First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

INDIA v COMMONWEALTH XI Played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, November 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1950. Match drawn. INDIA 1 *V.M.Merchant c Ikin b Worrell 5 c Emmett b Ramadhin 48 2 S.Mushtaq Ali run out 9 lbw b Worrell 61 3 P.R.Umrigar st Spooner b Tribe 28 c Tribe b Shackleton 56 4 V.S.Hazare c Spooner b Ramadhin 31 not out 144 5 D.G.Phadkar c and b Dooland 41 c and b Worrell 37 6 H.R.Adhikari lbw b Tribe 16 c Shackleton b Worrell 56 7 G.Kishenchand not out 16 8 M.H.Mankad b Tribe 9 not out 8 9 †P.G.Joshi b Ramadhin 0 10 C.S.Nayudu b Ramadhin 2 (7) run out 0 11 N.R.Chowdhury b Ramadhin 0 Extras b 8, lb 3, nb 1 12 19 —— —— 169 (6 wickets, declared) 429 FoW (1): 1-11, 2-14, 3-54, 4-82, 5-138, 6-144, 7-164, 8-167, 9-169, 10-169 FoW (2): 1-96, 2-149, 3-209, 4-292, 5-408, 6-409 COMMONWEALTH XI 1 L.B.Fishlock c Nayudu b Hazare 6 (2) not out 102 2 H.Gimblett c Hazare b Chowdhury 19 (1) c and b Mankad 63 3 G.M.Emmett lbw b Mankad 55 not out 43 4 *F.M.M.Worrell st Joshi b Mankad 2 5 J.T.Ikin st Joshi b Mankad 15 6 K.J.Grieves lbw b Mankad 3 7 B.Dooland b Chowdhury 108 8 G.E.Tribe c Hazare b Chowdhury 38 9 D.Shackleton lbw b Nayudu 16 10 S.Ramadhin not out 1 11 †R.T.Spooner absent ill 0 Extras b 9 9 b 4, lb 1, nb 1 6 —— —— 272 (1 wicket) 214 FoW (1): 1-13, 2-36, 3-43, 4-59, 5-75, 6-149, 7-241, 8-258, 9-272 FoW (2): 1-106 (1) Commonwealth XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Shackleton 8 2 18 0 14 2 41 1 Worrell 16 7 26 1 52 21 120 3 Ramadhin 33.4 15 44 4 58 22 111 1 Tribe 34 11 47 3 27 1 80 0 Dooland 9 2 22 1 20 3 50 0 Ikin (6) 2 0 8 0 India Bowling O M R W O M R W Phadkar 25 7 57 0 7 1 18 0 Hazare 9 3 19 1 3 0 3 0 Chowdhury 22 2 82 3 6 1 19 0 Mankad 38 14 66 4 22 5 61 1 Nayudu 12.4 0 33 1 19 1 61 0 Umrigar 2 0 6 0 Mushtaq Ali (6) 5 1 13 0 Adhikari (7) 10 0 33 0 Umpires: B.J.Mohoni and M.G.Vijayasarathi. Toss: India Close of Play: 1st day: India (1) 165-7 (Kishenchand 16*, Joshi 0*); 2nd day: Commonwealth XI (1) 174-6 (Dooland 63*, Tribe 9*); 3rd day: India (2) 148-1 (Merchant 48*, Umrigar 25*); 4th day: India (2) 340-4 (Hazare 98*, Adhikari 21*). B.Dooland’s 108 took 240 minutes and included 11 fours. V.S.Hazare’s 144 included 17 fours. L.B.Fishlock’s 102 included 7 fours and 1 six. P.G.Joshi was unable to keep wicket on Day 3 as he had sustained a severe knee injury following a fall in his hotel and was replaced by C.S.Nayudu, then by G.Kishenchand and later by P.R.Umrigar. K.J.Greives kept wicket in the India second innings. 17