| f21600 | |
| Venue | Eden Gardens, Calcutta on 30th, 31st December 1956, 1st, 2nd January 1957 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | CG Howard's XI won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Bengal Chief Minister's XI won by 142 runs |
| Umpires | SK Banerjee, SK Ganguli |
| Close of play day 1 | CG Howard's XI (1) 107/4 (Edrich 2*, Tribe 17*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Bengal Chief Minister's XI (2) 147/2 (Contractor 73*, Hazare 6*) |
| Close of play day 3 | CG Howard's XI (2) 16/0 (Simpson 9*, Wharton 7*) |
| Bengal Chief Minister's XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NJ Contractor | st Livingston b Tribe | 24 | |||||
| P Roy | c and b Tribe | 21 | |||||
| S Mushtaq Ali | b Trueman | 17 | |||||
| VS Hazare | c Moss b Trueman | 21 | |||||
| MH Mankad | c Watson b Tribe | 32 | |||||
| GS Ramchand | c Edrich b Dooland | 0 | |||||
| CD Gopinath | hit wkt b Trueman | 5 | |||||
| *L Amarnath | b Dooland | 11 | |||||
| +PK Sen | b Tribe | 10 | |||||
| SP Gupte | b Dooland | 3 | |||||
| Ghulam Ahmed | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb, 1 w) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 47.2 overs) | 149 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-40, 2-55, 3-84, 4-90, 5-96, 6-101, 7-134, 8-134, 9-141, 10-149 (47.2 ov) | |||||||
| CG Howard's XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Trueman | 10 | 1 | 38 | 3 | - | - | |
| Bedser | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Moss | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dooland | 19 | 6 | 52 | 3 | - | - | |
| Tribe | 12.2 | 2 | 41 | 4 | - | - | |
| CG Howard's XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Wharton | st Sen b Amarnath | 13 | |||||
| W Watson | c Hazare b Ghulam Ahmed | 24 | |||||
| TW Graveney | c Sen b Gupte | 11 | |||||
| +L Livingston | b Gupte | 29 | |||||
| *WJ Edrich | c Gopinath b Gupte | 58 | |||||
| GE Tribe | c Ramchand b Ghulam Ahmed | 25 | |||||
| RT Simpson | c and b Ghulam Ahmed | 24 | |||||
| B Dooland | lbw b Gupte | 3 | |||||
| FS Trueman | not out | 11 | |||||
| AV Bedser | b Ghulam Ahmed | 0 | |||||
| AE Moss | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (23 b, 6 lb) | 29 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 64.4 overs) | 227 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-41, 3-87, 4-88, 5-163, 6-195, 7-199, 8-227, 9-227 (64.4 ov) | |||||||
| Bengal Chief Minister's XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ramchand | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Amarnath | 9 | 4 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hazare | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gupte | 21 | 4 | 76 | 4 | - | - | |
| Ghulam Ahmed | 21.4 | 6 | 68 | 4 | - | - | |
| Mankad | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bengal Chief Minister's XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| P Roy | st Livingston b Tribe | 43 | |||||
| NJ Contractor | c Edrich b Bedser | 157 | |||||
| S Mushtaq Ali | c and b Dooland | 16 | |||||
| VS Hazare | c Livingston b Dooland | 60 | |||||
| MH Mankad | run out | 4 | |||||
| GS Ramchand | b Trueman | 0 | |||||
| *L Amarnath | not out | 59 | |||||
| CD Gopinath | b Bedser | 5 | |||||
| +PK Sen | c sub b Trueman | 3 | |||||
| Ghulam Ahmed | not out | 0 | |||||
| SP Gupte | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (20 b, 6 lb, 4 nb, 1 w) | 31 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 117.5 overs) | 378 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-97, 2-126, 3-238, 4-256, 5-256, 6-340, 7-350, 8-368 | |||||||
| CG Howard's XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Trueman | 21 | 2 | 71 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bedser | 27 | 6 | 66 | 2 | - | - | |
| Moss | 12.5 | 2 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dooland | 29 | 8 | 70 | 2 | - | - | |
| Tribe | 15 | 3 | 70 | 1 | - | - | |
| Edrich | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wharton | 7 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| CG Howard's XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RT Simpson | c Sen b Mankad | 9 | |||||
| A Wharton | c Mankad b Ghulam Ahmed | 16 | |||||
| W Watson | b Ghulam Ahmed | 32 | |||||
| *WJ Edrich | c Ramchand b Mankad | 5 | |||||
| GE Tribe | c Ramchand b Mankad | 13 | |||||
| B Dooland | c Hazare b Ghulam Ahmed | 9 | |||||
| FS Trueman | not out | 46 | |||||
| AV Bedser | c Sen b Gupte | 10 | |||||
| AE Moss | b Ghulam Ahmed | 13 | |||||
| +L Livingston | absent hurt | ||||||
| TW Graveney | absent ill | ||||||
| Extras | 5 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 46.3 overs) | 158 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-43, 3-58, 4-70, 5-80, 6-90, 7-121, 8-158 (46.3 ov) | |||||||
| Bengal Chief Minister's XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ramchand | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Amarnath | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hazare | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gupte | 5 | 0 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ghulam Ahmed | 17.3 | 4 | 38 | 4 | - | - | |
| Mankad | 20 | 5 | 82 | 3 | - | - | |
Notes
--> NJ Contractor (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> L Livingston (1) passed 14000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> AV Bedser (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> AV Bedser made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> A Wharton made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> W Watson made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> FS Trueman made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> AE Moss made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> MH Mankad reached 700 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the CG Howard's XI second innings
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