f18187	Bengal Governor's XI v West Indians
	West Indies in India, Pakistan and Ceylon 1948/49
Venue	Eden Gardens, Calcutta on 26th, 27th, 28th December 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	West Indians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	BK Chakravarthy, SK Sinha
Close of play day 1	West Indians (1) 255 all out
Close of play day 2	Bengal Governor's XI (1) 201/8 (Roy 50*, Girdhari 30*)

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West Indians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Carew	b Chowdhury	12		35	2	-
AF Rae	c RB Nimbalkar b Chowdhury	14		98
CL Walcott	b Girdhari	97		175	12	-
ED Weekes	c RB Nimbalkar b Chowdhury	1			-	-
*JDC Goddard	b Chowdhury	18		50	2	-
KR Rickards	c and b Girdhari	16		23	3	-
RJ Christiani	b Girdhari	25		40	2	-
FJ Cameron	not out	40		74	4	-
+CA McWatt	run out	10
DS Atkinson	c Roy b Chowdhury	4				-
PEW Jones	b Chowdhury	8
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 81.2 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Carew), 2-58 (Rae), 3-64 (Weekes), 4-128 (Goddard), 5-153 (Rickards), 6-178 (Walcott), 7-201 (Christiani), 8-223 (McWatt), 9-231 (Atkinson), 10-255 (Jones, 81.2 ov)

Bengal Governor's XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Banerjee	17	4	45	0	-	-
BB Nimbalkar	4	2	12	0	-	-
Chowdhury	30.2	5	105	6	-	-
Mushtaq Ali	2	0	10	0	-	-
Girdhari	24	6	65	3	-	-
Datta	4	0	8	0	-	-

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Bengal Governor's XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Mushtaq Ali	b Jones	34		90	3	-
PB Datta	c Christiani b Goddard	12		45
NC Chatterjee	c McWatt b Cameron	4				-
BB Nimbalkar	b Cameron	11
*NM Bose	lbw b Cameron	7		29	-	-
+RB Nimbalkar	c Carew b Cameron	38		60	7	-
P Roy	not out	101		321	9	-
BN Katju	b Jones	9
SN Banerjee	c +Walcott b Atkinson	1			-	-
SK Girdhari	c Christiani b Goddard	88		242	13	-
NR Chowdhury	b Jones	0			-	-
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 151.5 overs)	315
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Datta), 2-50 (Mushtaq Ali), 3-50 (Chatterjee), 4-60 (Bose), 5-77 (BB Nimbalkar), 6-116 (RB Nimbalkar), 7-132 (Katju), 8-141 (Banerjee), 9-314 (Girdhari), 10-315 (Chowdhury, 151.5 ov)

West Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	39.5	14	80	3	-
Walcott	6	3	6	0	-
Atkinson	25	8	49	1	-
Goddard	34	13	55	2	-
Cameron	39	8	78	4	-
Christiani	4	0	22	0	-
Weekes	4	0	15	0	-

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West Indians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AF Rae	c Banerjee b Girdhari	24
GM Carew	c sub (SA Banerjee) b Girdhari	52		95	4	-
CL Walcott	not out	21
ED Weekes	not out	16
*JDC Goddard	did not bat
KR Rickards	did not bat
RJ Christiani	did not bat
FJ Cameron	did not bat
+CA McWatt	did not bat
DS Atkinson	did not bat
PEW Jones	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(2 wickets, 39 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-79 (Rae), 2-99 (Carew)

Bengal Governor's XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Banerjee	9	1	29	0	-
Mushtaq Ali	5	0	9	0	-
Chowdhury	6	0	29	0	-
Girdhari	11	5	11	2	-
Roy	8	0	35	0	-

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Notes
--> BN Katju made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CL Walcott (1) 50 in 86 minutes with 7 fours
--> RB Nimbalkar (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> P Roy (1) 50 in 147 minutes with 5 fours
--> P Roy (1) 100 in 311 minutes with 9 fours
--> SK Girdhari (1) 50 in 147 minutes with 7 fours
--> GM Carew (2) 50 in 93 minutes with 4 fours

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CL Walcott took over as wicket-keeper after lunch on Day 2
BB Nimbalkar kept wicket in the West Indians second innings

 

 

 

 

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