1935–36 Ranji Trophy

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1935–36 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy
Dates30 November 1935 – 31 March 1936
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsBombay (2nd title)
Participants16
Matches16
Most runsS. M. Kadri (Bombay) (515)[1]
Most wicketsA. G. Ram Singh (Madras) (28)[2]
Official websitehttp://www.bcci.tv

The 1935–36

Kumar Sri Ranjitsinhji, known as Ranji.[3]

Matches were played from 4 November 1934 to 12 March 1935 and a total of 16 state and city teams participated. Of the original 15, the

Madras
by 190 runs in the final.

Teams

Although the tournament ran in a knockout format, the

Army team
did not participate. The sixteen teams are listed alphabetically by zone and the sides that won each zonal title are in bold.

Highlights

Zonal Matches

East Zone

 
Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
19 Dec 1935 – Calcutta
 
 
Bengal162 & 356/6d
 
18 Jan 1936 – Calcutta
 
Central Provinces and Berar105 & 171
 
Central India
200 & 195/5
 
Rajputana
149 & 264/7d
 

North Zone

 
Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
12 Feb 1936 – Delhi
 
 
United Provinces
230 & 195/6
 
19 Feb 1936 – Delhi
 
Southern Punjab169 & 280/5d
 
United Provinces
208 & 213
 
15 Feb 1936 – Delhi
 
Northern India452
 
Delhi124 & 44/2
 
 
Northern India206 & 255
 

South Zone

 
Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
30 Nov 1935 – Bangalore
 
 
Madras
275 & 131
 
Madras
263 & 123/4
 
 
Hyderabad268 & 109
 
 
 
 

West Zone

 
Round 1Round 2Round 3
 
          
 
 
 
 
13 Dec 1935 – Poona
 
 
Western India348 & 154
 
 
Gujarat144 & 104
 
 
20 Dec 1935 – Poona
 
 
Bombay
243 & 484
 
Bombay
308 & 295
 
Bombay
369 & 105/2
 
 
Sind230 & 329/7d
 
 
 
 

Inter-Zonal Knockout Stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 Feb 1936 – Madras
 
 
Madras195 & 158
 
27 Mar 1936 – Delhi
 
Bengal144 & 118
 
Madras268 & 125
 
20 Mar 1936 – Delhi
 
Bombay384 & 199
 
Bombay170 & 223
 
 
Northern India140 & 241
 

Final

27–31 Mar 1936
Scorecard
v
384 (144.1 overs)
Ahmed Baporia 90
M. A. Uttappa 4/70
268 (108 overs)
A. V. Krishnaswamy 77
Bomanji Kalapesi 5/92
199 (86 overs)
Vijay Merchant 79
A. G. Ram Singh 5/92
125 (52 overs)
C. Ramaswami 40
Rustomji Jamshedji 3/18
Bombay won by 190 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

  • Bombay won the toss and elected to field
  • The match was played in a neutral ground.

References

  1. ^ Most runs. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2023. (subscription required)
  2. ^ Most wickets. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2023. (subscription required)
  3. ^ Mathew, Joshua (5 February 2019). "Ranji Trophy: 85 years, and counting". The Week. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  4. ^ Bombay v Western India. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2023. (subscription required)