1936–37 Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s) | BCCI |
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Cricket format | First-class cricket |
Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
Champions | Nawanagar (1st title) |
Participants | 17 |
Most runs | Sorabji Colah (Nawanagar) (384) |
Most wickets | Amar Singh (Nawanagar) (28) |
The 1936–37 Ranji Trophy was the third season of the Ranji Trophy. It was contested between 17 teams in a knockout format. Nawanagar won the title in their first appearance defeating Bengal in the final.
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.[1] 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.
Teams[]
North Zone
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West Zone
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South Zone
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East Zone
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The team that won the zonal title is listed in bold. The teams are listed in the approximate order in which they finished in the zone.
Zonal matches[]
East Zone[]
Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
19-20 December 1936 – Calcutta | ||||||
Bengal | 89 & 152/2 | |||||
23-25 Jan 1937 – Calcutta | ||||||
Bihar | 113 & 127 | |||||
Bengal | 255 & 108/2 | |||||
3-5 December 1936 – Ajmer | ||||||
Central India | 128 & 234 | |||||
Rajputana | 292 & 117 | |||||
Central India | 232 & 302/9d | |||||
3–5 December 1936
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Central India
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Rajputana (H)
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232 (81 overs)
50 3/20 (8 overs) |
292 (75 overs)
69 5/105 (30 overs) | |
- Central India won the toss and elected to bat.
- and Jamil Ahmed (Central India); and , M. Patel, Sultan Abbas and (Rajputana) made their first-class debuts.[2]
19–20 December 1936
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Bengal (H)
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- This was Bihar's first appearance in the Ranji Trophy.[3]
- 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.[4]
23–25 January 1937
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Central India
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Bengal (H)
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- Mohammad Hussain (Central India) made his first-class debut.[5]
- Alec Hosie (Bengal) passed 6,000 runs in first-class cricket.[5]
- Bengal qualified for the semi-final as a result of this match.
West Zone[]
Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
7-9 December 1936 - Ahmedabad | ||||||||||
Gujarat | 77 & 105 | |||||||||
8-10 January 1937 – Poona | ||||||||||
Western India | 186 & 262/9d | |||||||||
Maharashtra | 159 & 219 | |||||||||
Western India | 400 | |||||||||
15-17 January 1937 – Poona | ||||||||||
Western India | 106 & 174/4 | |||||||||
4-6 December 1936 – Ahmedabad | ||||||||||
Nawanagar | 224 & 341/7d | |||||||||
Nawanagar | 339 & 147 | |||||||||
11-13 January 1937 – Poona | ||||||||||
Sind | 128 & 106 | |||||||||
Nawanagar | 263 & 137/7 | |||||||||
Bombay | 174 & 277/6d | |||||||||
4–6 December 1936
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Nawanagar
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Sind
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- Nawanagar won the toss and elected to bat.
- (Nawanagar) and Odhavji (Sind) made their first-class debuts.[6]
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.[7] 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.[8]
7–9 December 1936
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Gujarat (H)
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262/9d (87 overs)
92 EG Hans 7/41 (25 overs) |
- Western India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Pratap Rai, Pradyumansinhji Lakhajirajsinhji, , (all Western India), and Hemu Adhikari, Wyankatrao Ghorpade, , JJ Yelwande, BB More and (all Gujarat) made their first-class debuts.[9]
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; 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.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12]
8–10 January 1937
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Maharashtra (H)
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400 (141.4 overs)
105 SV Datar 6/85 (35.1 overs) | ||
219 (99.2 overs)
69 Akbar Khan 3/36 (25 overs) |
- Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
- KP Ubhayakar, , and NG Talukdar (Maharashtra), and Akbar Khan (Western India) made their first-class debuts.[13]
11–13 January 1937
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Nawanagar
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- Bombay won the toss and elected to bat.
