First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

SOUTHERN PUNJAB v RAJPUTANA Played at Baradari Ground, Patiala, December 26, 27, 28, 29, 1950. Southern Punjab won by seven wickets. SOUTHERN PUNJAB 1 Raja of Nalagarh b Attique Hussain 7 run out 22 2 Daljinder Singh lbw b Mahabir Singh 21 st K.P.Mehta b Attique Hussain 22 3 Om Kishore st K.P.Mehta b Mahabir Singh 14 not out 27 4 K.Rai Singh c Iftikhar Hussain b Attique Hussain 47 b Attique Hussain 45 5 *Maharaja of Patiala b Attique Hussain 24 6 †M.R.Bhide hit wkt b Attique Hussain 123 7 S.S.Majithia b Attique Hussain 96 (5) not out 6 8 Ram Prakash lbw b Attique Hussain 2 9 B.Compos lbw b Naidoo 2 10 Roshan Lal lbw b Attique Hussain 6 11 Nikka Ram not out 1 Extras 27 10 —— —— 370 (3 wickets) 132 FoW (1): 1-19, 2-34, 3-63, 4-128, 5-129, 6-290, 7-306, 8-341, 9-369, 10-370 FoW (2): 1-42, 2-48, 3-114 RAJPUTANA 1 Maula Bux lbw b Patiala 7 lbw b Nikka Ram 12 2 P.R.Chauhan c Nalagarh b Rai Singh 15 st Ram Prakash b Daljinder Singh 104 3 †K.P.Mehta st Bhide b Patiala 8 c sub b Nikka Ram 61 4 A.S.Bhatia lbw b Nikka Ram 12 (5) c Nikka Ram b Om Kishore 46 5 Mahabir Singh not out 28 (4) lbw b Majithia 20 6 Attique Hussain c Roshan Lal b Nikka Ram 14 b Nikka Ram 40 7 *G.R.Naidoo b Rai Singh 0 lbw b Nikka Ram 7 8 Ved Prakash b Rai Singh 1 b Nikka Ram 75 9 Iftikhar Hussain lbw b Nikka Ram 3 run out 8 10 A.K.Mehta lbw b Rai Singh 1 not out 5 11 S.B.Mehra lbw b Nikka Ram 1 lbw b Nikka Ram 0 Extras 10 20 —— —— 100 398 FoW (1): 1-10, 2-28, 3-40, 4-56, 5-74, 6-75, 7-88, 8-92, 9-97, 10-100 FoW (2): 1-29, 2-129, 3-161, 4-258, 5-260, 6-279, 7-381, 8-386, 9-398, 10-398 Rajputana Bowling O M R W O M R W Attique Hussain 29 2 112 7 22 5 33 2 Maula Bux 9 1 31 0 Ved Prakash 5 1 24 0 A.K.Mehta 12 1 57 0 Mahabir Singh 19 2 72 2 (2) 9 1 57 0 Naidoo 13 1 43 1 (3) 13 0 32 0 Chauhan 2 0 4 0 Southern Punjab Bowling O M R W O M R W Patiala 23 7 37 2 38 11 103 0 Rai Singh 17 2 31 4 26 7 60 0 Roshan Lal 4 2 3 0 3 1 5 0 Nikka Ram 9 2 19 4 46 15 89 6 Majithia (5) 18 7 25 1 Daljinder Singh (6) 13 1 55 1 Om Kishore (7) 8 3 20 1 Bhide (8) 4 0 14 0 Compos (9) 3 0 7 0 Umpires: Mukesh Chand and Roop Lal. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Southern Punjab (1) 368-8 (Bhide 123*, Roshan Lal 5*); 2nd day: Rajputana (2) 88-1 (Chauhan 36*, K.P.Mehta 35*); 3rd day: Rajputana (2) 371-6 (Attique Hussain 33*, Ved Prakash 68*). M.R.Bhide’s 123 took 180 minutes and included 10 fours and 1 six. 64