1938–39 Ranji Trophy

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.

1938–39 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsBengal (1st title)
Participants19
Matches18
Most runsNaoomal Jeoomal (Sind) (418)[1]
Most wicketsAmir Elahi (Nawanagar) (28)[2]

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.

Zonal Matches

West Zone

 
Round 1Round 2Round 3
 
          
 
 
 
 
5 Nov 1938 – Karachi
 
 
Sind370/7
 
28 Oct 1938 – Baroda
 
Bombay366
 
Baroda326
 
24 Dec 1938 – Karachi
 
Bombay441
 
Sind326 & 263/7d
 
4 Nov 1938 – Jamnagar
 
Nawanagar271 & 125/2
 
Nawanagar238 & 16/2
 
9 Nov 1938 – Jamnagar
 
Gujarat105 & 148
 
Nawanagar168 & 184/6
 
4 Nov 1938 – Rajkot
 
Western India166 & 185
 
Western India138 & 180
 
 
Maharashtra131 & 77
 

North Zone

 
Round 1Round 2Round 3
 
          
 
12 Nov 1938 – Patiala
 
 
Southern Punjab304 & 221
 
2 Jan 1939— Patiala
 
Rajputana190 & 151
 
Southern Punjab379
 
26 Nov 1938 – Peshawar
 
North West Frontier Province227 & 115
 
North West Frontier Province418/8d
 
21 Jan 1939— Patiala
 
Delhi207 & 40
 
Southern Punjab180 & 120/1
 
 
Northern India116 & 123
 
 
 
 
 
Northern IndiaWalkover
 
 
Army
 
 
 
 

South Zone

 
Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
 
 
 
17 Dec 1938 – Madras
 
 
Madras159 & 150/4
 
25 Nov 1938 – Secunderabad
 
Hyderabad139 & 168
 
Hyderabad382 & 236/7
 
 
Mysore285 & 111/2
 

East Zone

 
Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
3 Dec 1938 – Calcutta
 
 
Bengal366/3d
 
31 Dec 1938 – Calcutta
 
Bihar105 & 76
 
Bengal378/9d
 
10 Dec 1938– Indore
 
Central India108 & 149
 
Central India170 & 279
 
 
United Provinces49 & 154
 

Inter-Zonal Knockout Stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
21 Jan 1939 – Calcutta
 
 
Bengal515
 
18 Feb 1939 – Calcutta
 
Madras114 & 116
 
Bengal222 & 418
 
10 Feb 1939 – Patiala
 
Southern Punjab328 & 134
 
Southern Punjab197 & 168/3
 
 
Sind339 & 23
 

Final

18–21 February 1939
Scorecard
Bengal (H)
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 Ray
  • Bengal won the toss and elected to bat.

Scorecards and averages

References

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