1937–38 Ranji Trophy

1937-38 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s) BCCI
Cricket format First-class cricket
Tournament format(s) Knockout
Champions Hyderabad
Participants 18
Most runs Amar Singh (Nawanagar) (370)[1]
Most wickets Amar Singh (Nawanagar) (24)[2]

The 1937–38 Ranji Trophy was the fourth season of the Ranji Trophy that was contested between 18 teams in four zones in a knockout format. Hyderabad defeated the defending champions Nawanagar in the final.

Highlights

  • Hyderabad qualified for the final after getting walkovers in the previous two rounds. The Ranji final was the only match they played in this season.
  • Hyderabad's feat of winning the Ranji trophy while winning only one match is a rare feat. Maharashtra in 1940-41, Hyderabad again in 1986-87 and Bengal in 1989-90 all won only one match outright while winning the title.
  • Amar Singh topped the batting and bowling aggregates for the season. He scored 370 runs and took 24 wickets in 4 matches.
  • Against Bombay in the decisive match in the West Zone, Amar Singh scored 140* and took 6/22 in the first innings, bowling Bombay out for 45. Against Baroda he scored 66 and took 6 wickets in the match, and against Sind 86 and 10 wickets for 61 (3/35 and 7/26).
  • Nawanagar defeated Baroda by an innings 275 runs, Sind by an innings and 144 runs and Bombay by an innings and 130 runs before losing the final.

Knockout tree

The regular semifinals were not held this year because of the absence of teams . Hyderabad from the South Zone and Nawanagar from the West played the finals.

Final

22–24 February 1938
Scorecard
v
152 (54.4 overs)
Nariman Marshall 36
Hyder Ali 4/55 (22.4 overs)
113 (31.2 overs)
Mohammad Hussain 36
Shute Banerjee 4/34
270 (70.4 overs)
Albert Wensley 67
Hyder Ali 5/92 (23 overs)
310/9 (100.4 overs)
Edulji Aibara 137*
Mubarak Ali 3/48 (21 overs)
Hyderabad won by 1 wicket
Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: Dattatraya Naik and Vali Ahmed
  • Nawanagar won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was played in a neutral ground.
  • Nariman Marshall and Amar Singh (both Nawanagar) passed 1,000 and 3,000 runs respectively in first-class cricket.[3]
  • Edulji Aibara's (Hyderabad) 137 was the highest in a successful chase in a Ranji Trophy final before it was surpassed by Parthiv Patel (143) in 2016–17.[4]
  • Hyderabad's 310 in the fourth innings was the highest in a Ranji final before it was surpassed by Gujarat's 312 in 2016–17.[5]

Teams

North Zone
Southern Punjab
Northern India
United Provinces
North West Frontier Province
West Zone
Nawanagar
Sind
Western India
Gujarat
Maharashtra
South Zone
Hyderabad
Madras
Mysore
East Zone
Bengal
Central India
Bihar
Rajputana

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

  1. ↑ "Ranji Trophy, 1937/38 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 6 August 2014. (Subscription required (help)).
  2. ↑ "Ranji Trophy, 1937/38 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 6 August 2014. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ "Ranji Trophy 1937/38 (Final)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Ranji Trophy 2016/17, stats review: From Gujarat's highest successful chase in final to Rishab Pant's triple ton - Firstpost". Firstpost. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Stats: Priyank Panchal's season of reckoning". Cricbuzz. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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