1934–35 Ranji Trophy

1934–35 Ranji Trophy
	Trophy of Ranji trophy tournament
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Bombay (1st title)
Participants	15
Most runs	Vijay Merchant (Bombay) (389)
Most wickets	A.G. Ram Singh (Madras) (22)
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The 1934–35 Ranji Trophy was the inaugural season of the Ranji Trophy. It was contested between 15 teams in four zones in a knockout format. Bombay defeated Northern India in the final. The opening match, between Madras and Mysore, reached a result on the first day.^[3]^[4]

Highlights

The first match of the competition was held on 4 November 1934 between Madras and Mysore at Chepauk.^[5] M. J. Gopalan of Madras bowled the first ball to N. Curtis.
Madras won the match by an innings and 23 runs, five minutes before the close of play on the first day. As of 2022, this is the only first-class match in India to finish in a single day.
S. M. Hadi of Hyderabad hit the first century in the Ranji Trophy. He scored 132* against Madras at Secunderabad.^[6]
George Abell of Northern India scored the first double hundred, with 210 v Army. In the same innings, he was involved in a partnership of 304 with Ahmed Raza.^[7]
Abell scored a century before lunch on the second day (24* to 128*), the first such instance in the Ranji Trophy.^[8]
Baqa Jilani took a hat-trick for Northern India v Southern Punjab in the semifinal at Amritsar.^[9]
Southern Punjab was all out for 22 in the same innings. This remained the lowest team total in the Ranji Trophy until Hyderabad was all out for 21 against Rajasthan in 2010–11.
Madras was intended to be the venue of the semi-final between Bombay and Hyderabad, but it was moved to Bombay as the cricket association in Madras was not in a position to host it. Subsequently, Hyderabad declined to travel, meaning the semi-final was a walkover to Bombay.

Zonal Matches

South Zone

Round 1		Round 2




		23–25 Nov 1934 – Secunderabad

		Hyderabad	256 & 227
4 Nov 1934 – Chennai
		Madras	301 & 169
Madras	130

Mysore	48 & 59

West Zone

Round 1		Round 2		Round 3




		16–18 February 1935 – Pune

		Maharashtra	260 & 72/1
2–4 February 1935 – Ahmedabad
		Bombay	286 & 172/7d
Gujarat	106 & 166/4
				23–25 February 1934 – Bombay
Bombay	231 & 300/7d
				Bombay	377 & 164

				Western India	154 & 241

		16–18 November 1934 – Karachi

		Sind	125 & 210

		Western India	219 & 118/6

North Zone

Round 1		Round 2		Round 3




		29–31 January 1935 – Patiala

		Southern Punjab	216
8–9 December 1934 – Agra
		United Provinces	56 & 119/3
United Provinces	228
				5–7 February 1935 – Amritsar
Delhi	37 & 92
				Southern Punjab	135 & 22

				Northern India	142 & 106

		4–6 December 1934 – Lahore

		Northern India	459

		Army	203 & 204

East Zone

	Round 1

	26–27 December 1934 – Nagpur

	Central Provinces and Berar	115 & 194

	Central India	237 & 79/0

Inter-Zonal Knockout Stage

Semi-finals		Final



Bombay	Walkover
		9–12 March 1935 – Bombay
Hyderabad
		Bombay	266 & 300
9–11 February 1935 – Amritsar
		Northern India	219 & 139
Northern India	192 & 195

Central India	145 & 243/6

Final

9–12 March 1935
Scorecard

Bombay (H)	v	Northern India
266 (80.4 overs) Padmakar Chury 58 Mubarak Ali 4/71 (25 overs)		219 (82.2 overs) Ahmed Raza 50 Vijay Merchant 3/53 (19 overs)
300 (88.1 overs) Vijay Merchant 120 Devraj Puri 6/101 (27.1 overs)		139 (48.1 overs) Ahmed Raza 62* Hormasji Vajifdar 8/40 (20.1 overs)

Bombay won by 208 runs
Bombay Gymkhana, Bombay
Umpires: J Birtwistle and Vali Ahmed

Bombay won the toss and elected to bat.

References

^ "Ranji Trophy, 1934/35 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 6 July 2014.
^ "Ranji Trophy, 1934/35 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 6 July 2014.
^ "Go pro – the template to success in Ranji Trophy's Plate Group". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
^ "Ranji Trophy, 1934/35". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
^ Madras v Mysore
^ Hyderabad v Madras
^ Northern India v Army
^ Century before lunch in first class cricket, acscricket.com
^ Southern Punjab v Northern India

External links

[1] "Ranji Trophy, 1934/35 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 6 July 2014.

[2] "Ranji Trophy, 1934/35 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 6 July 2014.

[3] "Go pro – the template to success in Ranji Trophy's Plate Group". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2018.

[4] "Ranji Trophy, 1934/35". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2018.

[5] Madras v Mysore

[6] Hyderabad v Madras

[7] Northern India v Army

[8] Century before lunch in first class cricket, acscricket.com

[9] Southern Punjab v Northern India

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