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f18331 Bengal Governor's XI v Commonwealth XI

Commonwealth XI in India 1949/50

Venue Eden Gardens, Calcutta on 24th, 26th, 27th December 1949 (3-day match)

Balls per over 6

Toss Bengal Governor's XI won the toss and decided to bat

Result Commonwealth XI won by 10 wickets

Umpires SK Ganguli, PK Sinha

Close of play day 1 Commonwealth XI (1) 91/1 (Livingston 57*, Holt 6*)

Close of play day 2 Bengal Governor's XI (2) 49/1 (Mushtaq Ali 31*, Das Gupta 3*)

Bengal Governor's XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AK Das Gupta	b Tribe	11
PB Datta	b Tribe	22
*S Mushtaq Ali	st Dawkes b Tribe	0
P Roy	lbw b Tribe	37
NC Chatterjee	b Tribe	6
B Frank	c Pope b Tribe	9
SN Banerjee	b Tribe	0
+PK Sen	lbw b Tribe	0
RV Divecha	st Dawkes b Tribe	9
SK Girdhari	not out	17
SA Banerjee	c Parks b Smith	9
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 61.2 overs)	122
Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-35, 3-36, 4-42, 5-54, 6-54, 7-54, 8-80, 9-107, 10-122 (61.2 ov)

Commonwealth XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fitzmaurice	8	3	10	0	-	-
Pope	6	2	17	0	-	-
Smith	18.2	7	26	1	-	-
Tribe	23	10	50	9	-	-
Pettiford	6	2	17	0	-	-

Commonwealth XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
N Oldfield	lbw b SN Banerjee	26
*L Livingston	c Girdhari b SA Banerjee	116
JKC Holt	c Mushtaq Ali b Divecha	14
CW Langdon	c Sen b SN Banerjee	50
J Pettiford	hit wkt b Girdhari	9
R Smith	c Mushtaq Ali b SN Banerjee	33
HW Parks	b SA Banerjee	6
GH Pope	not out	26
GE Tribe	c Datta b SA Banerjee	7
DMJ Fitzmaurice	b SN Banerjee	2
+GO Dawkes	b SA Banerjee	8
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 78.2 overs)	301
Fall of wickets: 1-82, 2-123, 3-186, 4-205, 5-241, 6-254, 7-258, 8-273, 9-280, 10-301 (78.2 ov)

Bengal Governor's XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
SN Banerjee	24	2	102	4	-	-
SA Banerjee	25	3	82	4	-	-
Divecha	12	1	54	1	-	-
Girdhari	13.2	2	35	1	-	-
Datta	4	0	24	0	-	-

Bengal Governor's XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*S Mushtaq Ali	c Dawkes b Tribe	48
PB Datta	b Livingston	13
AK Das Gupta	run out	8
P Roy	c Pope b Pettiford	16
NC Chatterjee	lbw b Pettiford	5
SN Banerjee	lbw b Pettiford	13
SK Girdhari	st Dawkes b Tribe	41
B Frank	b Tribe	23
+PK Sen	lbw b Tribe	10
RV Divecha	not out	5
SA Banerjee	absent hurt
Extras	(14 b, 2 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 93.1 overs)	198
Fall of wickets: 1-31, 2-61, 3-83, 4-97, 5-102, 6-121, 7-154, 8-179, 9-198

Commonwealth XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fitzmaurice	18	1	42	0	-	-
Smith	10	2	18	0	-	-
Tribe	40.1	18	51	4	-	-
Pettiford	20	5	62	3	-	-
Livingston	5	2	9	1	-	-

Commonwealth XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HW Parks	not out	8
+GO Dawkes	not out	14
N Oldfield	did not bat
*L Livingston	did not bat
JKC Holt	did not bat
CW Langdon	did not bat
J Pettiford	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
GH Pope	did not bat
GE Tribe	did not bat
DMJ Fitzmaurice	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 3 overs)	22

Bengal Governor's XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
SN Banerjee	2	0	14	0	-	-
Roy	1	0	8	0	-	-

Notes
--> AK Das Gupta made his debut in First-Class Matches
--> CW Langdon (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 21
--> S Mushtaq Ali (2) passed 9000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 22
--> P Roy (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 4

f18331	Bengal Governor's XI v Commonwealth XI
	Commonwealth XI in India 1949/50
Venue	Eden Gardens, Calcutta on 24th, 26th, 27th December 1949 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bengal Governor's XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Commonwealth XI won by 10 wickets
Umpires	SK Ganguli, PK Sinha
Close of play day 1	Commonwealth XI (1) 91/1 (Livingston 57, Holt 6)
Close of play day 2	Bengal Governor's XI (2) 49/1 (Mushtaq Ali 31, Das Gupta 3)