First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

CRICKET CLUB OF INDIA v COMMONWEALTH XI Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, October 1, 2, 3, 1950. Match drawn. COMMONWEALTH XI 1 H.Gimblett retired hurt 30 c Bose b Garudachar 60 2 G.M.Emmett c U.M.Merchant b Ramchand 19 (3) b Ramchand 104 3 *L.E.G.Ames c Mantri b Ramchand 0 4 K.J.Grieves lbw b Abraham 2 (5) not out 21 5 L.B.Fishlock c U.M.Merchant b Mankad 45 (2) b Gupte 15 6 J.T.Ikin b Abraham 37 (4) c Abraham b Gupte 68 7 †R.T.Spooner c Mantri b Mankad 0 (6) not out 12 8 J.C.Laker c Mankad b Garudachar 26 9 G.E.Tribe st Mantri b Modi 32 10 D.Shackleton c Abraham b Gupte 17 11 F.Ridgway not out 4 Extras w 1, nb 1 2 b 2, lb 1 3 —— —— 214 (4 wickets, declared) 283 FoW (1): 1-29, 2-29, 3-36, 4-107, 5-107, 6-160, 7-162, 8-196, 9-214 FoW (2): 1-40, 2-98, 3-213, 4-258 CRICKET CLUB OF INDIA 1 V.M.Merchant c Grieves b Shackleton 16 2 M.H.Mankad c Ikin b Laker 7 (1) lbw b Fishlock 12 3 R.S.Modi c Spooner b Laker 72 not out 5 4 †M.K.Mantri c Shackleton b Laker 24 (2) c Laker b Ikin 40 5 U.M.Merchant b Ridgway 40 6 G.S.Ramchand lbw b Ridgway 5 (4) lbw b Ikin 0 7 V.L.Manjrekar c Spooner b Grieves 26 (5) not out 3 8 *N.M.Bose run out 7 9 A.Abraham not out 34 10 S.P.Gupte c Spooner b Shackleton 2 11 B.K.Garudachar b Shackleton 2 Extras lb 2, nb 2 4 b 4, lb 2, nb 1 7 —— —— 239 (3 wickets) 67 FoW (1): 1-18, 2-69, 3-83, 4-150, 5-158, 6-170, 7-191, 8-227, 9-233, 10-239 FoW (2): 1-45, 2-62, 3-62 Cricket Club of India Bowling O M R W O M R W Ramchand 16 1 58 2 17 0 64 1 Modi 7.4 1 16 1 3 0 16 0 Abraham 10 2 32 2 12 1 34 0 Mankad 17 3 42 2 Gupte 10 2 31 1 (4) 18 2 83 2 Garudachar 5 0 33 1 (5) 15 2 65 1 Manjrekar (6) 2 0 10 0 Bose (7) 1 0 8 0 Commonwealth XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Ridgway 20 6 42 2 3 0 8 0 Shackleton 21.2 5 41 3 2 0 19 0 Laker 26 11 37 3 Tribe 31 4 83 0 Grieves 10 2 25 1 (3) 3 0 11 0 Ikin 3 0 7 0 (4) 2 0 3 2 Fishlock (5) 6 0 19 1 Umpires: H.D.Billimoria and J.B.Rangnekar. Toss: Commonwealth XI Close of Play: 1st day: Cricket Club of India (1) 29-1 (V.M.Merchant 14*, Modi 7*); 2nd day: Cricket Club of India (1) 232-8 (Abraham 26*, Gupte 2*). G.M.Emmett’s 104 took 158 minutes and included 7 fours and 1 six. H.Gimblett retired hurt because of a sprained knee in the Commonwealth XI first innings having scored 30 (team score 82-3). 3