1936–37 Ranji Trophy

1936-37 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Nawanagar
Participants	17
Most runs	Sorabji Colah (Nawanagar) (384)^[1]
Most wickets	Amar Singh (Nawanagar) (28)^[2]

The 1936–37 Ranji Trophy was the third season of the Ranji Trophy. It was contested between 17 teams in a knockout format. Nawanagar won the title in their first appearance defeating Bengal in the final.

Highlights

Amar Singh of Nawanagar scored 103 (in 75 minutes) & 55, and took 10/83 (6/48 & 4/35) against Sind. Against Bombay, he took 8/62 in an innings. In four matches, he scored 335 (second highest aggregate) and took 28 wickets.
Mubarak Ali took a hat-trick split across two innings for Nawanagar vs Western India.^[3] Against Bengal, Ali scored 90 in 96 minutes batting at No.11
Shute Banerjee who had played two matches for Bengal was prevented from appearing in the final as he was in the service of the state of Nawanagar.

Knockout tree

Semi-finals		Final

29 Jan 1937 – Calcutta
Bengal	127 runs
Hyderabad

		06 Feb 1937 – Bombay
		Nawanagar	256 runs
		Bengal



N/A
Nawanagar	Walkover
United Provinces

Teams

North Zone
United Provinces
Southern Punjab
Delhi
West Zone
Nawanagar
Western India
Bombay
Maharashtra
Gujarat
Sind
South Zone
Hyderabad
Madras
Mysore
Central Provinces and Berar
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.

Final

6-10 Feb 1937
Scorecard

Nawanagar	v	Bengal
424 (140.2 overs) Vinoo Mankad 185 Robert Gourlay 4/126		315 (104.5 overs) Paul van der Gucht 79 Bert Wensley 4/93
383 (101.1 overs) R. K. Indravijaysinhji 91 Stanley Behrend 4/119		236 (82.1 overs) Alfred Skinner 125 Bert Wensley 4/46

Nawangar won by 256 runs
Bombay Gymkhana, Bombay
Umpires: J Birtwistle, Vali Ahmed

Nawanagar won the toss and elected to bat
The match was played on a neutral ground.

Scorecards and averages

Cricketarchive

References

↑ "Ranji Trophy, 1936/37 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 6 July 2014.
↑ "Ranji Trophy, 1936/37 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 6 July 2014.
↑ "Nawanagar v Western India". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 23 October 2016.

External links

Ranji Trophy

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