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Ranji Trophy 1938/39 statistics and records

Ranji Trophy: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Ranji Trophy 1938/39; Tests are excluded.

Naoomal Jaoomal leads the displayed batting table with 418 runs. Amir Elahi leads the bowling table with 28 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 18
Recorded players: 243
Recorded teams: 19
Recorded venues: 11

Selected season match starts: 1938-10-28 to 1939-02-18. Player counts cover recorded batting or bowling innings, not a registered squad. Latest update among the displayed statistics and match source rows: 2026-05-26.

Ranji Trophy standings · 1938-39

League table for 1938/39. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Final Result

Ranji Trophy 1938-39 Final Result standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Bengal	—	—	—	—	—
2	Southern Punjab	—	—	—	—	—

Points are the recorded competition points, including any recorded bonuses or deductions. Source-table update: 2026-05-26.

Recorded table source 1

Season leaders · Ranji Trophy 1938/39

Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

Ranji Trophy Ranji Trophy 1938/39 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
Naoomal Jaoomal	3	418
S Wazir Ali	4	370
BW Malcolm	2	302
RL Holdsworth	2	293
VM Merchant	2	263

Recorded innings through 1939-02-18. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Ranji Trophy Ranji Trophy 1938/39 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
Amir Elahi	5	28
L Amarnath	5	26
MH Mankad	3	19
L Amar Singh	2	17
M Nissar	3	17

Recorded innings through 1939-02-18. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1938/39

Every recorded player in this competition and season; the first 25 in each table are shown below. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 243 players

Ranji Trophy 1938/39 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
Naoomal Jaoomal	Sind	3	5	1	418	203*	104.50	—	0	2	30	0
S Wazir Ali	Southern Punjab	4	7	3	370	222*	92.50	—	1	1	33	0
BW Malcolm	Bengal	2	3	1	302	181*	151.00	—	1	1	24	0
RL Holdsworth	North-West Frontier Province	2	3	1	293	177	146.50	—	0	2	0	0
VM Merchant	Bombay	2	2	1	263	143*	263.00	—	0	2	12	0
A Jabbar	Bengal	4	5	0	263	108	52.60	—	1	1	32	0
RK Indravijaysinhji	Nawanagar	3	6	2	258	121*	64.50	—	1	1	14	0
L Amarnath	Southern Punjab	5	9	1	250	95*	31.25	—	2	0	0	0
MH Mankad	Nawanagar	3	6	0	245	80	40.83	—	3	0	0	0
Maharaja of Patiala	Southern Punjab	4	7	0	242	132	34.57	—	1	1	32	4
PI van der Gucht	Bengal	3	4	0	219	115	54.75	—	1	1	24	0
B Zahiruddin	Hyderabad	2	4	1	217	152	72.33	—	0	1	16	0
PN Miller	Bengal	3	4	0	207	85	51.75	—	2	0	11	0
JN Bhaya	Central India	2	4	1	200	89	66.67	—	2	0	13	0
SWE Behrend	Bengal	4	5	0	193	69	38.60	—	1	0	13	0
NC Chatterjee	Bengal	3	3	1	191	141*	95.50	—	0	1	21	2
S Nazir Ali	Southern Punjab	3	5	0	176	106	35.20	—	1	1	0	0
Sher Khan	North-West Frontier Province	2	3	0	173	96	57.67	—	2	0	0	0
Roshan Lal	Southern Punjab	4	7	2	172	65*	34.40	—	1	0	0	0
Mohammad Saeed	Southern Punjab	5	9	1	168	81	21.00	—	1	0	12	0
Sukhvantrai	Western India	2	4	0	161	67	40.25	—	1	0	0	0
SM Hadi	Hyderabad	2	4	0	155	88	38.75	—	1	0	0	0
SHM Colah	Nawanagar	3	6	2	148	49*	37.00	—	0	0	0	0
Daud Khan	Sind	3	5	1	142	74*	35.50	—	1	0	0	0
SM Hussain	Hyderabad	2	4	1	140	82	46.67	—	1	0	8	1

