CUTTACK 13-Feb-1956
Host Bengal infliched an innings and 56-run defeat on Orissa in their three-day East Zone Ranji Trophy match, which was held at Eden Gardens in Calcutta from 11 to 13 February, 1956. In reply to a first-innings total of 373 by the home team, Orissa made 143 to concede a lead of 230 runs.
Forced to follow on, Orissa were all out for 174 in the second innings. Among Orissa players, pacer ND Bardhan and opening batsman Sasanka Sekhar Patnaik salvaged some pride, bagging six wickets and scoring a half-century respectively in the first innings.
Bimal Roy and DS Murthy made first-class debut for Orissa in this match. From Bengal side, wicket-keeper Satish Kumar Khanna scored an unbeaten century. Banabasi Patnaik regained the captainship of the Orissa team, replacing an out-of-form Lalat Indu Parija.
SCOREBOARD (Orissa Ranji Match No 9):
BENGAL (1st innings): PB Datta c Ram Sastry b B Patnaik 27, SM Basu Thakur run out 12, *P Roy b Sastri 45, DG Phadkar c B Patnaik b Bardhan 2, PK Sen b Bardhan 2, K Mitter b Bardhan 68, J Mitter b Murthy 9, +SK Khanna not out 124, SN Ghoshal b Bardhan 29, PM Chatterjee b Bardhan b Bardhan 30, KK Biswas b Bardhan 4; Extras (6-b, 15-lb) 21
Total (all out, 173.2 overs) 373
Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-49, 3-56, 4-68, 5-105, 6-132, 7-194, 8-291, 9-365, 10-373
Orissa bowling: Bardhan 86.2-7-104-6, Banabasi Patnaik 19-5-65-1, DS Murthy 34-2-107-1, Sastri 23-6-48-1, Parija 4-0-17-0, Kapoor 7-1-11-0.
ORISSA (first innings): SS Patnaik c Phadkar b Ghoshal 55, Bimal Roy b Phadkar 2, *B Patnaik run out 2, MS Ananthaswamy Rao b Phadkar 0, RP Kapoor c & b Phadkar 0, LI Parija lbw Chatterjee 12, NN Swamy b Phadkar 35, +T Ram Sastry c Khanna b Biswas 25, ND Bardhan c Roy b Biswas 0, DS Murthy c Khanna b Biswas 2, TS Sastri not out 0; Extras 10
Total (all out, 72.4 overs) 143
Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-33, 3-33, 4-39, 5-75, 6-75, 7-129, 8-129, 9-141, 10-143
Bengal bowling: Phadkar 26-8-46-4, Chatterjee 23-9-32-1, Biswas 13.4-2-29-3, Ghoshal 6-3-10-1, K Mitter 4-0-16-0.
ORISSA (2nd innings, Following on): SS Patnaik b Phadkar 4, B Roy lbw Chatterjee 8, LI Parija c Khanna b Biswas 16, MS Ananthaswamy Rao c Phadkar b Ghoshal 22, *B Patnaik not out 33, RP Kapoor run out 40, NN Swamy c K Mitter b Phadkar 1, +T Ram Sastry c Roy b Ghoshal 22, ND Bardhan b Phadkar 12, DS Murthy c Khanna b Ghoshal 0, TS Sastri c & b Sen 9; Extras (4-b, 3-nb) 7
Total (all out, 75 overs) 174
Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-12, 3-52, 4-52, 5-103, 6-105, 7-143, 8-158, 9-163, 10-174
Bengal bowling: Phadkar 26-10-35-3, Chatterjee 14-2-37-1, Biswas 11-1-28-1, Ghoshal 15-5-34-3, K Mitter 3-0-11-0, Datta 5-1-15-0, Sen 1-0-7-1.
