India in England May/Aug 1946 - Tour Summary

Summary of India's tour of England, 1946:

            Played    Won    Lost    Drawn
Tests          3       0       1       2
FC matches    29      11       4      14
Non-FC         4       2       0       2
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Total         33      13       4      16

Batting Averages (FC matches):

                       Inng  NO  Runs  HS     Avg.  100s
Vijay Merchant          41    9  2385  242*  74.53   7
Vijay Hazare            33    6  1344  244*  49.77   2
Nawab of Pataudi, Sr.   26    5   981  121   46.71   4
Rusi Modi               35    3  1196  103   37.37   1
Vinoo Mankad            41    1  1129  132   28.00   3
Lala Amarnath           35    3   800  106   25.00   2
Mushtaq Ali             29    1   673   93   24.03   0
Chandu Sarwate          24    8   382  124*  23.87   1
Gul Mahomed             27    6   473   89   22.52   0
Abdul Hafeez            24    2   384   43   17.45   0
Shute Banerjee          19    1   295  121   16.38   1
Ranga Sohoni            24    5   293   44   15.43   0
R.B. Nimbalkar           9    1   120   30   15.00   0
D.D. Hindlekar          22    5   233   79   13.70   0
C.S. Nayudu             15    3   162   29   13.50   0
S.G. Shinde             16    9    77   21*  11.00   0

Bowling Averages (FC matches):

                Overs   Mdns  Runs  Wkts  Avg.
Vinoo Mankad    1160.1  301   2679  129  20.76
Vijay Hazare     604.1  147   1386   56  24.75
Chandu Sarwate   355.3   54    939   37  25.37
Lala Amarnath    782    279   1503   56  26.83
S.G. Shinde      391     59   1174   39  30.10
C.S. Nayudu      257     29    800   26  30.76
Shute Banerjee   322.1   42   1052   29  36.27
Ranga Sohoni     194.5   30    617   14  44.07

Also bowled:
Pataudi Sr.        2      0     12    1  12.00
Abdul Hafeez       7      1     16    0    -
Gul Mahomed       10      2     25    0    -

Centuries scored for India on the tour:

Vijay Merchant:
  242*  v Lancashire at Manchester
  205   v Sussex at Hove
  181   v Essex at Southend
  148   v MCC at Lord's
  128   v England (3rd Test) at the Oval
  111*  v Leicestershire at Leicester
  110   v Northamptonshire at Northampton

  141*  v Club Cricket Conference at Guildford (non-FC)

Nawab of Pataudi, Sr.
  121   v Cambridge University at Cambridge
  113   v Derbyshre at Chesterfield
  110*  v Sussex at Hove
  101*  v Nottinghamshire at Nottingham

Vinoo Mankad:
  132   v Yorkshire at Sheffield
  109*  v Middlesex at Lord's
  105   v Sussex at Hove

Vijay Hazare:
  244*  v Yorkshire at Sheffield
  193*  v Middlesex at Lord's

  101   v Scotland at Myreside (non-FC)

Lala Amarnath:
  106   v Sussex at Hove
  104*  v Glamorgan at Cardiff

Chandu Sarware:
  124*  v Surrey at the Oval

Shute Banerjee:
  121   v Surrey at the Oval

Rusi Modi:
  103   v Cambridge University at Cambridge

Thanks: "Indian Summer", by John Arlott
 Contributed by VKFan (karnik@cs.umn.edu)