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Ranji Trophy 1938/39 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
SS Majithia	Southern Punjab	4	8	0	137	43	17.13	—	0	0	0	0
Abdur Rehman	Southern Punjab	5	9	0	135	72	15.00	—	1	0	12	0
LP Jai	Bombay	2	2	0	126	67	63.00	—	2	0	4	2
Akbar Khan	Western India	2	4	1	123	40*	41.00	—	0	0	0	0
Dilawar Hussain	Central India	2	4	0	122	70	30.50	—	1	0	1	0
Abbas Khan	Sind	3	5	0	121	84	24.20	—	1	0	6	0
DR Havewala	Bombay	2	2	0	120	64	60.00	—	2	0	0	0
RB Nimbalkar	Baroda	1	1	0	119	119	119.00	—	0	1	0	0
Hyder Ali	Sind	3	5	0	112	49	22.40	—	0	0	0	0
Hansraj	Rajputana	1	2	0	103	73	51.50	—	1	0	0	0
NM Bose	Bengal	3	4	0	98	50	24.50	—	1	0	10	0
AW Stansfeld	Madras	2	4	0	90	40	22.50	—	0	0	0	0
Murawwat Hussain	Southern Punjab	5	9	1	89	47*	11.13	—	0	0	0	0
SR Mehta	Hyderabad	2	4	0	88	35	22.00	—	0	0	0	0
MJ Mobed	Sind	3	5	1	84	54*	21.00	—	1	0	0	0
MS Naik	Bombay	2	2	0	83	68	41.50	—	1	0	0	0
SN Banerjee	Nawanagar	3	6	0	82	41	13.67	—	0	0	0	0
BJW Nicholas	Mysore	1	2	0	76	76	38.00	—	1	0	0	0
C Evette	Delhi	1	2	0	75	73	37.50	—	1	0	0	0
AG Skinner	Bengal	2	3	0	75	52	25.00	—	1	0	6	0
Saiduddin	Central India	2	4	0	71	32	17.75	—	0	0	0	0
VS Hazare	Central India	2	4	0	66	32	16.50	—	0	0	4	0
Purshottam	Western India	2	4	1	66	33	22.00	—	0	0	0	0
MG Vijayasarathi	Mysore	1	2	0	66	66	33.00	—	1	0	0	0
RK Yadvendrasinhji	Nawanagar	3	6	2	66	28*	16.50	—	0	0	0	0
WL Mascarenhas	Sind	1	2	2	65	64*	—	—	1	0	0	0
C Ramaswami	Madras	2	4	0	62	45	15.50	—	0	0	0	0
MS Ranvirsinhji	Nawanagar	3	6	0	60	22	10.00	—	0	0	0	0
TC Longfield	Bengal	3	4	0	60	21	15.00	—	0	0	2	0
Ibrahim Khan	Hyderabad	2	4	0	59	32	14.75	—	0	0	0	0
Amir Elahi	Southern Punjab	5	9	0	58	19	6.44	—	0	0	0	0
JN Banerjee	Bengal	4	5	1	58	29*	14.50	—	0	0	3	0
MB Krishna Rao	Mysore	1	2	1	57	49*	57.00	—	0	0	0	0
Basant Singh	Central India	2	4	1	55	38*	18.33	—	0	0	0	0
TS Bhattacharjee	Bengal	3	4	0	55	44	13.75	—	0	0	0	0
MJ Gopalan	Madras	2	4	1	54	23	18.00	—	0	0	0	0
RK Rao	Hyderabad	2	4	0	54	40	13.50	—	0	0	0	0
K Bahadur	Delhi	1	2	0	52	48	26.00	—	0	0	0	0
MA Gopaldas	Sind	2	3	0	52	30	17.33	—	0	0	0	0
Harbhajan Singh	North-West Frontier Province	1	1	1	52	52*	—	—	1	0	0	0
O Manilal	Nawanagar	3	6	1	52	44	10.40	—	0	0	0	0
SM Bhicaji	Sind	2	3	1	51	38	25.50	—	0	0	0	0
Gul Mohammad	Northern India	1	2	0	50	41	25.00	—	0	0	5	0
PN Cambhatta	Gujarat	1	2	0	50	46	25.00	—	0	0	0	0
BV Ramakrishnappa	Mysore	1	2	0	50	32	25.00	—	0	0	0	0
S Darashah	Mysore	1	2	0	49	49	24.50	—	0	0	0	0
YE Sheikh	Baroda	1	1	0	49	49	49.00	—	0	0	0	0
KAD Naoroji	Bihar	1	2	1	48	35*	48.00	—	0	0	4	1
Ushaq Ahmed	Hyderabad	2	4	0	48	27	12.00	—	0	0	0	0
KM Jadhav	Maharashtra	1	2	0	47	30	23.50	—	0	0	0	0
AG Ram Singh	Madras	2	4	0	46	14	11.50	—	0	0	0	0
WVH Robins	Madras	1	2	1	46	46*	46.00	—	0	0	0	0
K Bhattacharya	Bengal	3	4	1	46	23	15.33	—	0	0	0	0
A Dipchand	Sind	1	2	0	46	46	23.00	—	0	0	0	0
Saeed Ahmed	Western India	2	4	0	46	18	11.50	—	0	0	0	0
EB Aibara	Hyderabad	1	2	0	45	26	22.50	—	0	0	0	0
BSR Bhadradri	Madras	1	2	0	45	29	22.50	—	0	0	0	0
SB Gandhi	Western India	1	2	0	45	38	22.50	—	0	0	0	0
DD Hindlekar	Bombay	2	2	0	44	34	22.00	—	0	0	0	0
E Alexander	United Provinces	1	2	2	43	39*	—	—	0	0	0	0
Anwar Khan	Delhi	1	2	0	43	39	21.50	—	0	0	0	0
RP Mehra	Northern India	1	2	0	43	27	21.50	—	0	0	0	0
MB Rama Rao	Mysore	1	2	0	43	26	21.50	—	0	0	0	0
Raghunatha Rao	United Provinces	1	2	0	42	38	21.00	—	0	0	0	0
Faiz Ahmed	Western India	2	4	0	41	24	10.25	—	0	0	0	0
NP Kesari	Rajputana	1	2	0	41	28	20.50	—	0	0	0	0
MM Naidu	Maharashtra	1	2	0	41	23	20.50	—	0	0	0	0
RM Patel	Gujarat	1	2	0	41	31	20.50	—	0	0	0	0
HP Ward	Madras	1	2	1	40	37*	40.00	—	0	0	0	0
AA Hakim	Bombay	2	2	0	40	27	20.00	—	0	0	0	0
Paramanand	North-West Frontier Province	2	3	0	40	23	13.33	—	0	0	0	0
HR Adhikari	Baroda	1	1	0	37	37	37.00	—	0	0	0	0
DJ Mobed	Sind	3	5	0	37	30	7.40	—	0	0	0	0
S Mohammad Khan	Central India	2	4	0	37	25	9.25	—	0	0	0	0
MAS Ayub	Maharashtra	1	2	0	36	28	18.00	—	0	0	0	0
Prataprai	Western India	2	4	0	36	14	9.00	—	0	0	0	0
