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1936–37 Ranji Trophy

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1936–37 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy
Dates3 December 1936 – 10 February 1937
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsNawanagar (1st title)
Participants17
Matches16
Most runsSorabji Colah (Nawanagar) (384)
Most wicketsAmar Singh (Nawanagar) (28)
Official websitehttp://www.bcci.tv

The 1936–37 Ranji Trophy was the third edition of India's first-class cricket championship. Matches were played from 3 December 1936 to 10 February 1937 with a total of 17 teams participating. The sides were divided into four zonal groups, but the tournament utilised a knockout format. Fifteen of the 1935–36 teams returned but Northern India did not. The two newcomers were Bihar and Nawanagar, who won the title at the first attempt after defeating Bengal by 256 runs in the final.

Teams

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Although the tournament had a knockout format, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) organised the teams by zone. Bihar and Nawanagar made their debuts but Northern India did not participate. Bihar joined the East Zone from which the Central Provinces and Berar team was transferred to the South Zone. The seventeen teams are listed alphabetically by zone and the sides that won each zonal title are in bold.

Highlights

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  • Amar Singh of Nawanagar scored 103 (in 75 minutes) & 55, and took 10/83 (6/48 & 4/35) against Sind. Against Bombay, he took 8/62 in an innings. In four matches, he scored 335 (second highest aggregate) and took 28 wickets.
  • Mubarak Ali took a hat-trick split across two innings for Nawanagar vs Western India.[1] Against Bengal, Ali scored 90 in 96 minutes batting at No.11
  • Shute Banerjee who had played two matches for Bengal was prevented from appearing in the final as he joined the service of the state of Nawanagar.

Zonal matches

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East Zone

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Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
19-20 December 1936 – Calcutta
 
 
Bengal89 & 152/2
 
23-25 Jan 1937 – Calcutta
 
Bihar113 & 127
 
Bengal255 & 108/2
 
3-5 December 1936 – Ajmer
 
Central India128 & 234
 
Rajputana292 & 117
 
 
Central India232 & 302/9d
 
3–5 December 1936
Scorecard
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232 (81 overs)
Ishtiaq Ali 50
Khahwraj Murad 3/20 (8 overs)
292 (75 overs)
Harban Singh 69
Ziaul Hussain 5/105 (30 overs)
302/9d (71 overs)
Mushtaq Ali 50
Walter Bradshaw 4/68 (27 overs)
117 (38 overs)
Himmatsinhji 39
Ziaul Hussain 5/45 (16 overs)
Central India won by 125 runs
Mayo College Ground, Ajmer
  • Central India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Saiduddin and Jamil Ahmed (Central India); and Thomas Hardy, M. Patel, Sultan Abbas and Richard Saker (Rajputana) made their first-class debuts.[2]
19–20 December 1936
Scorecard
v
Bengal (H)
113 (39.3 overs)
Bijoy Sen 28
Probodh Dutt 5/33 (14 overs)
89 (46 overs)
Kamal Bhattacharya 18
J Das Gupta 6/18 (13 overs)
127 (51 overs)
Bijoy Sen 24
A Chowdhury 24
Stanley Behrend 5/29 (14 overs)
152/2 (42.3 overs)
Alec Hosie 60
Subir Chakravorty 1/46 (8.3 overs)
Bengal won by 8 wickets
Rangers Ground, Calcutta
  • This was Bihar's first appearance in the Ranji Trophy.[3]
  • Bijoy Sen, A Chowdhury, Edward Leigh, N Qureshi, KAD Naoroji, S. Pathanki, Mohsin Kazi and RC Brookes (Bihar); and Bill Scott and TS Nahapiet (Bengal) made their first-class debuts.[4]
23–25 January 1937
Scorecard
v
Bengal (H)
128 (53.3 overs)
Jamshed Bhaya 33
Shute Banerjee 5/33 (10 overs)
255 (92.2 overs)
Alec Hosie 61
Shahabuddin 3/36 (23 overs)
234 (67.5 overs)
Mushtaq Ali 67
Tom Longfield 6/57 (23 overs)
108/2 (29 overs)
Kartick Bose 60*
Shahabuddin 2/22 (6 overs)
Bengal won by 8 wickets
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
  • Mohammad Hussain (Central India) made his first-class debut.[5]
  • Alec Hosie (Bengal) passed 6,000 runs in first-class cricket.[5]
  • Bengal qualified for the semi-final as a result of this match.

