CUTTACK 12-Dec-1949
Orissa lost to Bihar by 356 runs in their first ever match Ranji Trophy (East Zone), held at Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur from 10 to 12 December, 1949. The four-day match ended on the penultimate day.
Electing to bat, Bihar were bowled out for 163 with N D Bardhan bagging eight wickets for Orissa. In reply, Orissa folded up for 89 to concede a lead of 74 runs. GV Ranga Rao and ND Bardhan put on 31 runs for the last wicket in the Orissaa first innings.
In their second innings, Bihar rode on a century by S N Banerjee to make 329. Orissa, led by Uddhav Patnaik, made a meek surrender in the second essay, getting all out for 44. GV Renga Rao and ND Bardhan put on 31 runs for the last wicket in the Orissaa first innings.
SCOREBOARD (Odisha Match No 1)
BIHAR (1st innings): +Bikash Bose lbw b Bardhan 11, Sudhir Das lbw b PC Patnaik 23, Sujit Dey c Uddhav Patnaik b Bardhan 30, *SN Banerjee lbw b Bardhan 43, Arun Das c Sasank S Patnaik b Bardhan 6, Sunil Bose b Bardhan 17, R Sanyal c U Patnaik b Bardhan 3, Solly S Patel c Ratnam b Bardhan 4, Bimal K Bose c P C Patnaik b Bardhan 0, A K Das Gupta not out 3, B Bhattacharya run out 7; Extras 16
Total (all out, 55.4 overs) 163
Fall of wickets: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-163 (55.4 ov)
Orissa bowling: N D Bardhan 22.4-8-50-8, Renga Rao 15-2-44-0, P C Patnaik 5-4-6-1, B Patnaik 3-0-12-0, Suryanarayan 6-0-18-0, J K Patnaik 4-0-17-0.
ORISSA (1st innings): Shasank Sekhar Patnaik b Banerjee 4, KCV Ratnam c B Bose b S Bose 4, BM Patnaik b S Bose 5, Rober J le Faucheur c A Das b Banerjee 26, Prafulla C Patnaik b Banerjee 0, Banabasi Patnaik c B Bose b Banerjee 13, *Uddhab Patnaik b Banerjee 0, Jay Krushna Patnaik lbw b S Bose 0, Mangu Suryanarayan c Patel b Banerjee 2, GV Renga Rao b Bhattacharya 16, ND Bardhan not out 12; Extras 7
Total (all out, 42.4 overs) 89
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-14, 3-17, 4-31, 5-50, 6-56, 7-56, 8-58, 9-58, 10-89 (42.4 ov)
Bihar bowling: Banerjee 19-6-37-6, S Bose 16-3-24-3, BK Bose 6-1-7-0, Bhattacharya 1.4-0-14-1.
BIHAR (2nd innings): +B Bose c PC Patnaik b Bardhan 11, S Das lbw b Bardhan 20, *SN Banerjee lbw b JK Patnaik 110, S Dey c Ranga Rao b U Patnaik 57, A Das c Bardhan b Ranga Rao 11, AK Das Gupta c Ratnam b B Patnaik 34, R Sanyal not out 2, S S Patel b B Patnaik 0, B K Bose lbw b B Patnaik 0, B Bhattacharya c S S Patnaik b Ranga Rao 6; Extras 26
Total (all out, 109.2 overs) 326
Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-38, 3-154, 4-193, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-326 (109.2 ov)
Orissa bowling: Bardhan 29-9-83-2, Ranga Rao 23.2-4-58-3, PC Patnaik 8-4-14-0, B Patnaik 10-2-25-3, Suryanarayan 9-0-28-0, JK Patnaik 18-0-61-1, U Patnaik 12-1-31-1.
ORISSAA (2nd innings): SS Patnaik b BK Bose 17, KCV Ratnam c B Bose b S Das 0, RJ le Faucheur b S Das 0, PC Patnaik not out 3, B Patnaik b BK Bose 0, *U Patnaik b BK Bose 7, JK Patnaik c S Das b BK Bose 4, M Suryanarayan b Bhattacharya 2, GV Renga Rao b Patel 2, ND Bardhan b Patel 3, BM Patnaik absent; Extras 6
Total (all out, 26.5 overs) 44
Fall of wickets: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-44 (26.5 ov)
Bihar bowling: S Bose 5-4-1-0, BK Bose 7-4-11-4, Bhattacharya 1-0-3-1, S Das 10-5-11-2, Patel 3.5-1-12-2.