KS Abdul Khaliq	Western India	2	4	0	35	18	8.75	—	0	0	0	0
Attique Hussain	Rajputana	1	2	0	35	24	17.50	—	0	0	0	0
CF Parmar	Gujarat	1	2	0	35	24	17.50	—	0	0	0	0
GG Cradock-Watson	Northern India	1	2	0	34	33	17.00	—	0	0	0	0
Abdul Latif	North-West Frontier Province	1	2	0	34	34	17.00	—	0	0	0	0
B Sen	Bihar	1	2	0	34	20	17.00	—	0	0	0	0
VG Mache	Hyderabad	2	4	1	33	14*	11.00	—	0	0	0	0
L Amar Singh	Nawanagar	2	4	0	32	20	8.00	—	0	0	0	0
M Nissar	Southern Punjab	3	6	1	32	18	6.40	—	0	0	0	2
AG Gupte	Baroda	1	1	0	32	32	32.00	—	0	0	0	0
Khadim Hussain	Sind	2	3	0	32	32	10.67	—	0	0	0	0
RS Nailer	Madras	1	2	0	31	31	15.50	1,550.00	0	0	4	0
Shahabuddin	Central India	2	4	0	31	14	7.75	—	0	0	2	0
ME Sheikh	Western India	2	4	0	31	20	7.75	—	0	0	0	0
Aftab Ahmed	Northern India	1	2	0	31	20	15.50	—	0	0	0	0
Azmat Hayat	Southern Punjab	1	2	0	31	21	15.50	—	0	0	0	0
Ghani Khan	Central India	1	2	0	30	27	15.00	—	0	0	0	0
CP Johnstone	Madras	1	2	0	29	18	14.50	—	0	0	0	0
D Mathur	Rajputana	1	2	0	28	17	14.00	—	0	0	0	0
Thakore Saheb of Rajkot	Western India	2	4	2	28	15	14.00	—	0	0	0	0
SK Roy	Bihar	1	2	0	28	19	14.00	—	0	0	0	0
DV Koppikar	Bombay	2	2	0	27	27	13.50	—	0	0	0	0
T Murari	Mysore	1	2	0	27	27	13.50	—	0	0	0	0
BS Ambep	Sind	1	2	0	26	19	13.00	—	0	0	0	0
D Muni Lal	Northern India	1	2	0	26	16	13.00	—	0	0	0	0
EJ Buirski	North-West Frontier Province	2	3	0	25	12	8.33	—	0	0	0	0
Amin Hassan	North-West Frontier Province	1	2	0	25	13	12.50	—	0	0	0	0
GR Naidoo	Rajputana	1	2	0	25	25	12.50	—	0	0	0	0
JM Sahana	Gujarat	1	2	0	25	14	12.50	—	0	0	0	0
GM Din	Delhi	1	2	0	25	13	12.50	—	0	0	0	0
JG Harris	Sind	1	2	0	24	15	12.00	—	0	0	0	0
S Abbas	Rajputana	1	2	0	23	18	11.50	—	0	0	0	0
Habibullah	Northern India	1	2	0	23	23	11.50	—	0	0	0	0
JB Khot	Bombay	2	2	1	23	16*	23.00	—	0	0	0	0
JA Patel	Gujarat	1	2	0	23	12	11.50	—	0	0	0	0
MA McCanlis	Rajputana	1	2	0	22	22	11.00	—	0	0	0	0
Ghulam Mohammad	Sind	3	5	0	22	15	4.40	—	0	0	0	0
RG Powar	Baroda	1	1	0	22	22	22.00	—	0	0	0	0
RP Rathod	Western India	1	2	0	22	22	11.00	—	0	0	0	0
Shamboo Singh	United Provinces	1	2	0	22	11	11.00	—	0	0	0	0
JW Anson	Sind	1	1	0	21	21	21.00	—	0	0	0	0
H Kishenchand	Northern India	1	2	0	21	11	10.50	—	0	0	0	0
Mohammad Hussain	United Provinces	1	2	0	21	11	10.50	—	0	0	0	0
ML Prajapati	Gujarat	1	2	0	21	14	10.50	—	0	0	0	0
RF Mosley	North-West Frontier Province	1	1	0	20	20	20.00	—	0	0	0	0
Shahabuddin	Southern Punjab	4	7	2	20	13	4.00	—	0	0	0	0
JAV Bolam	United Provinces	1	2	0	19	18	9.50	—	0	0	0	0
GF Carter	Bengal	2	2	1	19	13*	19.00	—	0	0	0	0
Joginder Singh	Southern Punjab	1	2	0	19	10	9.50	—	0	0	0	0
YN Gokhale	Maharashtra	1	2	0	19	10	9.50	—	0	0	0	0
M Mazhar Mahmood	Northern India	1	2	1	19	15	19.00	—	0	0	0	0
Mohammad Zafar	Delhi	1	2	0	19	10	9.50	—	0	0	0	0
Karim Baksh	North-West Frontier Province	2	3	0	18	11	6.00	—	0	0	0	0
MK Pathan	Gujarat	1	2	1	17	14*	17.00	—	0	0	0	0
AY Botawala	Central India	1	2	0	16	11	8.00	—	0	0	0	0
SG Powar	Baroda	1	1	0	16	16	16.00	—	0	0	0	0
CR Rangachari	Madras	2	4	0	15	10	3.75	—	0	0	0	0
Buchanan	North-West Frontier Province	1	2	0	15	15	7.50	—	0	0	0	0
LF Coelho	Bihar	1	2	0	15	10	7.50	—	0	0	1	0
G Parthasarathi	Madras	2	4	0	15	15	3.75	—	0	0	0	0
BC Khanna	North-West Frontier Province	2	3	1	14	8	7.00	—	0	0	0	0
M Bhagwandas	Gujarat	1	2	0	13	13	6.50	—	0	0	0	0
TM Doraiswami	Madras	1	2	0	13	10	6.50	—	0	0	0	0
WN Ghorpade	Baroda	1	1	0	13	13	13.00	—	0	0	0	0
RK Jayendrasinhji	Nawanagar	2	4	0	13	9	3.25	—	0	0	0	0
DS Khambatta	Bihar	1	2	0	13	8	6.50	—	0	0	2	0
BB Mullick	Maharashtra	1	2	0	13	13	6.50	—	0	0	0	0
UR Chippa	Gujarat	1	2	1	13	8	13.00	—	0	0	0	0
SW Sohoni	Maharashtra	1	2	0	12	10	6.00	—	0	0	0	0
M Dayanand	Mysore	1	2	0	12	12	6.00	—	0	0	0	0
Ziaul Hussain	Central India	2	4	2	12	6*	6.00	—	0	0	0	0
JK Irani	Sind	1	2	1	11	6	11.00	—	0	0	0	0
MK Alirajpur	Central India	1	2	0	11	10	5.50	—	0	0	0	0
Dhiruba	Western India	1	2	0	11	6	5.50	—	0	0	0	0
BK Garudachar	United Provinces	1	2	0	11	8	5.50	—	0	0	0	0
AV Krishnaswami	Madras	1	2	0	11	9	5.50	—	0	0	0	0
