First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

MADRAS GOVERNOR’S XI v COMMONWEALTH XI Played at Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras, January 13, 14, 15, 1951. Commonwealth XI won by ten wickets. COMMONWEALTH XI 1 L.B.Fishlock c Kannan b Sarangapani 42 2 H.Gimblett c Rangachari b Sarangapani 75 (1) not out 34 3 G.M.Emmett c Rangachari b Sarangapani 15 (2) not out 42 4 J.T.Ikin c Bhavnagar b Gopinath 62 5 K.J.Grieves b Sarangapani 8 6 *L.E.G.Ames c Chakravarti b Kannayiram 69 7 W.H.H.Sutcliffe not out 29 8 D.Shackleton lbw b Kannayiram 1 9 †A.Barlow b Kannayiram 5 10 R.R.Dovey not out 5 11 S.Ramadhin Extras 8 —— —— (8 wickets, declared) 319 (no wicket) 76 FoW (1): 1-93, 2-131, 3-138, 4-158, 5-267, 6-284, 7-296, 8-308 MADRAS GOVERNOR’S XI 1 T.V.Girish b Shackleton 1 b Shackleton 0 2 †D.L.Chakravarti c Barlow b Sutcliffe 3 lbw b Shackleton 27 3 P.J.Dickinson lbw b Shackleton 0 (6) c Ramadhin b Shackleton 24 4 C.D.Gopinath c Ikin b Sutcliffe 12 b Shackleton 85 5 B.C.Alva not out 47 b Shackleton 0 6 *Maharaja of Bhavnagar b Ramadhin 4 (9) b Ramadhin 5 7 R.Raghavan st Barlow b Ramadhin 0 b Ramadhin 4 8 K.S.Kannan b Dovey 10 (3) c sub b Sutcliffe 98 9 N.Kannayiram b Dovey 7 (8) run out 18 10 C.R.Rangachari c Emmett b Shackleton 9 not out 16 11 A.K.Sarangapani b Shackleton 0 c Ikin b Shackleton 5 Extras 8 10 —— —— 101 292 FoW (1): 1-3, 2-3, 3-5, 4-24, 5-46, 6-46, 7-65, 8-82, 9-101, 10-101 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-37, 3-216, 4-216, 5-218, 6-236, 7-256, 8-271, 9-271, 10-292 Madras Governor’s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Rangachari 21 4 73 0 3 0 20 0 Dickinson 6 0 32 0 Kannan 12 1 47 0 (2) 3 0 11 0 Kannayiram 11 1 38 3 (3) 2 0 14 0 Sarangapani 23 2 92 4 Alva 7 1 22 0 Gopinath 5 2 7 1 (4) 7 0 31 0 Commonwealth XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Shackleton 15.5 4 33 4 36 12 78 6 Sutcliffe 7 1 12 2 11 4 31 1 Ramadhin 9 3 16 2 36 10 76 2 Dovey 8 0 27 2 26 6 61 0 Ikin 1 0 5 0 10 2 25 0 Grieves (6) 4 0 11 0 Umpires: Toss: Commonwealth XI Close of Play: 1st day: Commonwealth XI (1) 319-8 (Sutcliffe 29*, Dovey 5*); 2nd day: Madras Governor’s XI (2) 139-2 (Gopinath 38*, Kannan 73*). 89