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Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Invitation Tournament, 1931/32, Semi-Final 
Railways v Freelooters 
Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad 
1,2 December 1931 (3-day match) 
Result: Freelooters won by 4 wickets 
Toss: Railways 
Umpires:
 
Close of play:
  Day 1: Railways 31, Freelooters 79, Railways 118
Railways 1st innings
Padma Rao                                b Ramji                3
Dittia                                   b Ramji                8
Kandaswamy                               b Ramji                0
Taffazul Hussain                         b Amar Singh           4
P Ramsey-Brown        lbw                b Ramji                8
Ganesh Rao            c Meherhomji       b Ramji                5
RK Rao                c Gurtu            b Amar Singh           0
Himayatullah          c Meherhomji       b Ramji                0
F Amin                c Meherhomji       b Ramji                0
+E Burnett            c Meherhomji       b Ramji                0
Govindaswamy          not out                                   0
Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                    3
Total                 (all out, 16.1 overs)                    31
FoW: 1-6, 2-6, 3-11, 4-17, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-31, 9-31, 10-31.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ramji                        8.1    2     14      8
Amar Singh                   8      2     14      2
Freelooters 1st innings
CN Mehta                                 b Govindaswamy        30
HH Contractor         run out                                   0
ND Marshall           lbw                b Govindaswamy         1
AE Baporia            c Himayatullah     b Govindaswamy         2
L Amar Singh          c Amin             b Govindaswamy         2
*Maharajkumar of Alirajpur              c & b Taffazul Hussain 22
MS Gurtu                                 b Amin                15
+KR Meherhomji        c Padma Rao        b Amin                 1
Hans                  not out                                   0
L Ramji               lbw                b Amin                 0
Bhija Singh           lbw                b Amin                 0
Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                    6
Total                 (all out, 49.2 overs)                    79
FoW: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-22, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-79.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Govindaswamy                25     12     24      4
Amin                        14.2    6     24      4
RK Rao                       6      1     16      0
Taffazul Hussain             4      1      9      1
Railways 2nd innings
Padma Rao                                b Amar Singh          13
Dittia                                   b Amar Singh           0
F Amin                                   b Amar Singh           8
Taffazul Hussain                         b Ramji               17
P Ramsey-Brown                       c & b Ramji                9
Ganesh Rao            c Hans             b Ramji                5
RK Rao                not out                                  34
Himayatullah                             b Amar Singh           1
Kandaswamy                               b Ramji                1
+E Burnett            c Meherhomji       b Amar Singh          12
Govindaswamy          c Hans             b Amar Singh          10
Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                    8
Total                 (all out, 37 overs)                     118
FoW: 1-?, 2-21, 3-?, 4-45, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-118.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ramji                       16      4     32      4
Amar Singh                  18      2     59      6
Gurtu                        3      0     19      0
Freelooters 2nd innings (target: 71 runs)
CN Mehta                                 b Ramsey-Brown        32
HH Contractor         c Ganesh Rao       b Ramsey-Brown         8
Hans                  lbw                b Ramsey-Brown         0
AE Baporia            st Burnett         b Ramsey-Brown         0
ND Marshall                          c & b Govindaswamy         4
MS Gurtu              not out                                  13
L Amar Singh                             b Amin                 8
*Maharajkumar of Alirajpur not out                              6
Extras                                                          0
Total                 (6 wickets, 41.5 overs)                  71
DNB: +KR Meherhomji, L Ramji, Bhija Singh.
FoW: 1-?, 2-?, 3-39, 4-40, 5-44, 6-57.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Govindaswamy                21     10     31      1
Amin                        11.5    3     24      1
Ramsey-Brown                 9      3     16      4
 
 
-  L Ramji completed a hat-trick in the Railways A first
    innings (the victims were Himayatullah, Amin and Burnett)
   
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