West Zone

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Round 1Round 2Round 3
 
          
 
7-9 December 1936 - Ahmedabad
 
 
Gujarat77 & 105
 
8-10 January 1937 – Poona
 
Western India186 & 262/9d
 
Maharashtra159 & 219
 
 
Western India400
 
 
15-17 January 1937 – Poona
 
 
Western India106 & 174/4
 
4-6 December 1936 – Ahmedabad
 
Nawanagar224 & 341/7d
 
Nawanagar339 & 147
 
11-13 January 1937 – Poona
 
Sind128 & 106
 
Nawanagar263 & 137/7
 
 
Bombay174 & 277/6d
 
 
 
 
4–6 December 1936
Scorecard
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339 (128 overs)
Amar Singh 103
Ghulam Mohammad 4/75 (24 overs)
128 (49 overs)
Naoomal Jeoomal 46
Amar Singh 6/48 (25 overs)
147 (58.3 overs)
Amar Singh 55
Ghulam Mohammad 4/52 (26 overs)
106 (38.3 overs)
Ghulam Mohammad 30
Amar Singh 4/35 (15 overs)
Nawanagar won by 252 runs
Gujarat College Ground, Ahmedabad
  • Nawanagar won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Keshav Lal (Nawanagar) and Odhavji (Sind) made their first-class debuts.[6]

Batting first after winning the toss, Nawanagar reached 100 after 124 minutes, in the post-lunch session. Amar Singh reached his half-century in 30 minutes, while adding 106 runs for the sixth wicket. He reached his century in 75 minutes before being caught behind after making 103, an innings that included 2 sixes, 1 five and 10 fours. His team went to stumps at 293/8.[7] Singh shone also with the ball, more so in the third and final day. Adding to the overnight score of 68/6 in his team's second innings, he made 55 in a span of 52 minutes. Sind were set a total of 358 runs to be made in three-and-a-half hours. They lost their first wicket at 10 runs before Ghulam Mohammad was dismissed for 30 post lunch. In a batting collapse that followed, Sind were all out for 106, leaving Nawanagar victorious by 252 runs.[8]

7–9 December 1936
Scorecard
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186 (63 overs)
Hari Mali 56*
EG Hans 3/20 (10 overs)
77 (46.2 overs)
Hemu Adhikari 26
Khwaja Saeed 6/23 (20.2 overs)
262/9d (87 overs)
Hari Mali 92
EG Hans 7/41 (25 overs)
105 (50.4 overs)
Hemu Adhikari 30
Narsingrao Kesari 4/27 (15.4 overs)
Western India won by 266 runs
Gujarat College Ground, Ahmedabad

Western India lost five wickets inside an hour after opting to bat first upon winning the toss. They reached 100 in the second session before being dismissed for 186; Hari Mali top-scored for them, remaining unbeaten on 56. EG Hans picked up three wickets for Gujarat giving away 20 runs. Gujarat went to stumps at 36/2.[10] They lost their remaining eight wickets on day two while adding 41 runs to their overnight total. Khwaja Saeed returned with figures of 6/23 for Western India, whose top-order in reply, began slowly taking over an hour to score 50 runs. Subsequently, Faiz Ahmed and Mali accelerated before the latter reached his half-century in 85 minutes while the former scored 4 fours off JJ Yelwande's bowling. They remained unbeaten at close of the day's play taking the team's score to 196/4.[11] Hans picked up four wickets for 12 runs the following morning including that of Ahmed. His team declared after Hari Mali fell setting Gujarat a target of 372 runs. In reply, Gujarat began poorly losing two wickets before lunch. Mali, with his slow left-arm, picked up three wickets, while Narsingrao Kesari finished with four wickets for 27 runs, dismissing Gujarat for 105.[12]

