First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

MAHARASHTRA v BOMBAY Played at Poona Club Ground, Poona, March 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 1949. Bombay won by 354 runs. BOMBAY 1 *K.C.Ibrahim b Dhanawade 32 c Bhandarkar b Dhanawade 59 2 †M.K.Mantri c P.G.Nana Joshi b Chaudhari 200 b Nimbalkar 2 3 P.J.Dickinson b Dhanawade 5 (7) lbw b Rege 40 4 U.M.Merchant c P.G.Nana Joshi b Gokhale 143 st Bhandarkar b Chaudhari 156 5 P.R.Umrigar b Dhanawade 57 6 K.M.Rangnekar st P.G.Nana Joshi b Gokhale 0 (3) st Bhandarkar b Chaudhari 94 7 D.G.Phadkar b Gokhale 131 (5) c Rege b Gokhale 160 8 M.M.Dalvi lbw b Chaudhari 28 (6) hit wkt b Chaudhari 43 9 G.S.Ramchand hit wkt b Chaudhari 11 not out 49 10 M.N.Raiji lbw b Gokhale 27 (8) st Bhandarkar b Chaudhari 75 11 K.K.Tarapore not out 0 Extras 17 36 —— —— 651 (8 wickets, declared) 714 FoW (1): 1-101 (1), 2-107 (3), 3-357 (2), 4-433 (4), 5-433 (6), 6-462 (5), 7-521 (8), 8-553 (9), 9-648 (7), 10-651 (10) FoW (2): 1-4 (2), 2-165 (1), 3-181 (3), 4-483 (5), 5-518 (4), 6-571 (7), 7-627 (6), 8-714 (8) MAHARASHTRA 1 K.V.Bhandarkar c Mantri b Tarapore 15 (2) c Rangnekar b Ramchand 47 2 S.G.Palsule b Phadkar 18 (1) c Rangnekar b Phadkar 97 3 P.G.Sham Joshi c Phadkar b Ramchand 1 (8) b Tarapore 57 4 M.C.Datar c Raiji b Tarapore 143 (6) b Tarapore 86 5 M.R.Rege b Tarapore 133 (3) c Mantri b Phadkar 100 6 B.B.Nimbalkar st Mantri b Tarapore 25 (4) b Ramchand 21 7 S.D.Deodhar c Rangnekar b Tarapore 28 (5) b Phadkar 146 8 *Y.N.Gokhale b Phadkar 4 (7) run out 23 9 †P.G.Nana Joshi c Merchant b Tarapore 13 absent hurt 0 10 S.D.Dhanawade c Merchant b Phadkar 12 not out 0 11 D.G.Chaudhari not out 9 (9) st Mantri b Tarapore 2 Extras 6 25 —— —— 407 604 FoW (1): 1-32 (1), 2-33 (3), 3-36 (2), 4-294 (5), 5-324 (6), 6-361 (4), 7-366 (8), 8-380 (7), 9-387 (9), 10-407 (10) FoW (2): 1-84 (2), 2-235 (3), 3-260 (4), 4-285 (1), 5-447 (6), 6-484 (7), 7-592 (8), 8-600 (9), 9-604 (5) Maharashtra Bowling O M R W O M R W Nimbalkar 25 4 86 0 17 1 107 1 Deodhar 20 3 65 0 15 4 42 0 Rege 49 22 86 0 28 4 71 1 Gokhale 11.4 2 35 4 29 6 86 1 Dhanawade 47 7 195 3 27 1 126 1 Chaudhari 41 1 149 3 47.5 0 210 4 P.G.Sham Joshi 1 0 10 0 3 0 12 0 Datar 2 0 8 0 4 0 24 0 Bombay Bowling O M R W O M R W Phadkar 50.2 9 142 3 48.3 16 178 3 Umrigar 4 1 14 0 Tarapore 64 21 119 6 (2) 56 9 180 3 Ramchand 23 5 53 1 (3) 33 4 121 2 Raiji 18 1 54 0 (4) 31 5 84 0 Dickinson 2 0 16 0 Dalvi 1 0 3 0 (5) 8 4 13 0 Rangnekar (6) 1 0 3 0 Umpires: P.K.Sinha and M.G.Vijayasarathi. Toss: Bombay Close of Play: 1st day: Bombay (1) 366-3 (Merchant 107*, Umrigar 9*); 2nd day: Maharashtra (1) 34-2 (Palsule 17*, Datar 0*); 3rd day: Maharashtra (1) 308-4 (Datar 132*, Nimbalkar 13*); 4th day: Bombay (2) 255-3 (Merchant 46*, Phadkar 30*); 5th day: Bombay (2) 672-7 (Raiji 55*, Ramchand 27*); 6th day: Maharashtra (2) 273-3 (Palsule 94*, Deodhar 3*). M.K.Mantri’s 200 took 290 minutes and included 36 fours. U.M.Merchant’s 143 took 257 minutes and included 18 fours. D.G.Phadkar’s 131 included 18 fours. M.C.Datar’s 143 took 351 minutes and included 16 fours. M.R.Rege’s 133 took 260 minutes and included 16 fours. U.M.Merchant’s 156 took 238 minutes and included 23 fours. D.G.Phadkar’s 160 took 180 minutes and included 19 fours and 1 six. M.R.Rege’s 100 took 125 minutes and included 14 fours. S.D.Deodhar’s 146 took 270 minutes. 85