- Vijay Merchant (Bombay) passed 4,000 runs in first-class cricket.[14]
15–17 January 1937
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Nawanagar
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- Nawanagar won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sorabji Colah (Nawanagar) passed 3,000 runs in first-class cricket.[15]
South Zone[]
Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
16-18 December 1936 – Chennai | ||||||
Madras | 303 & 237/9d | |||||
16-18 January – Chennai | ||||||
Mysore | 123 & 38 | |||||
Madras | 110 & 97 | |||||
25-27 December 1936 – Secunderabad | ||||||
Hyderabad | 203 & 217 | |||||
Hyderabad | 190 & 68/2 | |||||
Central Provinces and Berar | 150 & 104 | |||||
16–18 December 1936
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Madras (H)
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237/9d (77 overs)
BS Thyagarajan 58 BK Garudachar 3/41 (15 overs) |
- Madras won the toss and elected to bat.
- (Madras), and and BV Ramakrishnappa (Mysore) made their first-class debuts.[16]
25–27 December 1936
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Hyderabad (H)
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104 (34.4 overs)
PN Laghate 22 6/51 (15.4 overs) |
- Sorabji Mehta (Hyderabad) and Chandu Sarwate (Central Provinces and Berar) made their first-class debuts, while Srivastava and Chitnavis (Central Provinces and Berar) and (Hyderabad) played their only first-class match.[17]
16–18 January 1937
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Madras (H)
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110 (51.4 overs)
28 5/31 (13 overs) | ||
- Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ghulam Qureshi (Hyderabad) made his first-class debut.[18]
- Hyderabad qualified for the semi-final as a result of this match.
North Zone[]
Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
23-24 January 1937 – Amritsar | ||||||
Southern Punjab | 83 & 130 | |||||
6-7 January 1937 – Delhi | ||||||
United Provinces | 134 & 164 | |||||
Delhi | 127 & 158 | |||||
United Provinces | 126 & 63/7 | |||||
6–7 January 1937
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Delhi (H)
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126 (45 overs)
41 Musa Khan 4/27 (14 overs) | ||
58 (31.1 overs)
Surajuddin 15 5/7 (13.1 overs) |
- (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.[19]
23–24 January 1937
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- United Provinces won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shamsuddin, Inam Ahmed Hussain, Shamboo Singh and Tariq (United Provinces), and , Balbir Singh and Shafiq (Southern Punjab) made their first-class debuts.[20]
Inter-Zonal Knockout stage[]
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
Nawanagar | Walkover | |||||
6–10 February 1937 – Bombay | ||||||
United Provinces | ||||||
Nawanagar | 424 & 383 | |||||
29–31 January 1937 – Calcutta | ||||||
Bengal | 315 & 236 | |||||
Bengal | 299 & 158 | |||||
Hyderabad | 170 & 160 | |||||
Semi-finals[]
Final[]
6–10 February 1937
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- 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[]
Player[21] | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | Ave | HS | 100 | 50 |
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Sorabji Colah | Nawanagar | 4 | 8 | 0 | 384 | 48.00 | 136 | 1 | 2 |
Amar Singh | Nawanagar | 4 | 8 | 1 | 335 | 47.85 | 103 | 1 | 3 |
Vinoo Mankad | Nawanagar | 4 | 8 | 0 | 321 | 40.12 | 185 | 1 | 1 |
Kartick Bose | Bengal | 4 | 8 | 1 | 235 | 33.57 | 60* | 0 | 2 |
Graham Skinner | Bengal | 3 | 5 | 1 | 224 | 56.00 | 125 | 1 | 0 |
Most wickets[]
Player[22] | Team | Mat | Overs | Wkts | Ave | BBI | SR |
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Amar Singh | Nawanagar | 4 | 209.1 | 28 | 16.82 | 8/62 | 44.8 |
Stanley Behrend | Bengal | 4 | 110.2 | 19 | 18.57 | 5/29 | 34.8 |
United Provinces | 2 | 48.3 | 17 | 4.35 | 8/15 | 17.1 | |
Hyderabad | 3 | 60.4 | 16 | 13.56 | 6/51 | 22.7 | |
Kamal Bhattacharya | Bengal | 4 | 116.5 | 15 | 18.80 | 3/19 | 46.7 |
References[]
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- ^ "Maharashtra v Western India". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
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External links[]
- Ranji Trophy, 1936-37 at ESPN Cricinfo
- Ranji Trophy 1936/37 at CricketArchive (archived)
- 1937 in Indian cricket
- Indian domestic cricket competitions