First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

INDIA v COMMONWEALTH XI Played at Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras, January 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 1951. Match drawn. INDIA 1 *V.M.Merchant lbw b Tribe 21 c Stephenson b Shackleton 72 2 S.Mushtaq Ali b Ridgway 0 st Stephenson b Worrell 38 3 P.R.Umrigar b Shackleton 110 b Shackleton 16 4 V.S.Hazare b Shackleton 80 st Stephenson b Shackleton 75 5 D.G.Phadkar c Tribe b Ridgway 12 hit wkt b Shackleton 61 6 G.Kishenchand c Stephenson b Shackleton 24 7 B.C.Alva c Ikin b Tribe 26 8 M.H.Mankad c Stephenson b Worrell 52 (6) not out 9 9 C.S.Nayudu b Worrell 10 (7) not out 29 10 †P.G.Joshi lbw b Worrell 1 11 N.R.Chowdhury not out 6 Extras 19 b 1, lb 1 2 —— —— 361 (5 wickets, declared) 302 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-47, 3-220, 4-223, 5-264, 6-264, 7-332, 8-344, 9-355, 10-361 FoW (2): 1-63, 2-101, 3-150, 4-247, 5-276 COMMONWEALTH XI 1 H.Gimblett lbw b Mankad 20 c Alva b Chowdhury 33 2 J.T.Ikin c Merchant b Phadkar 110 run out 86 3 G.M.Emmett c Mankad b Phadkar 96 b Mankad 53 4 L.B.Fishlock c Joshi b Phadkar 38 c Joshi b Chowdhury 2 5 *F.M.M.Worrell run out 71 c Umrigar b Mankad 11 6 K.J.Grieves b Mankad 26 not out 31 7 B.Dooland lbw b Phadkar 1 (8) not out 1 8 G.E.Tribe lbw b Phadkar 0 (7) st Joshi b Mankad 1 9 †H.W.Stephenson not out 9 10 D.Shackleton c and b Mankad 0 11 F.Ridgway b Mankad 0 Extras b 14, lb 3, w 1, nb 4 22 7 —— —— 393 (6 wickets) 225 FoW (1): 1-52, 2-235, 3-239, 4-357, 5-357, 6-361, 7-361, 8-391, 9-391, 10-393 FoW (2): 1-63, 2-165, 3-179, 4-188, 5-191, 6-196 Commonwealth XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Ridgway 29 5 79 2 5 2 13 0 Shackleton 38 11 79 3 51 10 153 4 Tribe 34 5 102 2 10 3 28 0 Worrell 22 8 50 3 46 18 88 1 Dooland 9 4 32 0 7 3 18 0 India Bowling O M R W O M R W Phadkar 33 4 99 5 9 1 53 0 Hazare 9 2 33 0 5 1 19 0 Alva 6 0 18 0 Chowdhury 22 6 49 0 (3) 12 0 58 2 Mankad 34.3 8 90 4 (4) 22 5 75 3 Umrigar 5 0 14 0 (5) 5 2 9 0 Nayudu 17 1 61 0 Mushtaq Ali 3 0 7 0 Kishenchand (6) 1 0 4 0 Umpires: B.J.Mohoni and M.G.Vijayasarathi. Toss: India Close of Play: 1st day: India (1) 257-4 (Phadkar 6*, Kishenchand 24*); 2nd day: Commonwealth XI (1) 112-1 (Ikin 55*, Emmett 28*); 3rd day: Commonwealth XI (1) 380-7 (Grieves 15*, Stephenson 7*); 4th day: India (2) 197-3 (Hazare 50*, Phadkar 20*). P.R.Umrigar’s 110 took 240 minutes and included 12 fours and 4 sixes. J.T.Ikin’s 110 took 252 minutes and included 9 fours. 95