1938–39 Ranji Trophy

Indian cricket tournament December 2023 December 2023 1938–39 Ranji Trophy Ranji_trophy.jpg 350px The Ranji Trophy BCCI First-class Knockout 28 October 1938 21 February 1939 Bengal 1 20 20 Naoomal Jeoomal (Sind) (418) Amir Elahi (Nawanagar) (28) 1937–38 1937–38 Ranji Trophy 1939–40 1939–40 Ranji Trophy http://www.bcci.tv The 1938–39 Ranji Trophy was the fifth edition of the Ranji Trophy, an annual first-class cricket tournament in India. Matches were played from 28 October 1938 to 21 February 1939 with a total of twenty teams participating. The Army and Delhi both returned and were included in the North Zone. The sides were divided into four zonal groups, but the tournament utilised a knockout format. Bengal won their first title defeating Southern Punjab in the final. Teams Although the tournament ran in a knockout format, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) organised the teams by zone. Delhi and the Army rejoined North Zone although the latter did not actually play a match. United Provinces (North to East) and Rajputana (East to North) exchanged zones. The twenty 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) United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh) North Zone Army (now Services) Delhi Northern India North West Frontier Province Rajputana (now Rajasthan) Southern Punjab (now Punjab) South Zone Hyderabad Madras (now Tamil Nadu) Mysore (now Karnataka) West Zone Baroda Bombay (now Mumbai) Gujarat Maharashtra Nawanagar Sind Western India Highlights Tom Longfield was the second non-native captain to win the Ranji Trophy, after Bert Wensley in 1936–37. Naoomal Jeoomal of Sind scored 203* against Nawanagar out of a score of only 326. In the Nawanagar v Western India match, Amar Singh became the first bowler to take 100 Ranji Trophy wickets.Nawanagar v Western India, 1938–39. CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 December 2023. This was his 14th Ranji Trophy match. Zonal matches East Zone 25px 150px 80px 3 Dec 1938 – Calcutta Bengal 366/3d Bihar 105 & 76 10 Dec 1938– Indore Central India 170 & 279 United Provinces 49 & 154 31 Dec 1938 – Calcutta Bengal 378/9d Central India 108 & 149 Round 1 Round 2 North Zone 25px 200px 80px 12 Nov 1938 – Patiala Southern Punjab 304 & 221 Rajputana 190 & 151 26 Nov 1938 – Peshawar North West Frontier Province 418/8d Delhi 207 & 40 2 Jan 1939— Patiala Southern Punjab 379 North West Frontier Province 227 & 115 Northern India Walkover Army 21 Jan 1939— Patiala Southern Punjab 180 & 120/1 Northern India 116 & 123 no no yes yes Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 South Zone 25px 150px 80px 25 Nov 1938 – Secunderabad Hyderabad 382 & 236/7 Mysore 285 & 111/2 17 Dec 1938 – Madras Madras 159 & 150/4 Hyderabad 139 & 168 yes no Round 1 Round 2 West Zone 25px 150px 80px 28 Oct 1938 – Baroda Baroda 326 Bombay 441 4 Nov 1938 – Jamnagar Nawanagar 238 & 16/2 Gujarat 105 & 148 4 Nov 1938 – Rajkot Western India 138 & 180 Maharashtra 131 & 77 5 Nov 1938 – Karachi Sind 370/7 Bombay 366 9 Nov 1938 – Jamnagar Nawanagar 168 & 184/6 Western India 166 & 185 24 Dec 1938 – Karachi Sind 326 & 263/7d Nawanagar 271 & 125/2 yes no no no Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Inter-zonal knockout stage white-space:nowrap 25px 150px 80px 21 Jan 1939 – Calcutta Bengal 515 Madras 114 & 116 10 Feb 1939 – Patiala Southern Punjab 197 & 168/3 Sind 339 & 23 18 Feb 1939 – Calcutta Bengal 222 & 418 Southern Punjab 328 & 134 Final 18–21 February 1939 Bengal (H) Southern Punjab 222 (83.5 overs) Kartick Bose 48 Amir Elahi 5/73 328 (90 overs) Wazir Ali 222 Kamal Bhattacharya 5/100 418 (146.3 overs) Basil Malcolm 91 Murawwat Hussain 4/97 134 (48.4 overs) Lala Amarnath 37 Tom Longfield 4/48 Bengal won by 178 runs Eden Gardens, Calcutta Nirmal Chatterjee, M. Dutta Ray Scorecard Bengal won the toss and elected to bat. References Category:1938 in Indian cricket Category:1939 in Indian cricket Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1938–39 Category:Ranji Trophy seasons