f16936	Bengal Governor's XI v Services XI
	Other First-Class matches in India 1944/45
Venue	Eden Gardens, Calcutta on 16th, 17th, 18th December 1944 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bengal Governor's XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Services XI won by an innings and 1 run
Close of play day 1	Services XI (1) 125/0 (Hotchkin 53*, Simpson 59*)
Close of play day 2	Bengal Governor's XI (2) 98/3 (NC Chatterjee 40*, Cooch Behar 3*)

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Bengal Governor's XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TC Longfield	c Simpson b Carey	0
PB Datta	lbw b Judge	4
AC Chatterjee	b Cranmer	36
NC Chatterjee	b Cranmer	36
+PK Sen	lbw b Judge	7
DJ Rimmer	c Hardstaff b Cranmer	14
Maharaja of Cooch Behar	c Ingram-Johnson b Cranmer	1
CW Langford	lbw b Cranmer	0
A Sen	not out	15
S Mitra	lbw b Cranmer	14
NR Chowdhury	b Cranmer	7
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 48 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Longfield), 2-13 (Datta), 3-72, 4-81, 5-97, 6-99, 7-99, 8-100, 9-133, 10-143 (48 ov)

Services XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Judge	17	5	42	2	-	-
Carey	5	1	12	1	-	-
Cranmer	19	5	52	7	-	-
Prescott	4	0	19	0	-	-
Compton	3	1	9	0	-	-

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Services XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NS Hotchkin	c and b Mitra	74
RT Simpson	c A Sen b Chowdhury	68
DCS Compton	st +sub (TV Parthasarathi) b Mitra	109
J Hardstaff	b Chowdhury	153
SJ Cray	b Chowdhury	20
RF Kettle	lbw b Chowdhury	2
*+RES Ingram-Johnson	b Langford	3
P Cranmer	b Longfield	0
PAH Carey	lbw b Chowdhury	5
PF Judge	b Langford	9
TE Prescott	not out	1
Extras		27
Total	(all out, 90.4 overs)	471
Fall of wickets:
1-144 (Simpson), 2-167 (Hotchkin), 3-373 (Compton), 4-436 (Cray), 5-443 (Hardstaff), 6-448 (Kettle), 7-448 (Ingram-Johnson), 8-450 (Cranmer), 9-469 (Judge), 10-471 (Carey, 90.4 ov)

Bengal Governor's XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Chowdhury	22.4	2	104	5	-	-
Langford	15	1	60	2	-	-
A Sen	16	1	93	0	-	-
Cooch Behar	7	0	27	0	-	-
Longfield	15	1	77	1	-	-
NC Chatterjee	1	0	6	0	-	-
Mitra	14	2	77	2	-	-

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Bengal Governor's XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PB Datta	c Ingram-Johnson b Carey	7
AC Chatterjee	run out	6
+PK Sen	c Ingram-Johnson b Hardstaff	37
NC Chatterjee	lbw b Compton	115
Maharaja of Cooch Behar	c Cray b Judge	3
A Sen	lbw b Compton	29
*TC Longfield	lbw b Carey	31
CW Langford	c Prescott b Judge	11
DJ Rimmer	lbw b Judge	37
S Mitra	c Prescott b Judge	9
NR Chowdhury	not out	30
Extras		12
Total	(all out, 81.3 overs)	327
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (AC Chatterjee), 2-39 (Datta), 3-79 (PK Sen), 4-98 (Cooch Behar), 5-191 (A Sen), 6-206 (NC Chatterjee), 7-226 (Langford), 8-255 (Longfield), 9-268 (Mitra), 10-327 (Rimmer, 81.3 ov)

Services XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Judge	28.3	7	90	4	-	-
Cranmer	8	1	35	0	-	-
Carey	17	4	48	2	-	-
Hardstaff	7	1	41	1	-	-
Kettle	2	0	21	0	-	-
Prescott	6	1	17	0	-	-
Compton	13	1	63	2	-	-

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Notes
--> CW Langford made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RF Kettle made his debut in First-Class matches
--> TE Prescott made his debut in First-Class matches
--> TE Prescott made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DJ Rimmer made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CW Langford made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> NS Hotchkin (1) passed his previous highest score of 60 in First-Class matches
--> NC Chatterjee (2) 100 with 13 fours
--> A Sen (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches
--> P Cranmer achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Bengal Governor's XI first innings (previous best was 2-8)
--> P Cranmer achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Bengal Governor's XI first innings
--> PF Judge reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed CW Langford, his 2nd wicket in the Bengal Governor's XI second innings

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TV Parthasarathi took over as wicket-keeper when PK Sen injured a finger
This match was played for the Troops Amenities Fund

 

 

 

 

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