BJ Mohoni	Maharashtra	1	2	1	11	6*	11.00	—	0	0	0	0
K Naik	Hyderabad	1	2	1	11	11	11.00	—	0	0	0	0
KP Ubhayakar	Maharashtra	1	2	0	11	6	5.50	—	0	0	0	0
EB Park	Bihar	1	2	0	10	9	5.00	—	0	0	0	0
SM Kadri	Bombay	1	1	0	10	10	10.00	—	0	0	0	0
Mubarak Ali	Nawanagar	3	6	0	10	7	1.67	—	0	0	0	0
Ranjit Singh	United Provinces	1	2	0	10	7	5.00	—	0	0	0	0
Fazal Rahim	North-West Frontier Province	2	3	0	10	10	3.33	—	0	0	0	0
Abdul Aziz	Nawanagar	3	6	1	9	8	1.80	—	0	0	0	0
WH Bradshaw	Rajputana	1	2	0	9	7	4.50	—	0	0	0	0
PM Kapadia	Bihar	1	2	0	9	5	4.50	—	0	0	0	0
S Nazir Ali	Maharashtra	1	2	0	9	7	4.50	—	0	0	0	0
Zardad	North-West Frontier Province	2	3	0	9	9	3.00	—	0	0	0	0
Gulzar Mir	Northern India	1	2	0	9	9	4.50	—	0	0	0	0
S Coates	Bihar	1	2	1	8	8	8.00	—	0	0	1	0
A Chowdhury	Bihar	1	2	0	8	8	4.00	160.00	0	0	0	0
Fasihuddin	Delhi	1	2	0	8	8	4.00	—	0	0	0	0
ASN Murthy	United Provinces	1	1	0	8	8	8.00	—	0	0	0	0
Narayan Raju	United Provinces	1	2	0	8	8	4.00	—	0	0	0	0
Pasha	United Provinces	1	2	0	8	8	4.00	—	0	0	0	0
F Toorkey	Hyderabad	1	2	0	8	8	4.00	—	0	0	0	0
RR Wadkar	Bombay	2	2	0	8	8	4.00	—	0	0	0	0
Nazir Nizami	Northern India	1	2	1	7	7*	7.00	—	0	0	0	0
M Patel	Rajputana	1	2	2	7	4*	—	—	0	0	0	0
Prithviraj	Southern Punjab	1	1	0	7	7	7.00	—	0	0	0	0
Riazul Haq	Hyderabad	1	2	0	7	7	3.50	—	0	0	0	0
MS Baloch	Gujarat	1	2	0	7	7	3.50	—	0	0	0	0
MR Bhide	Northern India	1	2	0	6	4	3.00	—	0	0	0	0
SR Kalewar	Central India	1	2	1	6	6*	6.00	—	0	0	0	0
LB Kenny	Bombay	1	1	0	6	6	6.00	—	0	0	0	0
VN Madhava Rao	Madras	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	—	0	0	0	0
S Anwar	Bombay	2	2	1	5	5*	5.00	—	0	0	0	0
ZS Lodhi	Hyderabad	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	—	0	0	0	0
MK Patwardhan	Maharashtra	1	2	1	5	3	5.00	—	0	0	0	0
YS Ramaswami	Mysore	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	—	0	0	0	0
JJ Yelwande	Baroda	1	1	1	5	5*	—	—	0	0	0	0
M Dayal	Rajputana	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	—	0	0	0	0
N Godrej	Central India	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	—	0	0	0	0
RA Spitteler	Madras	1	2	2	3	3*	—	—	0	0	0	0
Khallil Ahmed	Delhi	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	—	0	0	0	0
Abdul Hamid	Southern Punjab	1	2	0	2	1	1.00	—	0	0	0	0
Faqir Hussain	North-West Frontier Province	1	1	1	2	2*	—	—	0	0	0	0
KS Rangaraj	Mysore	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0	0	0	0
Yakub	Delhi	1	2	0	2	1	1.00	—	0	0	0	0
Shamsunder	Delhi	1	2	1	2	2*	2.00	—	0	0	0	0
RG Pradhan	Baroda	1	1	0	2	2	2.00	—	0	0	0	0
JHM Benbow	Central India	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0	0	0	0
AF Wensley	Nawanagar	2	4	1	1	1	0.33	—	0	0	0	0
PD Dutt	Bengal	1	1	1	1	1*	—	—	0	0	0	0
S Dutt	Bengal	2	2	1	1	1*	1.00	—	0	0	0	0
Jamilur Rehman	Delhi	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0	0	0	0
Noor Mohammad	Gujarat	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0	0	0	0
JP Phansalkar	United Provinces	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0	0	0	0
Rashid	Delhi	1	2	1	1	1*	1.00	—	0	0	0	0
MN Sengupta	Bihar	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	100.00	0	0	0	0
DB Deodhar	Maharashtra	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
H Desai	Baroda	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
SM Desai	Baroda	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
Maharawal of Dungarpur	Rajputana	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
Jayantilal Vora	Western India	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
E Krishnaswamy	Mysore	1	2	1	0	0*	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
BK Mitra	Bengal	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
TS Parankusam	Madras	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
IB Surita	Bengal	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
Venkataswami	Hyderabad	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
S Chakravorty	Bihar	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 149 players

