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(Top) 1 Teams 2 Highlights 3 Zonal matches 3.1 East Zone 3.2 North Zone 3.3 South Zone 3.4 West Zone 4 Inter-zonal knockout matches 5 Final 6 References 7 External links

1937–38 Ranji Trophy

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1937–38 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy
Dates	17 October 1937 – 24 February 1938
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Hyderabad (1st title)
Participants	18
Matches	18
Most runs	Amar Singh (Nawanagar) (370)^[1]
Most wickets	Amar Singh (Nawanagar) (24)^[2]
Official website	http://www.bcci.tv
← 1936–37 1938–39 →

The 1937–38 Ranji Trophy was the fourth edition of the Ranji Trophy, an annual first-class cricket tournament in India. Matches were played from 17 October 1937 to 24 February 1938 with a total of 18 teams participating. The sides were divided into four zonal groups, but the tournament utilised a knockout format. Hyderabad defeated the defending champions Nawanagar in the final.

Teams[edit]

Although the tournament ran in a knockout format, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) organised the teams by zone. Delhi were absent from North Zone but Northern India returned and North West Frontier Province made their debut. South Zone was reduced to three teams after Central Provinces and Berar withdrew. West Zone had seven teams with Baroda making their debut. The eighteen teams are listed alphabetically by zone and the sides that won each zonal title are in bold.

East Zone
Bengal
Bihar
Central India (now Madhya Pradesh)
Rajputana (now Rajasthan)

South Zone
Hyderabad
Madras (now Tamil Nadu)
Mysore (now Karnataka)

Highlights[edit]

Hyderabad qualified for the final after getting walkovers in the previous two rounds when their opposition failed to appear. The Ranji final was the only match they played in this season.
Hyderabad's feat of winning the Ranji Trophy after winning only one match is a rare feat: Maharashtra in 1940–41, Bombay in 1967–68, Hyderabad again in 1986–87 and Bengal in 1989–90 all won only one match outright when winning the title.
Amar Singh topped the batting and bowling aggregates for the season. He scored 370 runs and took 24 wickets in four 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 and 275 runs, Sind by an innings and 144 runs and Bombay by an innings and 130 runs before losing the final.

Zonal matches[edit]

East Zone[edit]

Round 1		Round 2

4 Dec 1937 – Calcutta

Bengal	372
		29 Jan 1938 – Calcutta
Bihar	99 & 107
		Bengal	110 & 217
17 Oct 1937– Indore
		Central India	154 & 145
Central India	101 & 83/8

Rajputana	108 &72

North Zone[edit]

Round 1		Round 2

19 Oct 1937 – Patiala

Southern Punjab	216 & 36/0
		25 Oct 1937 – Patiala
North West Frontier Province	165 &85
		Southern Punjab	241 & 242
22 Oct 1937 – Patiala
		Northern India	281 & 149
Northern India	173 & 180

United Provinces	115 & 154

South Zone[edit]

Round 1		Round 2






		Hyderabad	Walkover
28 Dec 1937 – Bangalore
		Madras
Mysore	180 & 101

Madras	106 & 176/7

West Zone[edit]

Round 1		Round 2		Round 3

30 Oct 1937 – Jamnagar

Nawanagar	397
		7 Nov 1937 – Jamnagar
Baroda	37 &85
		Nawanagar	367

		Sind	112 & 111

				11 Jan 1938 – Jamnagar

				Nawanagar	289
24 Oct 1937 – Jamnagar
				Bombay	45 & 114
Western India	108 & 267
		2 Nov 1937 – Jamnagar
Maharashtra	133 & 164
		Western India	153 & 279
27 Oct 1937 – Jamnagar
		Bombay	250 & 217
Bombay	115 & 152/7

Gujarat	166 &98

Inter-zonal knockout matches[edit]

Semi-finals		Final



Hyderabad	Walkover
		22 Feb 1938 – Bombay
Southern Punjab
		Hyderabad	113 & 310/9

		Nawanagar	152 & 270
Nawanagar	Walkover

Bengal

Final[edit]

22–24 February 1938
Scorecard

Nawanagar	v	Hyderabad
152 (54.4 overs) Nariman Marshall36 Hyder Ali 4/55 (22.4 overs)		113 (31.2 overs) Mohammad Hussain36 Shute Banerjee 4/34
270 (70.4 overs) Albert Wensley67 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 individual score in a successful chase in a Ranji Trophy final before it was surpassed by Parthiv Patel (143) in 2016–17.^[4]
Hyderabad's 310 was the highest fourth innings total to win a Ranji final before it was surpassed by Gujarat's 312 in 2016–17.^[5]

References[edit]

^ "Most runs". Retrieved 6 August 2014.

^ "Most wickets". Retrieved 6 August 2014.

^ "Ranji Trophy 1937/38 (Final)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

^ "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.

^ "Stats: Priyank Panchal's season of reckoning". Cricbuzz. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

External links[edit]

Ranji Trophy, 1937-38 at ESPNcricinfo
Ranji Trophy 1937/38 atCricketArchive (subscription required)

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Records	List of Ranji Trophy records Triple centuries Hat-tricks

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