First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

INDIA v COMMONWEALTH XI Played at Modi Stadium, Kanpur, January 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 1950. Match drawn. COMMONWEALTH XI 1 N.Oldfield c Mantri b Hazare 0 lbw b Hazare 13 2 W.Place c Hazare b Gaekwad 8 lbw b Hazare 9 3 *†L.Livingston lbw b Hazare 80 b Gaekwad 81 4 F.M.M.Worrell not out 223 not out 83 5 F.A.W.Freer b Ghulam Ahmed 26 6 W.E.Alley c Phadkar b Ghulam Ahmed 15 (5) not out 48 7 C.W.Langdon lbw b Phadkar 25 8 G.H.Pope lbw b Hazare 0 9 G.E.Tribe c Mantri b Ghulam Ahmed 61 10 D.M.J.Fitzmaurice st Mantri b Gaekwad 1 11 H.F.Lambert c Phadkar b Gaekwad 6 Extras b 1, nb 2 3 3 —— —— 448 (3 wickets, declared) 237 FoW (1): 1-2, 2-19, 3-170, 4-238, 5-266, 6-328, 7-329, 8-435, 9-438, 10-448 FoW (2): 1-21, 2-36, 3-173 INDIA 1 M.H.Mankad c and b Tribe 27 (2) c sub b Fitzmaurice 0 2 S.Mushtaq Ali b Worrell 129 (1) c Pope b Lambert 2 3 R.S.Modi b Tribe 10 c Livingston b Fitzmaurice 8 4 *V.S.Hazare b Tribe 6 not out 41 5 D.G.Phadkar c Tribe b Freer 64 b Freer 3 6 H.R.Adhikari lbw b Worrell 61 not out 20 7 G.Kishenchand c Worrell b Freer 39 8 P.R.Umrigar c Freer b Tribe 29 9 †M.K.Mantri b Tribe 1 10 H.G.Gaekwad not out 7 11 Ghulam Ahmed c and b Worrell 1 Extras b 5, lb 3, nb 4 12 b 9, nb 1 10 —— —— 386 (4 wickets) 84 FoW (1): 1-73, 2-101, 3-109, 4-218, 5-252, 6-318, 7-368, 8-378, 9-379, 10-386 FoW (2): 1-2, 2-2, 3-13, 4-18 India Bowling O M R W O M R W Phadkar 20 3 49 1 Hazare 23 4 59 3 (1) 24 2 57 2 Gaekwad 42.1 17 112 3 (2) 26 4 79 1 Ghulam Ahmed 62 17 129 3 (3) 13 0 38 0 Mankad 25 1 87 0 (4) 9 0 41 0 Umrigar 3 0 9 0 (5) 5 1 19 0 Commonwealth XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Lambert 21 4 57 0 4 1 5 1 Fitzmaurice 20 5 47 0 8 3 7 2 Tribe 50 13 122 5 16 7 35 0 Freer 36 8 80 2 10 5 12 1 Pope 9 1 24 0 Worrell 24.5 7 42 3 (5) 8 6 2 0 Langdon 2 0 2 0 (6) 3 0 6 0 Alley (7) 6 3 7 0 Umpires: Toss: Commonwealth XI Close of Play: 1st day: Commonwealth XI (1) 236-3 (Worrell 122*, Freer 24*); 2nd day: India (1) 46-0 (Mushtaq Ali 29*, Mankad 17*); 3rd day: India (1) 274-5 (Adhikari 16*, Kishenchand 14*); 4th day: Commonwealth XI (2) 102-2 (Livingston 50*, Worrell 27*). F.M.M.Worrell’s 223 took 400 minutes and included 16 fours. S.MushtaqAli’s 129 took 256 minutes and included 11 fours. 61