1938–39 Ranji Trophy
| 1938-39 Ranji Trophy | |
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The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get. | |
| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Bengal |
| Participants | 19 |
| Matches played | 18 |
| Most runs | Naoomal Jeoomal (Sind) (418)[1] |
| Most wickets | Amir Elahi (Nawanagar) (28)[2] |
The 1938–39 Ranji Trophy was the fifth season of the Ranji Trophy. Nineteen teams took part in four zones in a knockout format. Bengal won their first title defeating Southern Punjab in the final.
Highlights
- Tom Longfield was the second non-native captain to win 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.[3] This was his 14th Ranji Trophy match.
Knockout tree
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| 21 Jan 1939 – Calcutta | |||||||
| Bengal | inns and 285 runs | ||||||
| Madras | |||||||
| 18 Feb 1939 – Calcutta | |||||||
| Bengal | 178 runs | ||||||
| Southern Punjab | |||||||
| 10 Feb 1939 - Patiala | |||||||
| Southern Punjab | 7 wkts | ||||||
| Sind | |||||||
Final
| 18-21 Feb 1939 Scorecard |
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| 222 (83.5 overs) Kartick Bose 48 Amir Elahi 5/73 |
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| 418 (146.3 overs) Basil Malcolm 91 Murawwat Hussain 4/97 |
- Bengal won the toss and elected to bat
Teams
| North Zone |
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| Southern Punjab |
| Northern India |
| North West Frontier Province |
| Delhi |
| Rajputana |
| West Zone |
| Sind |
| Nawanagar |
| Western India |
| Bombay |
| Maharashtra |
| Gujarat |
| Baroda |
| South Zone |
| Madras |
| Hyderabad |
| Mysore |
| East Zone |
| Bengal |
| Central India |
| United Provinces |
| Bihar |
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.
Scorecards and averages
References
- ↑ "Ranji Trophy, 1938/39 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ↑ "Ranji Trophy, 1938/39 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ↑ http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16836.html Nawanagar v Western India, 1938-39
External links
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