CUTTACK 15-Jan-1956
Orissa beat Assam by virtue of first-innings lead in their three-day East Zone Ranji Trophy match, which ended in a draw held at Gauhati Town Club in Gauhati today. Following on after conceding a first-innings lead of 218 runs, Assam were 213 for seven in their second innings when the match when play ended on the last day.
Earlier in the first innings, Assam were bowled out for 115, in reply to 333 by Orissa. MS Ananthaswamy Rao and Ram Prakash Kapoor scored a half-century each for Orissa. However, Rao missed a century by nine runs.
Orissa stumper T Ram Sastry effected three catches and two sumpings besides contributing 49 runs in this match. Among Orissa bowlers, TS Sastri was most successful, bagging a total of nine wickets, including seven for 30 in the first innings.
NN Swamy and SN Patnaik made their First-Class debut in this match for Orissa. SN Patnaik and N Chakrabarty also made their last First-Class appreance in this game.
SCOREBOARD (Orissa Ranji Match No 8):
ORISSA (1st innings): SS Patnaik lbw b Girdhari 34, +T Ram Sastry c Chakravarty b Girdhari 49, LI Parija b Girdhari 16, MS Ananthaswamy Rao b Girdhari 91, *B Patnaik b Rajbanshi 13, RP Kapoor b Girdhari 65, NN Swamy c Chakravarty b Thakur 12, N Chakrabarty c Chakravarty b Girdhari 22, ND Bardhan c & b Thakur 7, SN Patnaik b Thakur 0, TS Sastri not out 2; Extras 22
Total (all out, 120.3 overs) 333
Fall of wickets: 1-62, 2-105, 3-112, 4-150, 5-272, 6-291, 7-324, 8-325, 9-328, 10-333
Assam bowling: Girdhari 46-5-102-6, Rajbanshi 22-0-62-1, Thakur 24.3-3-65-3, JN Barua 9-0-25-0, GN Barua 8-2-15-0, D Barua 9-1-36-0, Hazarika 2-0-6-0.
ASSAM (1st innings): A Guha Roy c Ram Sastry b Bardhan 3, AC Sarma c Ram Sastry b B Patnaik 0, D Goswami lbw b B Patnaik 7, A Hazarika c Parija b Sastri 9, SK Girdhari c Parija b Sastri 68, D Barua b Sastri 1, B Thakur c Ram Sastry b Sastri 3,GN Barua st Ram Sastry b Sastri 4, A Rajbanshi c Swamy b Sastri 12, +R Chakravarty b Sastri 0, *JN Barua not out 1; Extras 7
Total (all out, 57 overs) 115
Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-10, 3-11, 4-62, 5-66, 6-72, 7-88, 8-104, 9-114, 10-115
Orissa bowling: B Patnaik 13-3-27-2, Bardhan 14-6-17-1, Kapoor 2-0-8-0, Sastri 16-4-30-7, Parija 12-4-26-0.
ASSAM (2nd innings, Ffollowing on): A Guha Roy c B Patnaik b Parija 17, D Goswami c Bardhan b B Patnaik 63, AC Sarma st Ram Sastry b Parija 11, A Hazarika c Parija b Kapoor 35, SK Girdhari c B Patnaik b Kapoor 46, D Barua not out 20, B Thakur b Sastri 17, GN Barua c and b Sastri 0, *JN Barua not out 0; Extras 4
Total (7 wickets, 96 overs) 213
Fall of wickets: 1-45, 2-69, 3-110, 4-172, 5-177, 6-212, 7-213
Orissa bowling: B Patnaik 18-2-55-1, Bardhan 29-16-43-0, Kapoor 11-5-19-2, Sastri 20-8-55-2, Parija 14-4-29-2, SN Patnaik 4-1-8-0.
