5) Bengal Bowling O M R W O M R W Banerjee 31 12 60 1 2 0 4 0 Palia 4 1 3 0 4 1 15 0 Chowdhury 48 7 132 1 Roy 13 3 38 0 (3) 4 0 19 0 Girdhari 55 8 159 3 (4) 11 3 25 1 Mankad 71 21 133 3 (5) 3 0 20 0 Bose 4 0 13 0 (6) 4 0 19 1 Chatterjee (7) 2 0 15 0 Sen (8) 1 0 5 0 Bombay Bowling O M R W O M R W Phadkar 31 1 69 5 Umrigar 36 10 62 4 Ramchand 8 2 28 1 (1) 7 3 11 0 Irani 2 0 11 0 (2) 13 4 21 1 Amladi 9 2 28 0 Latiff 2 0 6 0 (3) 7 2 13 1 Raiji 4 0 27 0 (4) 10 0 50 2 Rangnekar (5) 3 0 27 0 Ibrahim (6) 1 0 5 0 Umpires: N.D.Nagarwala and P.K.Sinha. Toss: Bombay Close of Play: 1st day: Bombay (1) 222-2 (Mantri 33*, Merchant 4*); 2nd day: Bombay (1) 504-8 (Umrigar 56*, Amladi 4*); 3rd day: Bengal (1) 208-7 (Palia 26*, Girdhari 0*). K.C.Ibrahim’s 113 took 294 minutes and included 11 fours. M.K.Mantri’s 117 took 270 minutes and included 15 fours. P.R.Umrigar’s 100 took 156 minutes and included 10 fours. B Frank kept wicket in the Bombay second innings. 56