f16800	Madras v Ceylon
	Ceylon in India 1940/41
Venue	Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras on 20th, 21st, 22nd December 1940 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Madras won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Ceylon won by 3 wickets
Umpires	L O'Callaghan, J Subbuswami
Close of play day 1	Ceylon (1) 76/3 (Kelaart 6*, GJD Gooneratne 11*)
Close of play day 2	Madras (2) 100/2 (Ram Singh 30*, Gopal 19*)

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Madras first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CP Johnstone	b AH Gooneratne	51
VN Madhava Rao	lbw b Kelaart	5
AG Ram Singh	lbw b AH Gooneratne	65
MS Gopal	lbw b AH Gooneratne	7
RS Nailer	lbw b Jayasundera	37
NJ Venkatesan	not out	15
MJ Gopalan	lbw b Jayasundera	0
+TM Doraiswami	b Jayasundera	0
JS Vesey-Brown	b Jayasundera	0
BS Krishna Rao	b AH Gooneratne	3
CR Rangachari	b AH Gooneratne	2
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 84.1 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Madhava Rao), 2-106 (Johnstone), 3-114 (Gopal), 4-149 (Ram Singh), 5-178 (Nailer), 6-178 (Gopalan), 7-178 (Doraiswami), 8-178 (Vesey-Brown), 9-187 (Krishna Rao), 10-189 (Rangachari, 84.1 ov)

Ceylon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jayasundera	17	4	33	4	-	-
Kelaart	20	6	41	1	-	-
Porritt	26	4	74	0	-	-
Jayawickreme	9	4	12	0	-	-
Solomons	2	0	7	0	-	-
AH Gooneratne	10.1	3	18	5	-	-

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Ceylon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Pulle	c Nailer b Venkatesan	18
WL Mendis	c Johnstone b Venkatesan	25
RAK Solomons	b Venkatesan	12
AMH Kelaart	c Gopalan b Ram Singh	50
GJD Gooneratne	b Krishna Rao	58
*SS Jayawickreme	c and b Gopalan	42
FWE Porritt	c Rangachari b Krishna Rao	0
AH Gooneratne	st Doraiswami b Krishna Rao	6
HS Roberts	c Vesey-Brown b Krishna Rao	22
+B Navaratne	lbw b Rangachari	6
DS Jayasundera	not out	0
Extras		16
Total	(all out, 81 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (Pulle), 2-51 (Mendis), 3-63 (Solomons), 4-155 (Kelaart), 5-186 (GJD Gooneratne), 6-186 (Porritt), 7-203 (AH Gooneratne), 8-237 (Roberts), 9-253 (Navaratne), 10-255 (Jayawickreme, 81 ov)

Madras bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vesey-Brown	8	2	15	0	-	-
Rangachari	9	0	28	1	-	-
Ram Singh	16	2	36	1	-	-
Venkatesan	20	0	58	3	-	-
Krishna Rao	16	0	63	4	-	-
Johnstone	5	0	21	0	-	-
Gopalan	7	1	18	1	-	-

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Madras second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CP Johnstone	c Navaratne b Porritt	26
VN Madhava Rao	st Navaratne b Jayawickreme	19
AG Ram Singh	c Navaratne b AH Gooneratne	103		210	12	-
MS Gopal	c and b AH Gooneratne	20
RS Nailer	b Jayasundera	35
MJ Gopalan	c Porritt b GJD Gooneratne	9
NJ Venkatesan	c Jayawickreme b Jayasundera	6
+TM Doraiswami	run out	10
BS Krishna Rao	b AH Gooneratne	6
JS Vesey-Brown	lbw b Kelaart	2
CR Rangachari	not out	0
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 90.3 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Johnstone), 2-66 (Madhava Rao), 3-114 (Gopal), 4-167 (Nailer), 5-189 (Gopalan), 6-205 (Venkatesan), 7-223 (Doraiswami), 8-230 (Krishna Rao), 9-242 (Vesey-Brown), 10-243 (Ram Singh, 90.3 ov)

Ceylon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jayasundera	20	3	42	2	-	-
Kelaart	26	6	64	1	-	-
Porritt	16	4	42	1	-	-
Jayawickreme	8	2	19	1	-	-
Solomons	2	0	5	0	-	-
AH Gooneratne	12.3	2	45	3	-	-
GJD Gooneratne	6	1	19	1	-	-

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Ceylon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WL Mendis	lbw b Gopalan	10
JE Pulle	c and b Krishna Rao	9
AMH Kelaart	lbw b Vesey-Brown	14
RAK Solomons	c and b Johnstone	27
*SS Jayawickreme	b Vesey-Brown	2
GJD Gooneratne	b Ram Singh	28
AH Gooneratne	st Doraiswami b Gopalan	45
FWE Porritt	not out	25
HS Roberts	not out	10
+B Navaratne	did not bat
DS Jayasundera	did not bat
Extras		14
Total	(7 wickets, 57 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Mendis), 2-24 (Pulle), 3-40 (Kelaart), 4-44 (Jayawickreme), 5-77 (Solomons), 6-120 (GJD Gooneratne), 7-174 (AH Gooneratne)

Madras bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gopalan	6	2	17	2	-	-
Rangachari	5	1	14	0	-	-
Vesey-Brown	14	0	42	2	-	-
Ram Singh	14	3	44	1	-	-
Venkatesan	7	0	23	0	-	-
Krishna Rao	8	1	23	1	-	-
Johnstone	3	0	7	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Ceylon batted on after winning
--> JE Pulle made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RAK Solomons made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GJD Gooneratne made his debut in First-Class matches
--> B Navaratne made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AG Ram Singh (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> AG Ram Singh (2) 100 in 208 minutes with 12 fours
--> AH Gooneratne (2) passed his previous highest score of 17 in First-Class matches
--> FWE Porritt made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> HS Roberts made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> AH Gooneratne made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> DS Jayasundera made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> WL Mendis made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> DS Jayasundera achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed RS Nailer in the Madras first innings (previous best was 0-9)
--> AH Gooneratne achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed CP Johnstone in the Madras first innings (previous best was 0-27)
--> AH Gooneratne achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Madras first innings
--> NJ Venkatesan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed WL Mendis in the Ceylon first innings (previous best was 1-1)
--> BS Krishna Rao achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed AH Gooneratne in the Ceylon first innings (previous best was 2-59)

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