First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

INDIA v COMMONWEALTH XI Played at Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras, February 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 1950. India won by three wickets. COMMONWEALTH XI 1 N.Oldfield c Adhikari b Modi 8 (2) c and b Chowdhury 18 2 *L.Livingston c Joshi b Phadkar 0 (1) c Mushtaq Ali b Chowdhury 11 3 J.K.C.Holt c Umrigar b Phadkar 29 not out 84 4 F.M.M.Worrell c Joshi b Hazare 161 c and b Nayudu 32 5 W.E.Alley run out 48 c Joshi b Mankad 40 6 F.A.W.Freer st Joshi b Mankad 5 st Joshi b Mankad 0 7 R.Smith b Chowdhury 7 c Nayudu b Chowdhury 21 8 G.E.Tribe b Hazare 11 c Joshi b Phadkar 14 9 H.F.Lambert b Phadkar 1 lbw b Phadkar 0 10 D.M.J.Fitzmaurice not out 40 lbw b Phadkar 2 11 †G.O.Dawkes c Umrigar b Phadkar 7 run out 5 Extras b 6, lb 1 7 b 16, lb 4 20 —— —— 324 247 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-23, 3-62, 4-151, 5-170, 6-179, 7-210, 8-213, 9-313, 10-324 FoW (2): 1-23, 2-43, 3-82, 4-151, 5-159, 6-196, 7-232, 8-232, 9-236, 10-247 INDIA 1 S.Mushtaq Ali lbw b Tribe 10 not out 42 2 M.H.Mankad b Fitzmaurice 15 b Fitzmaurice 11 3 R.S.Modi b Lambert 11 (8) b Worrell 0 4 *V.S.Hazare c and b Worrell 77 lbw b Freer 84 5 D.G.Phadkar b Fitzmaurice 40 c Tribe b Smith 16 6 H.R.Adhikari c Alley b Tribe 29 not out 18 7 G.Kishenchand b Tribe 72 (9) st Dawkes b Smith 5 8 P.R.Umrigar c Worrell b Fitzmaurice 15 (3) b Fitzmaurice 59 9 C.S.Nayudu b Tribe 26 (7) run out 11 10 †P.G.Joshi b Freer 0 11 N.R.Chowdhury not out 0 Extras b 14, lb 3, nb 1 18 b 11, lb 3, nb 1 15 —— —— 313 (7 wickets) 261 FoW (1): 1-16, 2-31, 3-50, 4-154, 5-156, 6-234, 7-269, 8-302, 9-311, 10-313 FoW (2): 1-37, 2-157, 3-216, 4-226, 5-242, 6-242, 7-255 India Bowling O M R W O M R W Phadkar 22.5 2 89 4 12 1 28 3 Hazare 12 2 27 2 8.1 2 20 0 Modi 2 0 8 1 Chowdhury 22 1 80 1 (3) 19 2 70 3 Nayudu 13 0 76 0 (4) 14 1 52 1 Mankad 15 3 37 1 (5) 30 10 57 2 Commonwealth XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Lambert 20 5 46 1 6 0 36 0 Fitzmaurice 18 5 40 3 20 1 31 2 Freer 15 3 43 1 12 1 31 1 Tribe 32 2 90 4 21 5 54 0 Smith 24 6 40 0 9.1 2 24 2 Worrell 25 10 36 1 36 9 70 1 Umpires: B.J.Mohoni and M.G.Vijayasarathi. Toss: Commonwealth XI Close of Play: 1st day: Commonwealth XI (1) 290-8 (Worrell 149*, Fitzmaurice 25*); 2nd day: India (1) 185-5 (Adhikari 19*, Kishenchand 8*); 3rd day: Commonwealth XI (2) 45-2 (Holt 10*, Worrell 2*); 4th day: India (2) 50-1 (Mushtaq Ali 37*, Umrigar 1*). F.M.M.Worrell’s 161 took 280 minutes and included 17 fours. S.MushtaqAli retired hurt in the India second innings having scored 37 (team score 80-1) - he returned when the score was 255-7. 83