First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

INDIA v COMMONWEALTH XI Played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, November 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 1949. Commonwealth XI won by nine wickets. COMMONWEALTH XI 1 N.Oldfield b Hazare 151 not out 5 2 *†L.Livingston b Phadkar 123 3 W.E.Alley b Nayudu 44 not out 7 4 F.A.W.Freer c and b Nayudu 51 (2) b Phadkar 0 5 F.M.M.Worrell b Phadkar 58 6 J.K.C.Holt c Umrigar b Phadkar 33 7 J.Pettiford not out 65 8 C.G.Pepper c Phadkar b Nayudu 38 9 R.Smith b Sarwate 32 10 G.E.Tribe not out 1 11 H.F.Lambert Extras b 7, lb 5 12 —— —— (8 wickets, declared) 608 (1 wicket) 12 FoW (1): 1-226, 2-284, 3-352, 4-414, 5-440, 6-479, 7-545, 8-608 FoW (2): 1-0 (2) INDIA 1 C.T.Sarwate b Lambert 0 (7) b Tribe 0 2 †M.K.Mantri b Tribe 15 (1) b Tribe 54 3 R.S.Modi c Livingston b Freer 24 b Tribe 8 4 V.S.Hazare lbw b Pepper 20 b Freer 140 5 D.G.Phadkar b Freer 110 lbw b Tribe 3 6 H.R.Adhikari b Pepper 74 not out 44 7 P.R.Umrigar not out 34 (2) c Smith b Pettiford 55 8 C.S.Nayudu lbw b Pepper 0 c Tribe b Pepper 7 9 H.G.Gaekwad run out 1 c Oldfield b Pepper 0 10 U.M.Merchant lbw b Pepper 1 b Pepper 12 11 *V.M.Merchant absent hurt 0 absent hurt 0 Extras 12 b 1, lb 3 4 —— —— 291 327 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-40, 3-40, 4-76, 5-237, 6-262, 7-262, 8-263, 9-291 FoW (2): 1-85, 2-100, 3-153, 4-169, 5-299, 6-300, 7-311, 8-315, 9-327 India Bowling O M R W O M R W Phadkar 42 5 169 3 1 0 6 1 Hazare 39 8 78 1 1 0 6 0 Umrigar 5 0 38 0 Gaekwad 26 7 61 0 Nayudu 57 7 194 3 Sarwate 21 3 44 1 Adhikari 2 0 12 0 Commonwealth XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Lambert 22 5 46 1 14 3 36 0 Freer 15 4 39 2 23 12 38 1 Smith 9 2 22 0 6 1 18 0 Tribe 25 9 79 1 49 22 65 4 Pepper 32 11 57 4 43.4 11 134 3 Pettiford 11 0 26 0 16 7 28 1 Worrell 4 0 10 0 3 2 4 0 Umpires: N.D.Karmarkar and P.R.Patel. Toss: Commonwealth XI Close of Play: 1st day: Commonwealth XI (1) 284-2 (Oldfield 110*, Freer 0*); 2nd day: Commonwealth XI (1) 608-8 (Pettiford 65*, Tribe 1*); 3rd day: India (1) 255-5 (Adhikari 73*, Umrigar 1*); 4th day: India (2) 165-3 (Hazare 45*, Phadkar 1*). N.Oldfield’s 151 took 390 minutes and included 14 fours. L.Livingston’s 123 took 245 minutes and included 11 fours and 2 sixes. D.G.Phadkar’s 110 included 8 fours. V.S.Hazare’s 140 included 18 fours. 12