First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

CRICKET CLUB OF INDIA v COMMONWEALTH XI Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, January 27, 28, 29, 1950. Match drawn. CRICKET CLUB OF INDIA 1 M.H.Mankad b Fitzmaurice 7 2 K.C.Ibrahim lbw b Freer 128 3 N.H.Colah c Livingston b Fitzmaurice 27 4 U.M.Merchant c Freer b Pope 80 5 *N.M.Bose c Livingston b Lambert 33 6 †M.K.Mantri lbw b Fitzmaurice 3 7 M.N.Raiji hit wkt b Freer 3 8 M.M.Amersey c Dawkes b Freer 0 9 K.K.Sanjana lbw b Pope 0 10 A.Abraham b Pope 4 11 M.A.Latiff not out 0 Extras b 5, lb 1, w 3, nb 1 10 —— 295 FoW (1): 1-16, 2-120, 3-213, 4-277, 5-284, 6-291, 7-291, 8-291, 9-295, 10-295 COMMONWEALTH XI 1 N.Oldfield b Mankad 108 2 W.Place lbw b Latiff 9 3 J.K.C.Holt st Mantri b Mankad 80 4 W.E.Alley not out 206 5 R.Smith b Mankad 43 6 F.A.W.Freer st Mantri b Latiff 127 7 D.M.J.Fitzmaurice 8 *L.Livingston 9 †G.O.Dawkes 10 G.H.Pope 11 H.F.Lambert Extras b 7, lb 7 14 —— (5 wickets) 587 FoW (1): 1-23, 2-196, 3-344, 4-344, 5-587 Commonwealth XI Bowling O M R W Lambert 22 2 81 1 Fitzmaurice 30 10 57 3 Pope 19.1 5 33 3 Smith 22 4 60 0 Freer 11 3 31 3 Alley 6 0 23 0 Cricket Club of India Bowling O M R W Sanjana 21 4 85 0 Raiji 24 4 80 0 Latiff 30.3 2 124 2 Mankad 29 3 135 3 Abraham 20 1 104 0 Amersey 3 0 24 0 Ibrahim 3 0 21 0 Umpires: S.M.Makhija and R.A.Pradhan. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Cricket Club of India (1) 259-3 (Merchant 63*, Bose 24*); 2nd day: Commonwealth XI (1) 298-2 (Alley 65*, Smith 26*). K.C.Ibrahim’s 128 took 250 minutes and included 14 fours. N.Oldfield’s 108 included 14 fours. W.E.Alley’s 206 took 260 minutes and included 20 fours and 1 six. F.A.W.Freer’s 127 took 125 minutes and included 12 fours and 3 sixes. 67