8–10 January 1937
Scorecard
v
159 (58.4 overs)
Jacob Harris 40
Shantilal Gandhi 3/39 (18 overs)
400 (141.4 overs)
Faiz Ahmed 105
SV Datar 6/85 (35.1 overs)
219 (99.2 overs)
Yeshwant Gokhale 69
Akbar Khan 3/36 (25 overs)
Western India won by an innings and 22 runs
Poona Club Ground, Poona
11–13 January 1937
Scorecard
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174 (72.2 overs)
Dadabhoy Havewala 52
Amar Singh 8/62 (28.2 overs)
263 (110.5 overs)
Abdul Aziz 89
Vijay Merchant 4/45 (13 overs)
277/6d (91 overs)
Vijay Merchant 114*
Albert Wensley 2/37 (10 overs)
137/7 (48 overs)
Amar Singh 52*
Dadabhoy Havewala 3/29 (14 overs)
  • Bombay won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Vijay Merchant (Bombay) passed 4,000 runs in first-class cricket.[14]
15–17 January 1937
Scorecard
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224 (132.3 overs)
Sorabji Colah 57
Khwaja Saeed 3/52 (37.3 overs)
106 (55.3 overs)
Homi Umrigar 34
Mubarak Ali 4/41 (18.3 overs)
341/7d (104 overs)
Sorabji Colah 136
Khwaja Saeed 3/94 (29 overs)
174/4 (49 overs)
Shantilal Gandhi 84
Yadvendrasinhji 1/16 (7 overs)
Match drawn
Poona Club Ground, Poona
Umpires: Ladha Ramji and GN Kesari
  • Nawanagar won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sorabji Colah (Nawanagar) passed 3,000 runs in first-class cricket.[15]

South Zone

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Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
16-18 December 1936 – Chennai
 
 
Madras303 & 237/9d
 
16-18 January – Chennai
 
Mysore123 & 38
 
Madras110 & 97
 
25-27 December 1936 – Secunderabad
 
Hyderabad203 & 217
 
Hyderabad190 & 68/2
 
 
Central Provinces and Berar150 & 104
 
16–18 December 1936
Scorecard
Madras (H)
v
303 (80.4 overs)
A. G. Ram Singh 100
YS Ramaswami 4/57 (17.4 overs)
123 (42.2 overs)
BK Garudachar 30
M. J. Gopalan 4/17 (13 overs)
237/9d (77 overs)
BS Thyagarajan 58
BK Garudachar 3/41 (15 overs)
38 (23.1 overs)
BV Ramakrishnappa 12*
M. J. Gopalan 5/15 (12 overs)
Madras won by 379 runs
Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras
25–27 December 1936
Scorecard
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150 (48.4 overs)
MR Jaiwant 39
Sorabji Mehta 5/31 (12.4 overs)
190 (68.2 overs)
Syed Mohammad Hadi 47*
Chandu Sarwate 5/33 (14.2 overs)
104 (34.4 overs)
PN Laghate 22
Asadullah Qureshi 6/51 (15.4 overs)
68/2 (29 overs)
VG Mache 31
Chandu Sarwate 1/15 (8 overs)
Hyderabad won by 8 wickets
Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad
  • Sorabji Mehta (Hyderabad) and Chandu Sarwate (Central Provinces and Berar) made their first-class debuts, while Srivastava and Chitnavis (Central Provinces and Berar) and Dayanand Archaye (Hyderabad) played their only first-class match.[17]
16–18 January 1937
Scorecard
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Madras (H)
203 (59 overs)
Edulji Aibara 84
A. G. Ram Singh 6/81 (22 overs)
110 (51.4 overs)
Gopalaswami Parthasarathi 28
Asadullah Qureshi 5/31 (13 overs)
217 (87.5 overs)
Venkataswami 46
A. G. Ram Singh 4/60 (28 overs)
97 (56 overs)
AV Krishnaswami 32
Ibrahim Khan 3/17 (12 overs)
Hyderabad won by 213 runs
Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras
  • Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ghulam Qureshi (Hyderabad) made his first-class debut.[18]
  • Hyderabad qualified for the semi-final as a result of this match.

