First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

INDIA v COMMONWEALTH XI Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, December 30, 31, 1949, January 1, 2, 3, 1950. India won by seven wickets. INDIA 1 S.Mushtaq Ali c Smith b Tribe 40 c Livingston b Worrell 45 2 M.H.Mankad b Smith 91 c sub b Freer 2 3 R.S.Modi b Tribe 9 b Tribe 17 4 *V.S.Hazare not out 175 not out 31 5 D.G.Phadkar c Freer b Lambert 13 not out 22 6 H.R.Adhikari run out 2 7 P.R.Umrigar lbw b Tribe 4 8 G.Kishenchand c and b Smith 42 9 †M.K.Mantri c Livingston b Tribe 5 10 C.S.Nayudu b Pettiford 25 11 N.R.Chowdhury c Worrell b Tribe 9 Extras b 3, lb 2, nb 2 7 —— —— 422 (3 wickets) 117 FoW (1): 1-59, 2-89, 3-186, 4-218, 5-241, 6-245, 7-337, 8-350, 9-391, 10-422 FoW (2): 1-40, 2-50, 3-84 COMMONWEALTH XI 1 N.Oldfield c Umrigar b Phadkar 19 c Umrigar b Phadkar 158 2 *†L.Livingston b Phadkar 42 (3) c Mantri b Phadkar 59 3 J.K.C.Holt lbw b Phadkar 2 (7) b Nayudu 1 4 F.M.M.Worrell c and b Chowdhury 9 lbw b Chowdhury 28 5 W.E.Alley c Modi b Chowdhury 6 (8) c Mantri b Nayudu 16 6 J.Pettiford c Phadkar b Chowdhury 19 (5) retired ill 7 7 C.W.Langdon c Mantri b Mankad 30 (6) lbw b Nayudu 0 8 F.A.W.Freer c Mantri b Chowdhury 34 (2) lbw b Nayudu 40 9 G.E.Tribe c Phadkar b Mankad 0 not out 27 10 H.F.Lambert not out 13 b Nayudu 0 11 R.Smith absent hurt 0 absent hurt 0 Extras b 12, lb 3, nb 1 16 b 8, lb 3, w 1 12 —— —— 190 348 FoW (1): 1-62, 2-64, 3-73, 4-81, 5-81, 6-112, 7-150, 8-156, 9-190 FoW (2): 1-121, 2-253, 3-264, 4-286, 5-292, 6-314, 7-348, 8-348 Commonwealth XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Lambert 20 6 41 1 3 0 13 0 Freer 28 11 59 0 5 0 26 1 Worrell 19 7 33 0 13.2 3 26 1 Tribe 57.2 12 144 5 15 2 52 1 Pettiford 23 5 67 1 Smith 41 18 71 2 India Bowling O M R W O M R W Phadkar 24 4 50 3 28 7 77 2 Modi 5 1 18 0 1 0 15 0 Hazare 3 1 9 0 12 1 41 0 Chowdhury 18.4 2 56 4 29 2 84 1 Mankad 10 2 24 2 19 5 55 0 Nayudu 7 3 17 0 17.3 1 59 5 Umrigar (7) 2 1 5 0 Umpires: M.G.Bhave and B.J.Mohoni. Toss: India Close of Play: 1st day: India (1) 213-3 (Hazare 60*, Phadkar 11*); 2nd day: Commonwealth XI (1) 15-0 (Oldfield not out, Livingston not out); 3rd day: Commonwealth XI (2) 42-0 (Oldfield 25*, Freer 17*); 4th day: Commonwealth XI (2) 317-6 (Alley 12*, Tribe 4*). V.S.Hazare’s 175 took 420 minutes and included 23 fours. N.Oldfield’s 158 took 290 minutes and included 16 fours. J.Pettiford retired ill in the Commonwealth XI second innings having scored 7 (team score 286-3). 45