1937–38 Ranji Trophy

1937-38 Ranji Trophy
	The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Hyderabad
Participants	18
Most runs	Amar Singh (Nawanagar) (370)
Most wickets	Amar Singh (Nawanagar) (24)
	← 1936-37 1938-39 →

The 1937–38 Ranji Trophy was the fourth season of the Ranji Trophy that was contested between 18 teams in four zones in a knockout format. Hyderabad defeated the defending champions Nawanagar in the final.

Highlights

Hyderabad qualified for the final after getting walkovers in the previous two rounds. The Ranji final was the only match they played in this season.
Hyderabad's feat of winning the Ranji trophy while winning only one match is a rare feat. Maharashtra in 1940-41, Hyderabad again in 1986-87 and Bengal in 1989-90 all won only one match outright while winning the title.
Amar Singh topped the batting and bowling aggregates for the season. He scored 370 runs and took 24 wickets in 4 matches.
Against Bombay in the decisive match in the West Zone, Amar Singh scored 140* and took 6/22 in the first innings, bowling Bombay out for 45. Against Baroda he scored 66 and took 6 wickets in the match, and against Sind 86 and 10 wickets for 61 (3/35 and 7/26).
Nawanagar defeated Baroda by an innings 275 runs, Sind by an innings and 144 runs and Bombay by an innings and 130 runs before losing the final.

Knockout tree

The regular semifinals were not held this year because of the absence of teams ^{[citation needed]}. Hyderabad from the South Zone and Nawanagar from the West played the finals.

Final

22-24 Feb 1938
Scorecard

Nawanagar	v	Hyderabad
152 (54.4 overs) Nariman Marshall 36 Hyder Ali 4/55		113 (31.2 overs) SM Hussain 36 Shute Banerjee 4/34
270 (70.4 overs) Albert Wensley 67 Hyder Ali 5/92		310/9 (100.4 overs) Eddie Aibara 137* Mubarak Ali 3/48

Hyderabad won by 1 wicket
Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: DK Naik, Vali Ahmed

Nawanagar won the toss and elected to bat
The match was played in a neutral ground.

Teams

North Zone
Southern Punjab
Northern India
United Provinces
North West Frontier Province
West Zone
Nawanagar
Sind
Western India
Gujarat
Maharashtra
South Zone
Hyderabad
Madras
Mysore
East Zone
Bengal
Central India
Bihar
Rajputana

The team that won the zonal title is listed in bold. The teams are listed in the approximate order in which they finished in the zone.

Scorecards and averages

Cricketarchive

References

^ "Ranji Trophy, 1937/38 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 6 August 2014.
^ "Ranji Trophy, 1937/38 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 6 August 2014.

External links

[1] "Ranji Trophy, 1937/38 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 6 August 2014.

[2] "Ranji Trophy, 1937/38 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 6 August 2014.

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