First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

INDIA v COMMONWEALTH XI Played at Modi Stadium, Kanpur, February 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 1951. Commonwealth XI won by 77 runs. COMMONWEALTH XI 1 H.Gimblett c Hazare b Mankad 16 c Rajindernath b Gaekwad 47 2 J.T.Ikin b Mankad 49 c Umrigar b Gaekwad 63 3 G.M.Emmett run out 6 c Mankad b Gaekwad 12 4 F.M.M.Worrell c Gaekwad b Phadkar 116 not out 71 5 L.B.Fishlock c and b Mankad 29 c Gopinath b Hazare 0 6 *L.E.G.Ames c Mankad b Hazare 2 (7) b Mankad 17 7 †K.J.Grieves c Ramchand b Hazare 99 (6) b Umrigar 19 8 B.Dooland b Mankad 33 not out 18 9 D.Shackleton c Gaekwad b Phadkar 2 10 F.Ridgway c Rege b Hazare 27 11 S.Ramadhin not out 0 Extras b 34 34 b 12, lb 7 19 —— —— 413 (6 wickets, declared) 266 FoW (1): 1-31, 2-51, 3-130, 4-208, 5-240, 6-248, 7-313, 8-318, 9-406, 10-413 FoW (2): 1-79, 2-98, 3-135, 4-138, 5-172, 6-210 INDIA 1 *V.M.Merchant c Ridgway b Dooland 26 lbw b Ramadhin 107 2 M.R.Rege b Ramadhin 15 b Ridgway 2 3 P.R.Umrigar c Gimblett b Worrell 57 c Ridgway b Worrell 63 4 V.S.Hazare c Ridgway b Worrell 47 b Worrell 8 5 S.Mushtaq Ali c and b Ramadhin 0 b Ramadhin 80 6 D.G.Phadkar c Worrell b Dooland 41 c Dooland b Ramadhin 0 7 C.D.Gopinath b Dooland 14 not out 66 8 M.H.Mankad c Grieves b Ramadhin 22 c Emmett b Ramadhin 7 9 G.S.Ramchand c Shackleton b Dooland 0 run out 0 10 H.G.Gaekwad c Shackleton b Ramadhin 0 b Ramadhin 4 11 †V.Rajindernath not out 13 c and b Worrell 2 Extras 5 23 —— —— 240 362 FoW (1): 1-42, 2-42, 3-140, 4-140, 5-197, 6-197, 7-210, 8-210, 9-211, 10-240 FoW (2): 1-3, 2-115, 3-145, 4-207, 5-207, 6-308, 7-322, 8-338, 9-349, 10-362 India Bowling O M R W O M R W Phadkar 37 4 125 2 5 1 10 0 Ramchand 10 2 26 0 4 1 11 0 Mankad 54 6 164 4 25 6 77 1 Gaekwad 13 3 26 0 37 13 83 3 Hazare 16.5 7 32 3 12 2 46 1 Umrigar 2 2 0 0 7 1 20 1 Rege 2 0 6 0 Commonwealth XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Ridgway 5 1 13 0 20 6 58 1 Shackleton 8 2 17 0 9 1 29 0 Ramadhin 47.1 17 90 4 39 9 102 5 Dooland 31 6 70 4 17 3 39 0 Worrell 29 12 45 2 48.1 14 111 3 Umpires: B.J.Mohoni and M.G.Vijayasarathi. Toss: India Close of Play: 1st day: Commonwealth XI (1) 307-6 (Grieves 31*, Dooland 32*); 2nd day: India (1) 143-4 (Hazare 42*, Phadkar 1*); 3rd day: Commonwealth XI (2) 138-4 (Worrell 2*); 4th day: India (2) 141-2 (Merchant 63*, Hazare 7*). F.M.M.Worrell’s 116 took 171 minutes and included 17 fours. V.M.Merchant’s 107 took 270 minutes and included 11 fours. 105