First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

INDIA v COMMONWEALTH XI Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, December 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 1949. Match drawn. COMMONWEALTH XI 1 N.Oldfield b Phadkar 110 c Mantri b Phadkar 9 2 W.Place lbw b Modi 9 b Nayudu 28 3 J.K.C.Holt b Modi 0 4 F.M.M.Worrell st Mantri b Umrigar 78 (3) c Mankad b Umrigar 12 5 W.E.Alley c Merchant b Phadkar 11 (4) not out 51 6 J.Pettiford c Mantri b Mankad 72 (5) not out 8 7 *†L.Livingston c Phadkar b Modi 5 8 R.Smith c Modi b Phadkar 12 9 F.A.W.Freer c and b Hazare 132 10 G.E.Tribe lbw b Hazare 5 11 H.F.Lambert not out 3 Extras 11 2 —— —— 448 (3 wickets) 110 FoW (1): 1-18, 2-18, 3-206, 4-211, 5-224, 6-229, 7-242, 8-408, 9-441, 10-448 FoW (2): 1-25, 2-46, 3-65 INDIA 1 *V.M.Merchant b Freer 78 lbw b Worrell 94 2 †M.K.Mantri b Lambert 0 c Livingston b Freer 1 3 R.S.Modi c Lambert b Pettiford 58 (4) b Smith 51 4 V.S.Hazare b Lambert 39 (3) c Alley b Tribe 64 5 D.G.Phadkar not out 78 (7) c Lambert b Tribe 25 6 H.R.Adhikari lbw b Lambert 0 (5) c and b Lambert 93 7 P.R.Umrigar b Lambert 13 (6) c and b Tribe 67 8 M.H.Mankad b Freer 2 lbw b Tribe 15 9 B.B.Nimbalkar b Freer 3 not out 12 10 C.S.Nayudu c Smith b Freer 7 11 C.R.Rangachari run out 2 Extras 9 b 5, lb 2, nb 1 8 —— —— 289 (8 wickets, declared) 430 FoW (1): 1-2, 2-130, 3-160, 4-211, 5-211, 6-243, 7-248, 8-268, 9-282, 10-289 FoW (2): 1-6, 2-83, 3-174, 4-239, 5-348, 6-399, 7-403, 8-430 India Bowling O M R W O M R W Phadkar 39 7 105 3 7 1 20 1 Rangachari 11 0 47 0 9 0 35 0 Modi 18 3 50 3 4 0 12 0 Hazare 19.2 2 51 2 3 0 8 0 Mankad 29 9 61 1 Nayudu 22 0 95 0 (5) 7 0 27 1 Umrigar 5 1 12 1 (6) 2 1 6 1 Adhikari 4 1 16 0 Commonwealth XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Lambert 24 2 76 4 22 3 66 1 Smith 8 2 29 0 17 2 32 1 Freer 31 2 89 4 22 2 53 1 Worrell 4 1 5 0 21 7 34 1 Tribe 28 8 57 0 44.4 7 156 4 Pettiford 9 1 24 1 25 5 81 0 Umpires: N.D.Karmarkar and J.R.Patel. Toss: Commonwealth XI Close of Play: 1st day: Commonwealth XI (1) 245-7 (Pettiford 8*, Freer 1*); 2nd day: India (1) 58-1 (Merchant 23*, Modi 34*); 3rd day: India (1) 289 all out; 4th day: India (2) 255-4 (Adhikari 30*, Umrigar 10*). N.Oldfield’s 110 took 246 minutes and included 13 fours. F.A.W.Freer’s 132 included 13 fours. 33