1936–37 Ranji Trophy

Indian cricket tournament December 2023 December 2023 1936–37 Ranji Trophy Ranji_trophy.jpg 350px The Ranji Trophy BCCI First-class Knockout 3 December 1936 10 February 1937 Nawanagar 1 17 16 Sorabji Colah (Nawanagar) (384) Amar Singh (Nawanagar) (28) 1935–36 1935–36 Ranji Trophy 1937–38 1937–38 Ranji Trophy http://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 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. East Zone Bengal Bihar Central India (now Madhya Pradesh) Rajputana (now Rajasthan) North Zone Delhi Southern Punjab (now Punjab) United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh) South Zone Central Provinces and Berar (now Vidarbha) Hyderabad Madras (now Tamil Nadu) Mysore (now Karnataka) West Zone Bombay (now Mumbai) Gujarat Maharashtra Nawanagar Sind Western India Highlights 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.subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16076.html Nawanagar v Western India 23 October 2016 CricketArchive 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 East Zone 25px 175px 80px 19-20 December 1936 – Calcutta Bengal 89 & 152/2 Bihar 113 & 127 3-5 December 1936 – Ajmer Rajputana 292 & 117 Central India 232 & 302/9d 23-25 Jan 1937 – Calcutta Bengal 255 & 108/2 Central India 128 & 234 Round 1 Round 2 3–5 December 1936 Central India Rajputana (H) 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 Scorecard 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.Rajputana v Central India https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16036.html CricketArchive 19 July 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20140326103352/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16036.html 26 March 2014 19–20 December 1936 Bihar 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 24A 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 Scorecard Rangers Ground, Calcutta This was Bihar's first appearance in the Ranji Trophy.Mukherjee Sujit Sujit Mukherjee Autobiography of an Unknown Cricketer 1996 Orient Blackswan 9788175300019 69 https://books.google.com/books?id=mbEy8dZYzjUC 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.Bengal v Bihar https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16046.html 23 July 2017 CricketArchive https://web.archive.org/web/20131105093908/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16046.html 5 November 2013 23–25 January 1937 Central India 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 Scorecard Eden Gardens, Calcutta Mohammad Hussain (Central India) made his first-class debut.Bengal v Central India https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16081.html CricketArchive 25 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20131105100205/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16081.html 5 November 2013 Alec Hosie (Bengal) passed 6,000 runs in first-class cricket. Bengal qualified for the semi-final as a result of this match. West Zone 25px 150px 80px 7-9 December 1936 - Ahmedabad Gujarat 77 & 105 Western India 186 & 262/9d 4-6 December 1936 – Ahmedabad Nawanagar 339 & 147 Sind 128 & 106 8-10 January 1937 – Poona Maharashtra 159 & 219 Western India 400 11-13 January 1937 – Poona Nawanagar 263 & 137/7 Bombay 174 & 277/6d 15-17 January 1937 – Poona Western India 106 & 174/4 Nawanagar 224 & 341/7d no yes no yes Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 4–6 December 1936 Nawanagar Sind 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 Scorecard Gujarat College Ground, Ahmedabad Nawanagar won the toss and elected to bat. Keshav Lal (Nawanagar) and Odhavji (Sind) made their first-class debuts.Nawanagar v Sind https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16038.html CricketArchive 19 July 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20140407113817/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16038.html 7 April 2014 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.Amar Singh's Hectic Hitting https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LsE-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=bkwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6222%2C7742692 19 July 2017 The Indian Express 5 December 1936 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.Jamnagar Wins by 252 Runs https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LsE-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=bkwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6534%2C7802002 19 July 2017 The Indian Express 7 December 1936 6 7–9 December 1936 Western India Gujarat (H) 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 Scorecard Gujarat College Ground, Ahmedabad Western India won the toss and elected to bat. Pratap Rai, Pradyumansinhji Lakhajirajsinhji, Shanoor Khan, Homi Umrigar (all Western India), and Hemu Adhikari, Wyankatrao Ghorpade, Shankar Rao Powar, JJ Yelwande, BB More and Narottam Jhaveri (all Gujarat) made their first-class debuts.Gujarat v Western India https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16039.html CricketArchive 19 July 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20131205064430/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16039.html 5 December 2013 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.Western India Vs. Gujerat https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MME-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=bkwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4966%2C7840210 19 July 2017 The Indian Express 8 December 1936 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.Gujarat Out For 77 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MME-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=bkwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6387%2C7913037 19 July 2017 The Indian Express 9 December 1936 6 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.W. India Beat Gujarat https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MME-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=bkwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6410%2C7968125 19 July 2017 The Indian Express 10 December 1936 6 8–10 January 1937 Maharashtra (H) Western India 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 Scorecard Poona Club Ground, Poona Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat. KP Ubhayakar, Yeshwant