First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

BENGAL GOVERNOR’S XI v COMMONWEALTH XI Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, December 24, 26, 27, 1949. Commonwealth XI won by ten wickets. BENGAL GOVERNOR’S XI 1 A.K.Das Gupta b Tribe 11 (3) run out 8 2 P.B.Datta b Tribe 22 b Livingston 13 3 *S.Mushtaq Ali st Dawkes b Tribe 0 (1) c Dawkes b Tribe 48 4 P.Roy lbw b Tribe 37 c Pope b Pettiford 16 5 N.C.Chatterjee b Tribe 6 lbw b Pettiford 5 6 B.Frank c Pope b Tribe 9 (8) b Tribe 23 7 S.N.Banerjee b Tribe 0 (6) lbw b Pettiford 13 8 †P.K.Sen lbw b Tribe 0 (9) lbw b Tribe 10 9 R.V.Divecha st Dawkes b Tribe 9 (10) not out 5 10 S.K.Girdhari not out 17 (7) st Dawkes b Tribe 41 11 S.A.Banerjee c Parks b Smith 9 absent hurt 0 Extras nb 2 2 b 14, lb 2 16 —— —— 122 198 FoW (1): 1-33, 2-35, 3-36, 4-42, 5-54, 6-54, 7-54, 8-80, 9-107, 10-122 FoW (2): 1-31, 2-61, 3-83, 4-97, 5-102, 6-121, 7-154, 8-179, 9-198 COMMONWEALTH XI 1 N.Oldfield lbw b S.N.Banerjee 26 2 *L.Livingston c Girdhari b S.A.Banerjee 116 3 J.K.C.Holt c Mushtaq Ali b Divecha 14 4 C.W.Langdon c Sen b S.N.Banerjee 50 5 J.Pettiford hit wkt b Girdhari 9 6 R.Smith c Mushtaq Ali b S.N.Banerjee 33 7 H.W.Parks b S.A.Banerjee 6 (1) not out 8 8 G.H.Pope not out 26 9 G.E.Tribe c Datta b S.A.Banerjee 7 10 D.M.J.Fitzmaurice b S.N.Banerjee 2 11 †G.O.Dawkes b S.A.Banerjee 8 (2) not out 14 Extras lb 2, nb 2 4 —— —— 301 (no wicket) 22 FoW (1): 1-82, 2-123, 3-186, 4-205, 5-241, 6-254, 7-258, 8-273, 9-280, 10-301 Commonwealth XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Fitzmaurice 8 3 10 0 18 1 42 0 Pope 6 2 17 0 Smith 18.2 7 26 1 (2) 10 2 18 0 Tribe 23 10 50 9 (3) 40.1 18 51 4 Pettiford 6 2 17 0 (4) 20 5 62 3 Livingston (5) 5 2 9 1 Bengal Governor’s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W S.N.Banerjee 24 2 102 4 2 0 14 0 S.A.Banerjee 25 3 82 4 Divecha 12 1 54 1 Girdhari 13.2 2 35 1 Datta 4 0 24 0 Roy (2) 1 0 8 0 Umpires: S.K.Ganguli and P.K.Sinha. Toss: Bengal Governor’s XI Close of Play: 1st day: Commonwealth XI (1) 91-1 (Livingston 57*, Holt 6*); 2nd day: Bengal Governor’s XI (2) 49-1 (Mushtaq Ali 31*, Das Gupta 3*). L.Livingston’s 116 included 13 fours. 38