Ranji Trophy 1938/39 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
Amir Elahi	Southern Punjab	5	9	1,075	16	672	28	24.00	38.39	3.75	3	6/68
L Amarnath	Southern Punjab	5	10	1,159	74	321	26	12.35	44.58	1.66	1	6/36
MH Mankad	Nawanagar	3	6	544	17	282	19	14.84	28.63	3.11	3	5/21
L Amar Singh	Nawanagar	2	4	594	21	240	17	14.12	34.94	2.42	2	5/56
M Nissar	Southern Punjab	3	6	492	16	203	17	11.94	28.94	2.48	3	6/17
TC Longfield	Bengal	3	6	443	17	198	16	12.38	27.69	2.68	1	5/27
K Bhattacharya	Bengal	3	6	477	14	241	16	15.06	29.81	3.03	1	5/100
JN Banerjee	Bengal	4	6	522	29	172	13	13.23	40.15	1.98	0	4/29
Mubarak Ali	Nawanagar	3	6	462	20	207	13	15.92	35.54	2.69	1	6/89
WH Bradshaw	Rajputana	1	2	265	11	121	12	10.08	22.08	2.74	2	7/52
Faqir Hussain	North-West Frontier Province	1	2	155	4	56	12	4.67	12.92	2.17	2	6/18
Saeed Ahmed	Western India	2	4	427	16	171	12	14.25	35.58	2.40	2	6/69
Murawwat Hussain	Southern Punjab	5	9	632	31	241	12	20.08	52.67	2.29	0	4/97
Zardad	North-West Frontier Province	2	3	338	11	168	11	15.27	30.73	2.98	1	7/99
Akbar Khan	Western India	2	3	367	9	158	11	14.36	33.36	2.58	0	4/52
TS Bhattacharjee	Bengal	3	6	319	15	113	10	11.30	31.90	2.13	0	4/36
SB Gandhi	Western India	1	2	184	2	104	10	10.40	18.40	3.39	2	5/51
Ibrahim Khan	Hyderabad	2	4	467	18	174	10	17.40	46.70	2.24	0	4/39
MJ Mobed	Sind	3	5	479	21	147	9	16.33	53.22	1.84	1	5/48
Ghulam Mohammad	Sind	3	5	504	19	190	8	23.75	63.00	2.26	0	3/40
E Alexander	United Provinces	1	2	275	9	125	8	15.63	34.38	2.73	1	6/44
Ziaul Hussain	Central India	2	3	282	11	159	8	19.88	35.25	3.38	0	4/18
VS Hazare	Central India	2	3	218	5	107	7	15.29	31.14	2.95	0	3/10
CR Rangachari	Madras	2	3	378	9	180	7	25.71	54.00	2.86	0	3/26
Shahabuddin	Southern Punjab	4	7	318	4	214	7	30.57	45.43	4.04	0	4/35

