CUTTACK 11-Dec-1950
Bihar trounced Orissa by 194 runs in their East Zone Ranji Trophy match, held at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack from 9 to 11 December, 1950. The four-day match, the second ever for Orissa, ended in three days.
Amidst the defeat, four players put up impressive performance for Orissa. New captain Banabasi Patnaik, who replaced Uddhab Patnaik, shone with the bat, top-scoring with 31 in the first innings.
Robert Jean le Faucheur was the most successful Orissa batsman, making 27 in the first innings and remaining unbeaten on 36 in the second. Jaya Krishna Patnaik hit the first ever Ranji Trophy half-century for Orissa, scoring 51 in the second innings.
Tamayya Sastri was the most successful bowler for Orissa, bagging three wickets for 102 runs. As many as five Orissa players made their Ranji Trophy debut in this match.
SCOREBOARD (Orissa Match No 2)
ORISSA (1st innings): Shasank Sekhar Patnaik b Banerjee 12, Kamal Dey c Das b BK Bose 0, Jaya Krishna Patnaik b Banerjee 11, P Ramayyha c Rajindernath b BK Bose 0, *Banabasi Patnaik c Patel b Banerjee 31, Robert Jean le Faucheur st Rajindernath b Chakrabarty 27, P Badrayya b BK Bose 3, MC Clerici c Sanyal b Banerjee 22, Prafulla C Patnaik b BK Bose 0, Tamayya S Sastri not out 1, ND Bardhan b Banerjee 1; Extras 13
Total (all out, 50.1 overs) 121
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-26, 3-26, 4-33, 5-88, 6-92, 7-108, 8-108, 9-119, 10-121
Bihar bowling: Banerjee 18.1-5-42-5, BK Bose 16-5-24-4, Das 4-2-6 -0, S Bose 3-1-8-0, Chakrabarty 9-2-28-1.
BIHAR (1st innings): Biraj Bose lbw b B Patnaik 26, Bikash Bose b Sastri 14, S Das b Bardhan 40, +V Rajindernath lbw b PC Patnaik 136, *SN Banerjee c Dey b Badrayya 43, HC Nakhuda c Badrayya b JK Patnaik 94, R Sanyal run out 18, S Bose lbw b Sastri 31, SS Patel c le Faucheur b Sastri 20, BK Bose not out 8, N Chakrabarty b Badrayya 0; Extras 13
Total (all out, 113.4 overs) 443
Fall of wickets: 1-37, 2-58, 3-134, 4-228, 5-297, 6-338, 7-391, 8-417, 9-442, 10-443
Orissa bowling: Bardhan 32-3-126-1, B Patnaik 15-1-62-1, Sastri 30-2-102-3, Badrayya 14.4-0-56-2, JK Patnaik 15-0-67-1, PC Patnaik 7-2-17-1.
ORISSA (2nd innings): P Ramayyha c S Bose b Das 18, SS Patnaik c Banerjee b Das 0, JK Patnaik b BK Bose 51, *B Patnaik c BK Bose b Sanyal 2, RJ le Faucheur not out 36, P Badrayya c Chakrabarty b Sanyal 6, MC Clerici c Patel b BK Bose 1, K Dey c Patel b BK Bose 0, PC Patnaik run out 0, TS Sastri b Chakrabarty 0, ND Bardhan b Chakrabarty 0; Extras 14
Total (all out, 58.4 overs) 128
Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-20, 3-36, 4-44, 5-114, 6-120, 7-120, 8-125, 9-126, 10-128
Bihar bowling: BK Bose 8-4-15-3, Das 11-4-25-2, S Bose 9-4-16-0, Chakrabarty 6.4-0-18-2, Nakhuda 10-2-24-0, Sanyal 9-33-11-2, Patel 5-3-5-0.
