First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

SOUTH ZONE v WEST INDIANS Played at Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras, January 22, 23, 24, 1949. West Indians won by an innings and 200 runs. SOUTH ZONE 1 P.R.Shyamsunder lbw b Gomez 5 c Ferguson b Trim 9 2 N.Kannayiram b Gomez 4 c sub b Gomez 8 3 C.J.Ramdev c McWatt b Gomez 3 (4) c Goddard b Ferguson 15 4 Asghar Ali c Trim b Gomez 7 (5) c Christiani b Trim 19 5 K.P.Kesari b Gomez 6 (6) c Weekes b Goddard 33 6 B.C.Alva b Gomez 1 (8) c Weekes b Goddard 51 7 *M.J.Gopalan c McWatt b Trim 4 c Christiani b Ferguson 64 8 K.S.Kannan not out 11 (3) c Stollmeyer b Ferguson 32 9 B.C.Khanna c Stollmeyer b Gomez 2 c Ferguson b Gomez 15 10 †M.O.Srinivasan b Gomez 1 not out 18 11 C.R.Rangachari b Gomez 0 absent hurt 0 Extras 2 4 —— —— 46 268 FoW (1): 1-6 (2), 2-11 (1), 3-12 (3), 4-25 (4), 5-26 (5), 6-27 (6), 7-40 (7), 8-44 (9), 9-46 (10), 10-46 (11) FoW (2): 1-16 (2), 2-18 (1), 3-52 (4), 4-73 (3), 5-96 (5), 6-129 (6), 7-213 (7), 8-243 (9), 9-268 (8) WEST INDIANS 1 A.F.Rae run out 24 2 J.B.Stollmeyer not out 244 3 *J.D.C.Goddard c and b Gopalan 77 4 E.D.Weekes c Alva b Khanna 34 5 K.R.Rickards b Khanna 22 6 R.J.Christiani lbw b Kannayiram 54 7 G.E.Gomez c Gopalan b Kesari 2 8 †C.A.McWatt run out 36 9 D.S.Atkinson not out 11 10 J.Trim 11 W.Ferguson Extras 10 —— (7 wickets, declared) 514 FoW (1): 1-52 (1), 2-217 (3), 3-274 (4), 4-313 (5), 5-396 (6), 6-407 (7), 7-480 (8) West Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Trim 8 3 10 1 26 7 70 2 Gomez 18 7 24 9 17 5 20 2 Atkinson 10 5 10 0 10 0 42 0 Ferguson (4) 15 2 41 3 Stollmeyer (5) 11 1 41 0 Goddard (6) 14.3 4 50 2 South Zone Bowling O M R W Rangachari 22 2 67 0 Khanna 27 2 113 2 Kannan 23 2 70 0 Alva 12 0 36 0 Kesari 12 1 35 1 Gopalan 28 2 106 1 Kannayiram 16 0 72 1 Asghar Ali 1 0 5 0 Umpires: V.S.Natarajan and T.A.Ramachandran. Toss: South Zone Close of Play: 1st day: West Indians (1) 136-1 (Stollmeyer 77*, Goddard 33*); 2nd day: West Indians (1) 514-7 (Stollmeyer 244*, Atkinson 11*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. J.B.Stollmeyer’s 244 took 450 minutes and included 15 fours. 60