Show the remaining 124 players

Ranji Trophy 1938/39 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
MJ Gopalan	Madras	2	3	336	15	135	6	22.50	56.00	2.41	0	3/15
SW Sohoni	Maharashtra	1	2	157	2	78	6	13.00	26.17	2.98	1	5/58
SWE Behrend	Bengal	4	7	228	6	105	6	17.50	38.00	2.76	0	4/13
G Parthasarathi	Madras	2	3	319	3	200	6	33.33	53.17	3.76	0	4/115
S Dutt	Bengal	2	3	116	3	70	6	11.67	19.33	3.62	0	4/11
BK Garudachar	United Provinces	1	2	282	6	147	6	24.50	47.00	3.13	0	4/63
Habibullah	Northern India	1	2	253	7	98	6	16.33	42.17	2.32	1	5/65
YS Ramaswami	Mysore	1	2	360	10	195	6	32.50	60.00	3.25	0	4/114
Basant Singh	Central India	2	2	126	6	54	5	10.80	25.20	2.57	0	3/35
Hyder Ali	Sind	3	5	648	30	267	5	53.40	129.60	2.47	0	3/117
K Naik	Hyderabad	1	2	228	10	86	5	17.20	45.60	2.26	0	3/38
MK Patwardhan	Maharashtra	1	2	181	2	94	5	18.80	36.20	3.12	0	4/51
Shahabuddin	Central India	2	3	192	2	139	5	27.80	38.40	4.34	0	3/102
UR Chippa	Gujarat	1	2	206	8	71	5	14.20	41.20	2.07	0	4/68
Naoomal Jaoomal	Sind	3	4	282	1	186	4	46.50	70.50	3.96	0	2/46
Maharaja of Patiala	Southern Punjab	3	3	104	2	49	4	12.25	26.00	2.83	0	3/22
SN Banerjee	Nawanagar	3	6	396	8	212	4	53.00	99.00	3.21	0	2/75
MS Ranvirsinhji	Nawanagar	2	4	216	4	126	4	31.50	54.00	3.50	0	1/3
BW Malcolm	Bengal	2	3	43	1	27	4	6.75	10.75	3.77	0	3/3
KM Jadhav	Maharashtra	1	2	168	9	58	4	14.50	42.00	2.07	0	3/27
Khadim Hussain	Sind	2	3	348	17	132	4	33.00	87.00	2.28	0	2/45
SR Mehta	Hyderabad	2	4	276	9	114	4	28.50	69.00	2.48	0	3/42
Shamsunder	Delhi	1	1	210	4	103	4	25.75	52.50	2.94	0	4/103
AG Ram Singh	Madras	2	3	312	4	180	3	60.00	104.00	3.46	0	2/33
DR Havewala	Bombay	2	2	300	14	92	3	30.67	100.00	1.84	0	2/28
Attique Hussain	Rajputana	1	2	90	2	75	3	25.00	30.00	5.00	0	2/24
MAS Ayub	Maharashtra	1	2	60	1	32	3	10.67	20.00	3.20	0	2/20
K Bahadur	Delhi	1	1	156	2	93	3	31.00	52.00	3.58	0	3/93
M Bhagwandas	Gujarat	1	2	108	2	74	3	24.67	36.00	4.11	0	2/61
PD Dutt	Bengal	1	2	162	7	59	3	19.67	54.00	2.19	0	3/31
AA Hakim	Bombay	2	2	168	6	76	3	25.33	56.00	2.71	0	2/30
BC Khanna	North-West Frontier Province	2	2	204	7	90	3	30.00	68.00	2.65	0	2/55
JB Khot	Bombay	2	2	282	11	100	3	33.33	94.00	2.13	0	2/37
T Murari	Mysore	1	2	81	0	57	3	19.00	27.00	4.22	0	3/33
GR Naidoo	Rajputana	1	2	95	1	62	3	20.67	31.67	3.92	0	3/26
TS Parankusam	Madras	1	2	54	0	18	3	6.00	18.00	2.00	0	2/7
Aftab Ahmed	Northern India	1	2	144	1	61	3	20.33	48.00	2.54	0	3/39
MS Baloch	Gujarat	1	1	171	6	65	3	21.67	57.00	2.28	0	3/65
Sher Khan	North-West Frontier Province	2	2	96	1	50	3	16.67	32.00	3.13	0	2/32
WVH Robins	Madras	1	1	18	0	7	2	3.50	9.00	2.33	0	2/7
S Anwar	Bombay	2	2	198	10	39	2	19.50	99.00	1.18	0	1/10
NC Chatterjee	Bengal	1	1	24	0	23	2	11.50	12.00	5.75	0	2/23
H Desai	Baroda	1	1	126	2	58	2	29.00	63.00	2.76	0	2/58
SM Desai	Baroda	1	1	216	8	96	2	48.00	108.00	2.67	0	2/96
JG Harris	Sind	1	2	210	13	66	2	33.00	105.00	1.89	0	2/55
DS Khambatta	Bihar	1	1	168	4	80	2	40.00	84.00	2.86	0	2/80
M Mazhar Mahmood	Northern India	1	2	120	5	54	2	27.00	60.00	2.70	0	2/28
BK Mitra	Bengal	1	2	90	3	56	2	28.00	45.00	3.73	0	2/33
KS Rangaraj	Mysore	1	2	108	4	56	2	28.00	54.00	3.11	0	1/20
RK Rao	Hyderabad	2	4	162	3	99	2	49.50	81.00	3.67	0	1/38
Riazul Haq	Hyderabad	1	2	120	4	63	2	31.50	60.00	3.15	0	1/11
RR Wadkar	Bombay	2	2	312	13	112	2	56.00	156.00	2.15	0	2/72
B Zahiruddin	Hyderabad	2	3	90	2	44	2	22.00	45.00	2.93	0	1/10
S Nazir Ali	Southern Punjab	3	4	180	7	52	1	52.00	180.00	1.73	0	1/20
S Wazir Ali	Southern Punjab	3	3	72	1	35	1	35.00	72.00	2.92	0	1/15
LP Jai	Bombay	1	1	24	0	24	1	24.00	24.00	6.00	0	1/24
JN Bhaya	Central India	1	1	6	0	8	1	8.00	6.00	8.00	0	1/8
SM Hussain	Hyderabad	2	3	36	0	25	1	25.00	36.00	4.17	0	1/3
EJ Buirski	North-West Frontier Province	1	1	18	1	7	1	7.00	18.00	2.33	0	1/7
C Evette	Delhi	1	1	72	1	39	1	39.00	72.00	3.25	0	1/39
