- Test no. 278 | 1946 season
- Played at Kennington Oval, London
- 17,19,20 August 1946 (3-day match)
| India 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| VM Merchant | run out | 128 | 315 | 12 | 0 | ||
| S Mushtaq Ali | run out | 59 | 110 | 0 | |||
| Nawab of Pataudi snr* | b Edrich | 9 | 0 | ||||
| L Amarnath | b Edrich | 8 | 0 | ||||
| VS Hazare | c Compton b Gover | 11 | 0 | ||||
| RS Modi | b Smith | 27 | 0 | ||||
| Abdul Hafeez | b Edrich | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| MH Mankad | b Bedser | 42 | 60 | 0 | |||
| SW Sohoni | not out | 29 | 0 | ||||
| CS Nayudu | c Washbrook b Bedser | 4 | 0 | ||||
| DD Hindlekar† | lbw b Edrich | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 5, nb 4) | 10 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 127.2 overs) | 331 | (2.59 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets 1-94 (Mushtaq Ali), 2-124 (Pataudi), 3-142 (Amarnath), 4-162 (Hazare), 5-225 (Modi), 6-226 (Abdul Hafeez), 7-272 (Merchant), 8-313 (Mankad), 9-325 (Nayudu), 10-331 (Hindlekar) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AR Gover | 21 | 3 | 56 | 1 | 2.66 | |||
| AV Bedser | 32 | 6 | 60 | 2 | 1.87 | |||
| TPB Smith | 21 | 4 | 58 | 1 | 2.76 | |||
| WJ Edrich | 19.2 | 4 | 68 | 4 | 3.51 | |||
| James Langridge | 29 | 9 | 64 | 0 | 2.20 | |||
| DCS Compton | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3.00 |
| England 1st innings | R | 6s | |||
| L Hutton | lbw b Mankad | 25 | 0 | ||
| C Washbrook | c Mushtaq Ali b Mankad | 17 | 0 | ||
| LB Fishlock | c Merchant b Nayudu | 8 | 0 | ||
| DCS Compton | not out | 24 | 0 | ||
| WR Hammond* | not out | 9 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 11, lb 1) | 12 | |||
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| Total | (3 wickets; 50 overs) | 95 | (1.90 runs per over) | ||
| Did not bat WJ Edrich, James Langridge, TPB Smith, TG Evans†, AV Bedser, AR Gover |
| Fall of wickets 1-48 (Washbrook), 2-55 (Hutton), 3-67 (Fishlock) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| L Amarnath | 15 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 2.00 | |||
| SW Sohoni | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.50 | |||
| VS Hazare | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | |||
| MH Mankad | 20 | 7 | 28 | 2 | 1.40 | |||
| CS Nayudu | 9 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 2.11 |
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Toss India, who chose to bat Series England won the 3-match series 1-0 |
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Test debuts
TG Evans and
TPB Smith
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Umpires
F Chester and JA Smart |
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Series Results
Match Coverage
Photos
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Aug 20, 1946 
Spectators weather the rain at The Oval © Getty Images |
Aug 19, 1946 
Vijay Merchant drives to the off side © Getty Images |
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