North Zone

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Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
 
 
 
23-24 January 1937 – Amritsar
 
 
Southern Punjab83 & 130
 
6-7 January 1937 – Delhi
 
United Provinces134 & 164
 
Delhi127 & 158
 
 
United Provinces126 & 63/7
 
6–7 January 1937
Scorecard
Delhi (H)
v
127 (39 overs)
Abdul Hamid 43
Phiroze Palia 4/70 (16 overs)
126 (45 overs)
Firasat Hussain 41
Musa Khan 4/27 (14 overs)
58 (31.1 overs)
Surajuddin 15
Firasat Hussain 5/7 (13.1 overs)
63/7 (19.4 overs)
Phiroze Palia 17
Idrees Baig 5/27 (10 overs)
United Provinces won by 3 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
  • Abdul Hamid (Delhi) made his first-class debut; and Sultan, Abdul Majid and Lakshman (Delhi), and Shaminuddin, Majid Ali Khan and Wazir Ahmed (United Provinces) played their only first-class match.[19]
23–24 January 1937
Scorecard
v
134 (49.1 overs)
Akhtar Hussain 34
Lala Amarnath 7/37 (20.1 overs)
83 (33.2 overs)
Bahadur Singh 24*
Firasat Hussain 8/15 (10.2 overs)
164 (51.2 overs)
Phiroze Palia 68
Lala Amarnath 3/55 (22 overs)
130 (50.1 overs)
Roshan Lal 43
Shiv Dayal 43
Phiroze Palia 4/26 (14.1 overs)
United Provinces won by 85 runs
Alexandra Ground, Amritsar
  • United Provinces won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Shamsuddin, Inam Ahmed Hussain, Shamboo Singh and Tariq (United Provinces), and Abdur Rahman, Balbir Singh and Shafiq (Southern Punjab) made their first-class debuts.[20]

Inter-Zonal Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
NawanagarWalkover
 
6–10 February 1937 – Bombay
 
United Provinces
 
Nawanagar424 & 383
 
29–31 January 1937 – Calcutta
 
Bengal315 & 236
 
Bengal299 & 158
 
 
Hyderabad170 & 160
 

Semi-finals

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29–31 January 1937
Only semi-final
Scorecard
Bengal (H)
v
299 (96 overs)
Ahmed Kamal 105
Sorabji Mehta 3/56 (17 overs)
170 (47.3 overs)
Asadullah Qureshi 33
Tom Longfield 4/55 (15 overs)
158 (59.5 overs)
Tom Longfield 36
Hyder Ali 4/46 (22 overs)
160 (61.5 overs)
Edulji Aibara 69
Kamal Bhattacharya 3/29 (14.5 overs)
Bengal won by 127 runs
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
  • Bengal won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

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6–10 February 1937
Scorecard
v
424 (140.2 overs)
Vinoo Mankad 185
Robert Gourlay 4/126 (49 overs)
315 (104.5 overs)
Paul van der Gucht 79
Bert Wensley 4/93 (31 overs)
383 (101.1 overs)
R. K. Indravijaysinhji 91
Stanley Behrend 4/119 (29 overs)
236 (82.1 overs)
Alfred Skinner 125
Bert Wensley 4/46 (18.1 overs)
Nawangar won by 256 runs
Bombay Gymkhana, Bombay
Umpires: J Birtwistle, Vali Ahmed

Statistics

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Most runs

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Player[21] Team Mat Inns NO Runs Ave HS 100 50
Sorabji Colah Nawanagar 4 8 0 384 48.00 136 1 2
Amar Singh Nawanagar 4 8 1 335 47.85 103 1 3
Vinoo Mankad Nawanagar 4 8 0 321 40.12 185 1 1
Kartick Bose Bengal 4 8 1 235 33.57 60* 0 2
Graham Skinner Bengal 3 5 1 224 56.00 125 1 0

Most wickets

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Player[22] Team Mat Overs Wkts Ave BBI SR
Amar Singh Nawanagar 4 209.1 28 16.82 8/62 44.8
Stanley Behrend Bengal 4 110.2 19 18.57 5/29 34.8
Firasat Hussain United Provinces 2 48.3 17 4.35 8/15 17.1
Asadullah Qureshi Hyderabad 3 60.4 16 13.56 6/51 22.7
Kamal Bhattacharya Bengal 4 116.5 15 18.80 3/19 46.7

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