First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

SOUTH ZONE v COMMONWEALTH XI Played at Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad, February 10, 11, 12, 13, 1950. Commonwealth XI won by seven wickets. SOUTH ZONE 1 P.R.Shyamsunder c Dawkes b Fitzmaurice 0 lbw b Tribe 16 2 †Nizam Yar Khan c Freer b Tribe 28 c Freer b Fitzmaurice 1 3 G.R.Naidu b Fitzmaurice 69 c and b Tribe 4 4 C.J.Ramdev c Langdon b Freer 15 (6) b Tribe 100 5 *E.B.Aibara lbw b Tribe 1 (7) lbw b Tribe 56 6 B.C.Alva b Freer 10 (5) c sub b Tribe 15 7 K.S.Kannan c Freer b Pope 4 (9) lbw b Tribe 34 8 K.P.Kesari not out 13 (4) lbw b Tribe 13 9 N.Kannayiram lbw b Tribe 6 (8) c sub b Freer 2 10 Ghulam Ahmed st Dawkes b Tribe 4 b Tribe 10 11 A.K.Sarangapani c and b Freer 28 not out 11 Extras b 2, lb 1, nb 1 4 17 —— —— 182 279 FoW (1): 1-6, 2-41, 3-67, 4-88, 5-96, 6-110, 7-131, 8-138, 9-151, 10-182 FoW (2): 1-7, 2-18, 3-25, 4-44, 5-53, 6-196, 7-220, 8-220, 9-238, 10-279 COMMONWEALTH XI 1 N.Oldfield c Alva b Kannayiram 88 c Nizam Yar Khan b Kannayiram 10 2 W.Place c Kesari b Kannayiram 0 c Nizam Yar Khan b Ghulam Ahmed 37 3 *L.Livingston c Nizam Yar Khan b Kannayiram 26 not out 121 4 W.E.Alley c Kannan b Ghulam Ahmed 1 (5) not out 33 5 C.W.Langdon b Sarangapani 15 6 F.A.W.Freer st Nizam Yar Khan b Sarangapani 12 7 G.E.Tribe c Nizam Yar Khan b Ghulam Ahmed 39 8 J.K.C.Holt not out 18 (4) b Kannan 38 9 G.H.Pope lbw b Ghulam Ahmed 0 10 D.M.J.Fitzmaurice c Kesari b Kannayiram 8 11 †G.O.Dawkes b Ghulam Ahmed 0 Extras b 11 11 b 2, lb 2, nb 1 5 —— —— 218 (3 wickets) 244 FoW (1): 1-6, 2-65, 3-66, 4-106, 5-124, 6-138, 7-204, 8-204, 9-217, 10-218 FoW (2): 1-14, 2-110, 3-192 Commonwealth XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Fitzmaurice 14 6 25 2 16 4 44 1 Freer 18 5 49 3 29 10 58 1 Tribe 31 1 76 4 47.1 14 100 8 Pope 16 5 28 1 22 6 40 0 Langdon (5) 8 3 15 0 Alley (6) 5 3 5 0 South Zone Bowling O M R W O M R W Kannayiram 19 1 92 4 8 0 46 1 Alva 7 0 14 0 7 1 30 0 Ghulam Ahmed 21.4 3 53 4 19 2 67 1 Sarangapani 9 0 46 2 7 0 36 0 Kannan 1 0 2 0 8 0 53 1 Kesari (6) 1 0 7 0 Umpires: Toss: Commonwealth XI Close of Play: 1st day: Commonwealth XI (1) 31-1 (Oldfield 18*, Livingston 9*); 2nd day: South Zone (2) 53-5 (Ramdev 1*); 3rd day: Commonwealth XI (2) 2-0 (Oldfield 1*, Place 1*). C.J.Ramdev’s 100 included 12 fours. L.Livingston’s 121 took 150 minutes and included 15 fours. 79