First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

BENGAL GOVERNOR’S XI v COMMONWEALTH XI Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, December 24, 25, 26, 1950. Commonwealth XI won by nine wickets. BENGAL GOVERNOR’S XI 1 Ajit K.Das Gupta b Ridgway 0 b Ridgway 37 2 Asoke K.Das Gupta b Tribe 10 lbw b Ridgway 11 3 P.Roy b Ridgway 8 lbw b Tribe 14 4 N.C.Chatterjee c Stephenson b Tribe 8 absent hurt 0 5 B.Frank b Ridgway 24 b Dovey 3 6 C.S.Nayudu c Gimblett b Tribe 44 (7) c Dovey b Tribe 17 7 *S.N.Banerjee lbw b Tribe 5 (8) run out 1 8 †P.K.Sen b Tribe 41 (6) lbw b Tribe 5 9 P.M.Chatterjee b Dovey 3 not out 1 10 S.M.BasuThakur not out 12 (4) b Tribe 0 11 S.A.Banerjee lbw b Tribe 6 (10) run out 1 Extras 5 b 14, nb 2 16 —— —— 166 106 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-12, 3-26, 4-37, 5-94, 6-94, 7-106, 8-141, 9-155, 10-166 FoW (2): 1-29, 2-59, 3-65, 4-68, 5-86, 6-94, 7-102, 8-104, 9-106 COMMONWEALTH XI 1 L.B.Fishlock c Basu Thakur b S.A.Banerjee 53 (2) lbw b S.N.Banerjee 2 2 H.Gimblett c Ajit K.Das Gupta b S.A.Banerjee 22 (1) not out 66 3 G.M.Emmett lbw b P.M.Chatterjee 2 not out 33 4 *L.E.G.Ames lbw b Nayudu 17 5 K.J.Grieves lbw b Nayudu 0 6 B.Dooland b Nayudu 2 7 G.E.Tribe c Frank b Nayudu 27 8 D.Shackleton c Asoke K.Das Gupta b Nayudu 18 9 †H.W.Stephenson not out 4 10 R.R.Dovey b S.A.Banerjee 1 11 F.Ridgway c Nayudu b S.A.Banerjee 2 Extras 23 lb 1 1 —— —— 171 (1 wicket) 102 FoW (1): 1-52, 2-69, 3-92, 4-97, 5-105, 6-116, 7-148, 8-158, 9-163, 10-171 FoW (2): 1-6 (2) Commonwealth XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Ridgway 17 5 26 3 15.5 4 25 2 Shackleton 9 5 11 0 Dooland 15 4 57 0 (2) 1 0 4 0 Tribe 19.5 5 63 6 (3) 16 4 52 4 Dovey 2 0 4 1 (4) 10 5 9 1 Bengal Governor’s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W S.N.Banerjee 9 0 44 0 4 0 11 1 S.A.Banerjee 25.4 9 44 4 5 0 32 0 Nayudu 25 3 56 5 4 0 26 0 P.M.Chatterjee 3 0 4 1 5 0 20 0 Basu Thakur (5) 2 0 7 0 Roy (6) 0.5 0 5 0 Umpires: K.Chatterjee and P.K.Sinha. Toss: Bengal Governor’s XI Close of Play: 1st day: Commonwealth XI (1) 69-2 (Fishlock 44*); 2nd day: Bengal Governor’s XI (2) 82-4 (Ajit K.Das Gupta 37*, Sen 1*). 63