Gokhale, Krishnarao Jadhav and NG Talukdar (Maharashtra), and Akbar Khan (Western India) made their first-class debuts.Maharashtra v Western India https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16069.html CricketArchive 30 July 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20131106090031/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16069.html 6 November 2013 11–13 January 1937 Bombay Nawanagar 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) Match drawn Scorecard Deccan Gymkhana Ground, Poona Ladha Ramji and Vali Ahmed Bombay won the toss and elected to bat. Vijay Merchant (Bombay) passed 4,000 runs in first-class cricket.Bombay v Nawanagar https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16072.html 31 July 2017 CricketArchive https://web.archive.org/web/20121114093304/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16072.html 14 November 2012 15–17 January 1937 Nawanagar Western India 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 Scorecard Poona Club Ground, Poona Ladha Ramji and GN Kesari Nawanagar won the toss and elected to bat. Sorabji Colah (Nawanagar) passed 3,000 runs in first-class cricket.Nawanagar v Western India https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16076.html CricketArchive 8 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20131205060536/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16076.html 5 December 2013 South Zone 25px 175px 80px 16-18 December 1936 – Chennai Madras 303 & 237/9d Mysore 123 & 38 25-27 December 1936 – Secunderabad Hyderabad 190 & 68/2 Central Provinces and Berar 150 & 104 16-18 January – Chennai Madras 110 & 97 Hyderabad 203 & 217 Round 1 Round 2 16–18 December 1936 Madras (H) Mysore 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 Scorecard Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras Madras won the toss and elected to bat. Narayanaswami Rao (Madras), and John Snaize and BV Ramakrishnappa (Mysore) made their first-class debuts.Madras v Mysore https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16040.html CricketArchive 20 July 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20151003213845/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16040.html 3 October 2015 25–27 December 1936 Central Provinces and Berar Hyderabad (H) 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 Scorecard 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.Hyderabad v Central Provinces and Berar https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16055.html CricketArchive 24 July 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20150928041521/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16055.html 28 September 2015 16–18 January 1937 Hyderabad 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 Scorecard Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat. Ghulam Qureshi (Hyderabad) made his first-class debut.Madras v Hyderabad https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16077.html CricketArchive 11 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20150928044023/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16077.html 28 September 2015 Hyderabad qualified for the semi-final as a result of this match. North Zone 25px 150px 80px 6-7 January 1937 – Delhi Delhi 127 & 158 United Provinces 126 & 63/7 23-24 January 1937 – Amritsar Southern Punjab 83 & 130 United Provinces 134 & 164 yes no Round 1 Round 2 6–7 January 1937 Delhi (H) United Provinces 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 Scorecard 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.Delhi v United Provinces https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16068.html CricketArchive 25 July 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20160818094618/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16068.html 18 August 2016 23–24 January 1937 United Provinces Southern Punjab 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 43Shiv Dayal 43 Phiroze Palia 4/26 (14.1 overs) United Provinces won by 85 runs Scorecard 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.Southern Punjab v United Provinces https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16082.html CricketArchive 25 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20121114090541/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16082.html 14 November 2012 Inter-Zonal Knockout stage white-space:nowrap 25px 115px 110px Nawanagar Walkover United Provinces 29–31 January 1937 – Calcutta Bengal 299 & 158 Hyderabad 170 & 160 6–10 February 1937 – Bombay Nawanagar 424 & 383 Bengal 315 & 236 Semi-finals 29–31 January 1937 Only semi-final Bengal (H) Hyderabad 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 Scorecard Eden Gardens, Calcutta Bengal won the toss and elected to bat. Final 6–10 February 1937 Nawanagar Bengal 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 J Birtwistle, Vali Ahmed Scorecard Nawanagar won the toss and elected to bat. The match was played on a neutral venue. James Alexander (Bengal) made his first-class debut. Statistics Most runs Playerhttp://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1930S/1936-37/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/STATS/IND_LOCAL_RJI_AVS_BAT_MOST_RUNS.html Batting - Most Runs ESPNcricinfo 18 July 2017TeamMat MatchesInns InningsNO Not outsRunsAve AverageHS High score100 Hundreds scored50 Fifties scoredSorabji ColahNawanagar48038448.0013612Amar SinghNawanagar48133547.8510313Vinoo MankadNawanagar48032140.1218511Kartick BoseBengal48123533.5760*02Graham SkinnerBengal35122456.0012510 Most wickets Playerhttp://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1930S/1936-37/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/STATS/IND_LOCAL_RJI_AVS_BOWL_MOST_WKTS.html Bowling - Most Wickets ESPNcricinfo 18 July 2017TeamMat MatchesOversWkts WicketsAve AverageBBI Best innings bowlingSR Strike rateAmar SinghNawanagar4209.12816.828/6244.8Stanley BehrendBengal4110.21918.575/2934.8Firasat HussainUnited Provinces248.3174.358/1517.1Asadullah QureshiHyderabad360.41613.566/5122.7Kamal BhattacharyaBengal4116.51518.803/1946.7 References External links Ranji Trophy, 1936-37 at ESPNcricinfo Ranji Trophy 1936/37 at CricketArchive Category:1936 in Indian cricket Category:1937 in Indian cricket Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1936–37 Category:Ranji Trophy seasons