f17007	Europeans v Indians
	Madras Presidency Match 1945/46
Venue	Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras on 29th, 30th December 1945, 1st January 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Europeans won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Indians won by 5 wickets
Umpires	TA Ramachandran, MG Vijayasarathi
Close of play day 1	Europeans (1) 109/5 (Ward 8*, Whitehead 0*)
Close of play day 2	Europeans (2) 65/1 (Gracey 27*, Wright 23*)

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Europeans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CP Johnstone	c Ram Singh b Venkatesan	19
PBK Gracey	lbw b Rangachari	35
WJ Wright	c Gurunathan b Venkataraman	14
VTW Troman	st Gurunathan b Venkataraman	20
CMJB Timmins	lbw b Rangachari	5
+HP Ward	b Rangachari	35
RC Whitehead	c Rangachari b Venkatesan	32
RJJ Vine	c Bobjee b Ram Singh	16
BA Richardson	b Rangachari	1
C Hitchen	not out	0
BAJ Plummer	b Rangachari	0
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 85.3 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-? (Johnstone), 2-? (Wright), 3-? (Gracey), 4-85 (Timmins), 5-107 (Troman), 6-164 (Whitehead), 7-185 (Ward), 8-185 (Vine), 9-187 (Richardson), 10-187 (Plummer, 85.3 ov)

Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rangachari	27.3	7	34	5	-	-
Venkataraman	25	8	64	2	-	-
Kannan	11	5	15	0	-	-
Gopalan	4	1	7	0	-	-
Venkatesan	12	0	43	2	-	-
Ram Singh	6	2	14	1	-	-

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Indians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
N Suryanarayan	lbw b Hitchen	2
CV Krishnaswami	b Gracey	45
AG Ram Singh	c Whitehead b Troman	14
CK Nainakannu	b Johnstone	1
MV Bobjee	b Whitehead	34
KS Kannan	run out	8
*MJ Gopalan	b Whitehead	4
NJ Venkatesan	not out	20
CR Rangachari	c Johnstone b Whitehead	7
+SK Gurunathan	run out	0
MG Venkataraman	b Gracey	1
Extras		15
Total	(all out, 50.2 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Suryanarayan), 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-151 (50.2 ov)

Europeans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hitchen	8	5	16	1	-	-
Plummer	5	2	15	0	-	-
Troman	7	0	20	1	-	-
Johnstone	10	1	32	1	-	-
Timmins	4	0	9	0	-	-
Gracey	9.2	2	21	2	-	-
Whitehead	7	0	23	3	-	-

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Europeans second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CP Johnstone	c Gopalan b Venkatesan	12
PBK Gracey	b Venkataraman	61
WJ Wright	c Rangachari b Ram Singh	26
VTW Troman	c Rangachari b Ram Singh	1
CMJB Timmins	c Gurunathan b Ram Singh	3
+HP Ward	st Gurunathan b Ram Singh	53
RJJ Vine	b Venkatesan	4
RC Whitehead	c Rangachari b Ram Singh	0
C Hitchen	run out	2
BA Richardson	b Rangachari	3
BAJ Plummer	not out	0
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 72.2 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-? (Johnstone), 2-77 (Wright), 3-85 (Troman), 4-89 (Timmins), 5-140 (Gracey), 6-147 (Vine), 7-148 (Whitehead), 8-159 (Hitchen), 9-172 (Richardson), 10-174 (Ward, 72.2 ov)

Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gopalan	3	0	7	0	-	-
Kannan	5	1	8	0	-	-
Rangachari	22	8	37	1	-	-
Ram Singh	27.2	5	64	5	-	-
Venkatesan	11	2	24	2	-	-
Venkataraman	4	0	25	1	-	-

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Indians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CV Krishnaswami	c Timmins b Johnstone	55
N Suryanarayan	c Johnstone b Hitchen	1
AG Ram Singh	c Gracey b Johnstone	104		122	11	-
CK Nainakannu	b Vine	2
*MJ Gopalan	c Vine b Johnstone	26
MV Bobjee	not out	12
KS Kannan	not out	3
NJ Venkatesan	did not bat
CR Rangachari	did not bat
+SK Gurunathan	did not bat
MG Venkataraman	did not bat
Extras		9
Total	(5 wickets, 48.3 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Suryanarayan), 2-140 (Krishnaswami), 3-145 (Nainakannu), 4-189 (Ram Singh), 5-200 (Gopalan)

Europeans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hitchen	4	1	23	1	-	-
Plummer	3	0	23	0	-	-
Whitehead	5	0	27	0	-	-
Gracey	2	0	17	0	-	-
Johnstone	18.3	6	44	3	-	-
Troman	8	1	35	0	-	-
Vine	8	0	34	1	-	-

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Notes
--> PBK Gracey made his debut in First-Class matches
--> VTW Troman made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CMJB Timmins made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RC Whitehead made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RJJ Vine made his debut in First-Class matches
--> BA Richardson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> BAJ Plummer made his debut in First-Class matches
--> SK Gurunathan made his debut in First-Class matches
--> MG Venkataraman made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WJ Wright made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> VTW Troman made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HP Ward made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RC Whitehead made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RJJ Vine made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BA Richardson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BAJ Plummer made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CK Nainakannu made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SK Gurunathan made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MG Venkataraman made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HP Ward (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> CV Krishnaswami (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in First-Class matches
--> CV Krishnaswami (2) passed his previous highest score of 45 in First-Class matches
--> AG Ram Singh (2) 100 in 114 minutes with 11 fours
--> MJ Gopalan (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17

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