First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

NORTH ZONE v COMMONWEALTH XI Played at Baradari Ground, Patiala, October 29, 30, 31, November 1, 1949. Match drawn. COMMONWEALTH XI 1 N.Oldfield lbw b Patiala 103 2 W.Place c Jaswant Singh b Naidu 6 3 W.E.Alley c Bhide b Vohra 56 4 F.M.M.Worrell c Daljinder Singh b Saxena 154 5 C.W.Langdon b Patiala 67 6 J.Pettiford c sub b Jagteshwar Singh 70 7 *L.Livingston b Patiala 9 8 R.Smith not out 119 9 F.A.W.Freer not out 12 10 †G.O.Dawkes 11 D.M.J.Fitzmaurice Extras 17 —— (7 wickets, declared) 613 FoW (1): 1-14, 2-90, 3-266, 4-368, 5-416, 6-558, 7-571 NORTH ZONE 1 Daljinder Singh b Freer 9 b Pettiford 36 2 A.R.Naidu lbw b Worrell 11 lbw b Worrell 31 3 Prithviraj b Worrell 33 (5) b Langdon 24 4 L.C.Saxena not out 55 (3) b Pettiford 10 5 L.Amarnath c and b Pettiford 5 6 †M.R.Bhide c Pettiford b Smith 24 (4) not out 28 7 *Maharaja of Patiala c and b Smith 0 (6) not out 11 8 Jaswant Singh st Dawkes b Pettiford 11 9 S.S.Majithia c Livingston b Pettiford 0 10 Jagteshwar Singh b Worrell 1 11 H.L.Vohra c Pettiford b Smith 2 Extras 17 15 —— —— 168 (4 wickets) 155 FoW (1): 1-18, 2-31, 3-76, 4-85, 5-132, 6-132, 7-151, 8-153, 9-156, 10-168 FoW (2): 1-76, 2-90, 3-90, 4-121 North Zone Bowling O M R W Amarnath 15 2 34 0 Naidu 40 7 124 1 Saxena 13 0 72 1 Vohra 41 2 186 1 Jagteshwar Singh 26 2 92 1 Patiala 30 2 88 3 Commonwealth XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Fitzmaurice 13 6 16 0 13 6 16 0 Smith 23 7 32 3 21 8 26 0 Freer 18 3 34 1 20 7 29 0 Pettiford 36 13 58 3 24 7 37 2 Worrell 14.3 5 11 3 15 9 8 1 Langdon (6) 10 6 12 1 Alley (7) 9 6 9 0 Livingston (8) 2 1 1 0 Oldfield (9) 1 0 2 0 Umpires: Toss: North Zone Close of Play: 1st day: Commonwealth XI (1) 383-4 (Langdon 51*, Pettiford 5*); 2nd day: North Zone (1) 39-2 (Prithviraj 14*, Saxena 0*); 3rd day: North Zone (2) 17-0 (Daljinder Singh 11*, Naidu 2*). N.Oldfield’s 103 included 8 fours. F.M.M.Worrell’s 154 took 170 minutes and included 22 fours. R.Smith’s 119 included 10 fours. 8