First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

BOMBAY GOVERNOR’S XI v COMMONWEALTH XI Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, November 25, 26, 27, 1950. Commonwealth XI won by an innings and 173 runs. BOMBAY GOVERNOR’S XI 1 M.R.Rege c Ikin b Shackleton 5 b Tribe 33 2 M.S.Ranvirsinhji lbw b Shackleton 11 st Spooner b Tribe 14 3 R.S.Modi c Spooner b Laker 68 (4) lbw b Tribe 10 4 C.V.Gadkari lbw b Tribe 4 (7) c Ames b Laker 18 5 Maharaja of Patiala c and b Tribe 10 (6) lbw b Tribe 0 6 K.Rai Singh run out 0 (5) c Fishlock b Tribe 7 7 A.K.Khanna lbw b Tribe 0 (8) st Spooner b Tribe 4 8 †V.Rajindernath c Paynter b Laker 57 (3) lbw b Tribe 0 9 *Raja Maharaj Singh c Emmett b Laker 4 absent 0 10 C.R.Rangachari c Ikin b Laker 26 (9) c Spooner b Tribe 7 11 Ghulam Ahmed not out 2 (10) not out 8 Extras b 12, lb 3 15 b 1, lb 5, nb 1 7 —— —— 202 108 FoW (1): 1-15, 2-24, 3-37, 4-51, 5-52, 6-53, 7-162, 8-169, 9-179, 10-202 FoW (2): 1-48, 2-48, 3-57, 4-65, 5-70, 6-71, 7-93, 8-97, 9-108 COMMONWEALTH XI 1 L.B.Fishlock c Rajindernath b Rangachari 4 2 G.M.Emmett c Rajindernath b Rege 96 3 J.T.Ikin run out 48 4 K.J.Grieves b Ghulam Ahmed 132 5 †R.T.Spooner c Rai Singh b Ghulam Ahmed 57 6 D.Shackleton not out 55 7 E.Paynter not out 75 8 J.C.Laker 9 G.E.Tribe 10 *L.E.G.Ames 11 S.Ramadhin Extras b 13, lb 3 16 —— (5 wickets, declared) 483 FoW (1): 1-8, 2-120, 3-189, 4-323, 5-362 Commonwealth XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Shackleton 13 3 21 2 8 1 14 0 Fishlock 4 1 11 0 Tribe 27 8 76 3 (2) 16 5 23 8 Laker 19.5 5 61 4 (3) 16 6 42 1 Ramadhin 12 4 18 0 (4) 7 1 22 0 Bombay Governor’s XI Bowling O M R W Rangachari 19 2 72 1 Modi 8 0 42 0 Ghulam Ahmed 23 4 80 2 Ranvirsinhji 4 0 14 0 Patiala 14 0 76 0 Rege 25 2 110 1 Gadkari 8 0 38 0 Rai Singh 9 2 35 0 Umpires: D.K.Naik and J.R.Patel. Toss: Bombay Governor’s XI Close of Play: 1st day: Commonwealth XI (1) 79-1 (Emmett 36*, Ikin 32*); 2nd day: Commonwealth XI (1) 483-5 (Shackleton 55*, Paynter 75*). K.J.Grieves’s 132 took 124 minutes and included 20 fours and 1 six. 30