BJW Nicholas	Mysore	1	2	126	4	80	1	80.00	126.00	3.81	0	1/33
RA Spitteler	Madras	1	1	84	2	56	1	56.00	84.00	4.00	0	1/56
RB Nimbalkar	Baroda	1	1	108	0	87	1	87.00	108.00	4.83	0	1/87
S Darashah	Mysore	1	2	174	7	76	1	76.00	174.00	2.62	0	1/26
M Dayal	Rajputana	1	2	168	2	120	1	120.00	168.00	4.29	0	1/60
Jayantilal Vora	Western India	1	2	114	1	69	1	69.00	114.00	3.63	0	1/40
NP Kesari	Rajputana	1	1	66	0	35	1	35.00	66.00	3.18	0	1/35
Narayan Raju	United Provinces	1	2	132	5	65	1	65.00	132.00	2.95	0	1/54
BV Ramakrishnappa	Mysore	1	1	24	0	18	1	18.00	24.00	4.50	0	1/18
MN Sengupta	Bihar	1	1	24	1	27	1	27.00	24.00	6.75	0	1/27
YE Sheikh	Baroda	1	1	108	0	75	1	75.00	108.00	4.17	0	1/75
KP Ubhayakar	Maharashtra	1	1	42	3	12	1	12.00	42.00	1.71	0	1/12
MG Vijayasarathi	Mysore	1	2	114	1	66	1	66.00	114.00	3.47	0	1/54
VM Merchant	Bombay	2	2	132	5	57	0	—	—	2.59	0	0/26
Dilawar Hussain	Central India	1	1	12	0	14	0	—	—	7.00	0	0/14
Gul Mohammad	Northern India	1	2	42	0	20	0	—	—	2.86	0	0/4
HR Adhikari	Baroda	1	1	18	0	13	0	—	—	4.33	0	0/13
Mohammad Saeed	Southern Punjab	1	1	54	1	24	0	—	—	2.67	0	0/24
Buchanan	North-West Frontier Province	1	1	30	0	31	0	—	—	6.20	0	0/31
LF Coelho	Bihar	1	1	66	0	70	0	—	—	6.36	0	0/70
CP Johnstone	Madras	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/3
MA McCanlis	Rajputana	1	2	36	0	48	0	—	—	8.00	0	0/12
AG Skinner	Bengal	1	1	30	1	20	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/20
AF Wensley	Nawanagar	2	3	60	1	39	0	—	—	3.90	0	0/6
S Abbas	Rajputana	1	2	30	2	29	0	—	—	5.80	0	0/11
Abdul Hamid	Southern Punjab	1	1	12	0	7	0	—	—	3.50	0	0/7
Abdul Latif	North-West Frontier Province	1	1	186	6	86	0	—	—	2.77	0	0/86
Amin Hassan	North-West Frontier Province	1	1	30	0	40	0	—	—	8.00	0	0/40
SM Bhicaji	Sind	1	2	36	0	30	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/4
AY Botawala	Central India	1	1	54	1	25	0	—	—	2.78	0	0/25
M Dayanand	Mysore	1	2	66	3	33	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/3
Fasihuddin	Delhi	1	1	30	1	17	0	—	—	3.40	0	0/17
Ghani Khan	Central India	1	1	12	0	9	0	—	—	4.50	0	0/9
WN Ghorpade	Baroda	1	1	24	0	14	0	—	—	3.50	0	0/14
MA Gopaldas	Sind	2	2	90	4	40	0	—	—	2.67	0	0/20
AG Gupte	Baroda	1	1	36	2	10	0	—	—	1.67	0	0/10
RK Jayendrasinhji	Nawanagar	1	1	24	1	17	0	—	—	4.25	0	0/17
SR Kalewar	Central India	1	1	48	2	17	0	—	—	2.13	0	0/17
PM Kapadia	Bihar	1	1	60	1	56	0	—	—	5.60	0	0/56
DV Koppikar	Bombay	2	2	312	10	156	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/61
O Manilal	Nawanagar	1	1	96	3	29	0	—	—	1.81	0	0/29
WL Mascarenhas	Sind	1	1	18	0	8	0	—	—	2.67	0	0/8
S Mohammad Khan	Central India	1	1	18	0	29	0	—	—	9.67	0	0/29
Mohammad Zafar	Delhi	1	1	42	0	31	0	—	—	4.43	0	0/31
BJ Mohoni	Maharashtra	1	2	54	1	33	0	—	—	3.67	0	0/15
ASN Murthy	United Provinces	1	1	66	3	36	0	—	—	3.27	0	0/36
KAD Naoroji	Bihar	1	1	6	0	5	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/5
Nazir Nizami	Northern India	1	2	84	1	44	0	—	—	3.14	0	0/20
Noor Mohammad	Gujarat	1	1	24	0	12	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/12
Paramanand	North-West Frontier Province	2	2	90	2	51	0	—	—	3.40	0	0/19
RM Patel	Gujarat	1	1	54	1	16	0	—	—	1.78	0	0/16
ML Prajapati	Gujarat	1	1	18	0	14	0	—	—	4.67	0	0/14
Purshottam	Western India	1	2	30	0	22	0	—	—	4.40	0	0/11
Raghunatha Rao	United Provinces	1	2	78	1	38	0	—	—	2.92	0	0/7
Ranjit Singh	United Provinces	1	1	6	0	8	0	—	—	8.00	0	0/8
Rashid	Delhi	1	1	36	0	25	0	—	—	4.17	0	0/25
RP Rathod	Western India	1	1	24	0	18	0	—	—	4.50	0	0/18
B Sen	Bihar	1	1	18	0	15	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/15
Sukhvantrai	Western India	1	1	6	0	6	0	—	—	6.00	0	0/6
Ushaq Ahmed	Hyderabad	2	3	84	1	46	0	—	—	3.29	0	0/11
Venkataswami	Hyderabad	1	2	24	0	30	0	—	—	7.50	0	0/14
JJ Yelwande	Baroda	1	1	96	6	54	0	—	—	3.38	0	0/54
S Chakravorty	Bihar	1	1	120	2	79	0	—	—	3.95	0	0/79
GM Din	Delhi	1	1	234	6	103	0	—	—	2.64	0	0/103

