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India v New Zealand @ Eden Gardens, Calcutta
28, 29, 31 December 1955, 1, 2 January 1956 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: DD Desai, SK Ganguli
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Vinoo Mankad | c Trevor McMahon b John Reid | 25 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Nari Contractor | b Johnny Hayes | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Pankaj Roy | b Johnny Hayes | 28 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Vijay Manjrekar | c John Reid b Harry Cave | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| *5. Polly Umrigar | run out ( > > ) | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Gulabrai Ramchand | b John Reid | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Jayasinghrao Ghorpade | b Jack Alabaster | 39 | - | 100 | 6 | - |
| 8. Dattu Phadkar | run out ( > > ) | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| +9. Chandrakant Patankar | b John Reid | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Gundibali Sunderam | not out | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Fergie Gupte | b Jack Alabaster | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-13 (Nari Contractor), 2-41 (Vinoo Mankad), 3-42 (Vijay Manjrekar), 4-47 (Polly Umrigar), 5-49 (Gulabrai Ramchand), 6-87 (Pankaj Roy), 7-88 (Dattu Phadkar), 8-125 (Jayasinghrao Ghorpade), 9-125 (Chandrakant Patankar), 132 (Fergie Gupte). |
| Extras | 4b, 2lb, 0w, 5nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 59.3 ovs) 132 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Johnny Hayes | 14 | 3 | 38 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony MacGibbon | 13 | 3 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Harry Cave | 14 | 6 | 29 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Reid | 16 | 9 | 19 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jack Alabaster | 2.3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gordon Leggat | c Chandrakant Patankar b Gundibali Sunderam | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Bert Sutcliffe | c Chandrakant Patankar b Gulabrai Ramchand | 25 | 0 | - | - | - |
| 3. John Guy | lbw b Fergie Gupte | 91 | - | 291 | 13 | - |
| 4. John Reid | b Gundibali Sunderam | 120 | - | 273 | 15 | - |
| 5. Noel McGregor | b Fergie Gupte | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Tony MacGibbon | st Chandrakant Patankar b Fergie Gupte | 23 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Noel Harford | c Vinoo Mankad b Gulabrai Ramchand | 25 | - | - | - | - |
| *8. Harry Cave | c Polly Umrigar b Fergie Gupte | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Jack Alabaster | c Chandrakant Patankar b Fergie Gupte | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Johnny Hayes | b Fergie Gupte | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| +11. Trevor McMahon | not out | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-25 (Gordon Leggat), 2-55 (Bert Sutcliffe), 3-239 (John Guy), 4-255 (Noel McGregor), 5-262 (John Reid), 6-300 (Tony MacGibbon), 7-310 (Harry Cave), 8-318 (Noel Harford), 9-333 (Johnny Hayes), 336 (Jack Alabaster). |
| Extras | 7b, 3lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 145.5 ovs) 336 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dattu Phadkar | 35 | 9 | 76 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gundibali Sunderam | 21 | 6 | 46 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Fergie Gupte | 33.5 | 7 | 90 | 6 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gulabrai Ramchand | 37 | 15 | 64 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vinoo Mankad | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jayasinghrao Ghorpade | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Polly Umrigar | 17 | 7 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Vinoo Mankad | c Tony MacGibbon b John Reid | 17 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Nari Contractor | b Johnny Hayes | 61 | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Pankaj Roy | lbw b Harry Cave | 100 | - | 336 | - | - |
| 4. Vijay Manjrekar | c Tony MacGibbon b John Reid | 90 | - | - | - | - |
| *5. Polly Umrigar | b Tony MacGibbon | 15 | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Gulabrai Ramchand | not out | 106 | - | - | 14 | - |
| 7. Jayasinghrao Ghorpade | c Bert Sutcliffe b Harry Cave | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Dattu Phadkar | b Johnny Hayes | 17 | - | - | - | - |
| +9. Chandrakant Patankar | not out | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Gundibali Sunderam | ||||||
| 11. Fergie Gupte |
| FOW | 1-40 (Vinoo Mankad), 2-119 (Nari Contractor), 3-263 (Pankaj Roy), 4-287 (Polly Umrigar), 5-331 (Vijay Manjrekar), 6-370 (Jayasinghrao Ghorpade), 7-424 (Dattu Phadkar). |
| Extras | 9b, 10lb, 0w, 8nb, 0pen) 27 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 209 ovs) 438 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Johnny Hayes | 30 | 4 | 67 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony MacGibbon | 43 | 16 | 92 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Harry Cave | 57 | 26 | 85 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Reid | 45 | 21 | 87 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jack Alabaster | 27 | 7 | 52 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bert Sutcliffe | 7 | 0 | 28 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gordon Leggat | c Vinoo Mankad b Dattu Phadkar | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Bert Sutcliffe | lbw b Fergie Gupte | 5 | 0 | - | - | - |
| 3. John Guy | b Dattu Phadkar | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Noel McGregor | b Vinoo Mankad | 29 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. John Reid | b Vinoo Mankad | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Noel Harford | c Dattu Phadkar b Fergie Gupte | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Tony MacGibbon | not out | 21 | - | - | - | - |
| *8. Harry Cave | not out | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Jack Alabaster | ||||||
| 10. Johnny Hayes | ||||||
| +11. Trevor McMahon |
| FOW | 1-8 (Bert Sutcliffe), 2-9 (John Guy), 3-37 (Gordon Leggat), 4-42 (Noel McGregor), 5-47 (Noel Harford), 6-55 (John Reid). |
| Extras | 0b, 2lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 3 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 34 ovs) 75 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dattu Phadkar | 4 | 1 | 11 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gundibali Sunderam | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Fergie Gupte | 14 | 7 | 30 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gulabrai Ramchand | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vinoo Mankad | 12 | 8 | 14 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Vinoo Mankad, Nari Contractor, Pankaj Roy, Vijay Manjrekar, Polly Umrigar, Gulabrai Ramchand, Jayasinghrao Ghorpade, Dattu Phadkar, Chandrakant Patankar, Gundibali Sunderam, Fergie Gupte