Cricket INDIA SCORES 23 FOR ONE

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28975, 17 August 1959, Page 15

Cricket INDIA SCORES 23 FOR ONE

Gloucestershire 318 Declared

CN.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 7.30 p.m.) CHELTENHAM (England), Aug. 15. The Indian cricketers today gambled and lost by sending in Gloucestershire to bat on a damp wicket after winning the toss. Runs came freely and after an opening stand of 124, the local team went on to score 318 before declaring with the loss of nine wickets. In reply, the Indians at stumps had lost one wicket for 23 runs. Scores at stumps were:— GLOUCESTERSHIRE First Innings

C. A. Milton, c Borde, b Nadkarni 77 B. J. Meyer, run out .. 63 R. B. Nicholls, b Gupte 19 D. Hawkins, c Nadkarni, b Umrigar 0 J. Mortimore, b Gupte .. 4 A. S. Brown, st Joshi, b Gupte 14 J. Bernard, b Gupte 16 Emmett, c Gupte, b Umrigar .. 85 D. R. Smith, c Ghorpade, b Borde 1 Allen, not out .. 30 Extras 9 1II —— Total for nine wickets declared 318 Fall of wickets: one for 124, two for 145, three for 155. four for 162, five for 173. six for 192. seven for 225, eight for 317. nine for 318. Bowling O. M. R. W. P. Ji. Umrigar .. 20 2 46 2 M. L. Jaisimha 2 0 14 0 S. P. Gupte ..28 3 93 4 U. M. Muddiah 20 8 37 0 R. C. Nadkarni 33 13 79 1 C. G. Borde .. 12.4 2 40 1 INDIA First Innings N. J. Contractor, c Smith, b Mortimore 9 P. Roy, not out 9 J. Ghorpade, not out 1 Extras .. .. .. 4 Total for one wicket 23