First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

WESTERN INDIA STATES v COMMONWEALTH XI Played at Commerce College Ground, Ahmedabad, October 15, 16, 1949. Commonwealth XI won by an innings and 122 runs. COMMONWEALTH XI 1 *L.Livingston st Nimbalkar b Patel 25 2 W.E.Alley c and b Hazare 14 3 J.K.C.Holt c Kishenchand b Oza 62 4 F.M.M.Worrell b Nyalchand 1 5 C.G.Pepper c Hazare b Nyalchand 23 6 R.Smith c Narottam b Hazare 74 7 G.H.Pope lbw b Narottam 15 8 F.A.W.Freer c Hazare b Nyalchand 20 9 D.M.J.Fitzmaurice lbw b Nyalchand 2 10 G.E.Tribe not out 36 11 †G.O.Dawkes b Hazare 34 Extras 41 —— 347 FoW (1): 1-30, 2-61, 3-64, 4-110, 5-179, 6-207, 7-247, 8-249, 9-282, 10-347 WESTERN INDIA STATES 1 †R.B.Nimbalkar c Dawkes b Pope 2 c Livingston b Pope 4 2 J.R.Oza b Fitzmaurice 0 b Pope 0 3 P.N.Cambhatta lbw b Pepper 10 lbw b Pepper 17 4 *V.S.Hazare b Tribe 38 b Pope 0 5 Gul Mohammad hit wkt b Pepper 11 c Pope b Freer 5 6 G.Kishenchand c Livingston b Pepper 12 c Pepper b Tribe 6 7 J.H.Shodhan c and b Tribe 40 b Tribe 1 8 D.Narottam b Pepper 24 c sub (H.F.Lambert) b Tribe 0 9 J.M.Patel st Dawkes b Tribe 0 st Dawkes b Tribe 4 10 S.Nyalchand not out 2 not out 5 11 Maharaja of Baroda absent ill 0 absent ill 0 Extras b 27, lb 4 31 b 7, lb 6 13 —— —— 170 55 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-7, 3-43, 4-69, 5-81, 6-112, 7-149, 8-157, 9-170 FoW (2): 1-2, 2-5, 3-9, 4-16, 5-35, 6-43, 7-43, 8-43, 9-55 Western India States Bowling O M R W Narottam 11 0 37 1 Hazare 15.5 3 51 3 Patel 23 1 92 1 Nyalchand 31 7 93 4 Oza 9 0 21 1 Shodhan 3 0 12 0 Commonwealth XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Fitzmaurice 6 1 14 1 4 1 5 0 Pope 4 1 16 1 7 2 5 3 Freer 4 0 14 0 4 2 10 1 Pepper 14.3 4 44 4 3 0 5 1 Tribe 12 2 35 3 6 1 15 4 Smith 2 0 16 0 Alley (6) 2 1 2 0 Umpires: N.D.Karmarkar and J.R.Patel. Toss: Commonwealth XI Close of Play: 1st day: Commonwealth XI (1) 347 all out. The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. 4