1938–39 Ranji Trophy

1938-39 Ranji Trophy

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

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
v
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
Umpires: Nirmal Chatterjee, M Dutta Roy
  • Bengal won the toss and elected to bat

Teams

North Zone
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

External links