First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

INDIA v COMMONWEALTH XI Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, December 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1950. Commonwealth XI won by ten wickets. INDIA 1 *V.M.Merchant c Ridgway b Dooland 37 c Spooner b Ridgway 62 2 S.Mushtaq Ali hit wkt b Worrell 0 lbw b Dooland 26 3 P.R.Umrigar b Ridgway 9 c and b Laker 130 4 V.S.Hazare c Spooner b Ridgway 0 (5) b Laker 115 5 D.G.Phadkar b Ridgway 0 (6) c Spooner b Worrell 0 6 H.R.Adhikari c Grieves b Worrell 0 (8) c Grieves b Laker 4 7 M.H.Mankad c Grieves b Laker 4 not out 27 8 V.L.Manjrekar c Grieves b Laker 0 (9) b Tribe 5 9 B.C.Alva b Laker 0 (11) c Ridgway b Laker 0 10 C.S.Nayudu c Worrell b Ridgway 29 c Grieves b Tribe 0 11 †V.Rajindernath not out 0 (4) b Laker 2 Extras nb 3 3 b 20, lb 1, nb 1 22 —— —— 82 393 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-20, 3-20, 4-22, 5-23, 6-28, 7-32, 8-38, 9-80, 10-82 FoW (2): 1-37, 2-114, 3-117, 4-342, 5-347, 6-361, 7-365, 8-392, 9-392, 10-393 COMMONWEALTH XI 1 L.B.Fishlock c Rajindernath b Alva 11 2 H.Gimblett c Hazare b Alva 8 (1) not out 30 3 G.M.Emmett st Rajindernath b Hazare 39 4 *F.M.M.Worrell lbw b Nayudu 55 5 J.T.Ikin b Nayudu 77 (2) not out 18 6 K.J.Grieves c Rajindernath b Alva 89 7 B.Dooland c Manjrekar b Umrigar 6 8 G.E.Tribe run out 2 9 †R.T.Spooner not out 62 10 J.C.Laker c Merchant b Umrigar 37 11 F.Ridgway c Umrigar b Nayudu 31 Extras b 4, lb 2, nb 4 10 nb 1 1 —— —— 427 (no wicket) 49 FoW (1): 1-19, 2-25, 3-85, 4-124, 5-262, 6-265, 7-293, 8-301, 9-373, 10-427 Commonwealth XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Ridgway 14.2 7 16 4 22 6 62 1 Worrell 15 6 23 2 30 14 46 1 Laker 16 7 32 3 (5) 64.5 34 88 5 Dooland 3 1 8 1 (3) 32 9 75 1 Tribe (4) 33 6 100 2 India Bowling O M R W O M R W Phadkar 34 8 92 0 2 0 13 0 Hazare 11 0 27 1 Alva 22 4 70 3 (2) 4 1 20 0 Mankad 34 11 69 0 (5) 1 0 9 0 Umrigar 28 7 68 2 (3) 2 0 4 0 Nayudu 21.5 4 83 3 Mushtaq Ali 2 0 8 0 (6) 0.3 0 1 0 Manjrekar (4) 1 0 1 0 Umpires: A.R.Joshi and M.M.Naidu. Toss: India Close of Play: 1st day: Commonwealth XI (1) 55-2 (Emmett 21*, Worrell 13*); 2nd day: Commonwealth XI (1) 304-8 (Spooner 57*, Laker 2*); 3rd day: India (2) 117-3 (Umrigar 19*, Hazare 0*); 4th day: India (2) 355-5 (Umrigar 124*, Mankad 8*). P.R.Umrigar’s 130 took 435 minutes and included 20 fours. V.S.Hazare’s 115 included 17 fours. 32