Statistics definitions and missing data

Mat = matches with a recorded innings in that discipline; Inns = recorded innings; NO = not out; HS = highest innings (* means not out). Batting Avg = runs per dismissal; batting SR = runs per 100 balls. 50s excludes centuries; 100s includes all scores of 100 or more.

Bowling Runs excludes byes and leg byes where the source does. Avg = runs conceded per wicket; SR = balls per wicket; Econ = runs per six balls, including historical seasons with different over lengths. 5W = innings with at least five wickets; BBI = best innings, by wickets then fewer runs conceded. Balls are deliveries, not decimal overs.

— means unavailable or undefined, including a zero denominator. Rates requiring balls are omitted if any innings is missing its ball count. Historical boundary and ball counts may be incomplete. Tests and figures for other teams or competitions are excluded. Full methodology

Team comparison

Match outcomes and team scorecards for 1938/39. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Ranji Trophy 1938/39 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Bengal	4	4	0	0	1,899	42	45.21	515	1,130	80	14.13
Southern Punjab	5	4	1	0	2,031	74	27.45	379	1,984	100	19.84
Nawanagar	3	2	0	1	1,002	40	25.05	271	1,193	57	20.93
Central India	2	1	1	0	706	35	20.17	279	581	29	20.03
Madras	2	1	1	0	539	34	15.85	159	822	30	27.40
North-West Frontier Province	2	1	1	0	760	28	27.14	418	626	30	20.87
Western India	2	1	1	0	669	40	16.73	185	560	36	15.56
Baroda	1	0	0	1	326	10	32.60	326	441	6	73.50
Bihar	1	0	1	0	181	20	9.05	105	366	3	122.00
Bombay	2	0	0	2	807	16	50.44	441	696	17	40.94
Delhi	1	0	1	0	247	20	12.35	207	418	8	52.25
Gujarat	1	0	1	0	253	20	12.65	148	254	12	21.17
Hyderabad	2	0	1	1	925	37	25.00	382	705	26	27.12
Maharashtra	1	0	1	0	208	20	10.40	131	318	20	15.90
Mysore	1	0	0	1	396	12	33.00	285	618	17	36.35
Northern India	1	0	1	0	299	20	14.95	183	300	11	27.27
Rajputana	1	0	1	0	341	20	17.05	190	525	20	26.25
Sind	3	0	1	2	1,321	44	30.02	370	1,127	35	32.20
United Provinces	1	0	1	0	203	20	10.15	154	449	15	29.93

Team runs include extras; wickets include dismissals not credited to a bowler, so these totals can differ from the player tables. Bat avg = team runs per wicket lost; Bowl avg = opposition runs per wicket taken. Other includes ties, abandoned games and unavailable results. Totals cover available scorecards only.

Recent recorded matches · 1938/39

Latest 12 of 18 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1939-02-18 to 1939-02-21 · Eden Gardens, Calcutta

Bengal: 222 & 418
Southern Punjab: 328 & 134

Bengal won by 178 runs

1939-02-10 to 1939-02-12 · Baradari Ground, Patiala

Southern Punjab: 197 & 168/3
Sind: 339 & 23

Southern Punjab won by 7 wickets

1939-01-21 to 1939-01-23 · Baradari Ground, Patiala

Southern Punjab: 180 & 120/1
Northern India: 116 & 183

Southern Punjab won by 9 wickets

1939-01-21 to 1939-01-23 · Eden Gardens, Calcutta

Bengal: 515
Madras: 114 & 116

Bengal won by an innings and 285 runs

1939-01-02 to 1939-01-04 · Baradari Ground, Patiala

Southern Punjab: 379
North-West Frontier Province: 227 & 115

Southern Punjab won by an innings and 37 runs

1939-01-01 to 1939-01-31 · Eden Gardens, Calcutta

Bengal: 378/9d
Central India: 108 & 149

Bengal won by an innings and 121 runs

1938-12-24 to 1938-12-26 · Karachi Gymkhana Ground, Karachi

Sind: 326 & 263/7d
Nawanagar: 271 & 125/2

Match drawn

1938-12-17 to 1938-12-19 · Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras

Madras: 159 & 150/4
Hyderabad: 139 & 168

Madras won by 6 wickets

1938-12-10 to 1938-12-12 · Yeshwant Club Ground, Indore

Central India: 170 & 279/5d
United Provinces: 49 & 154

Central India won by 246 runs

1938-12-03 to 1938-12-04 · Tallah Park, Calcutta

Bengal: 366/3d
Bihar: 105 & 76

Bengal won by an innings and 185 runs

1938-11-26 to 1938-11-28 · Peshawar Club Ground, Peshawar

North-West Frontier Province: 418/8d
Delhi: 207 & 40

North-West Frontier Province won by an innings and 171 runs

1938-11-25 to 1938-11-27 · Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad

Hyderabad: 382 & 236/7d
Mysore: 285 & 111/2

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Ranji Trophy 1938/39 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Baradari Ground, Patiala	4
Eden Gardens, Calcutta	3
Ajitsinhji Ground, Jamnagar	2
Karachi Gymkhana Ground, Karachi	2
Central College Ground, Baroda	1
European Gymkhana Ground, Rajkot	1
Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad	1
Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras	1
Peshawar Club Ground, Peshawar	1
Tallah Park, Calcutta	1
Yeshwant Club Ground, Indore	1

Venue names follow the match catalogue; renamed grounds may appear separately.

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in Ranji Trophy 1938/39, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Ranji Trophy 1938/39 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
S Wazir Ali	222*	Bengal	1939-02-18
Naoomal Jaoomal	203*	Nawanagar	1938-12-24
BW Malcolm	181*	Madras	1939-01-21
RL Holdsworth	177	Delhi	1938-11-26
B Zahiruddin	152	Mysore	1938-11-25

Best bowling innings

Ranji Trophy 1938/39 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
WH Bradshaw	7/52	Southern Punjab	1938-11-12
Zardad	7/99	Southern Punjab	1939-01-02
M Nissar	6/17	Sind	1939-02-10
Faqir Hussain	6/18	Delhi	1938-11-26
L Amarnath	6/36	North-West Frontier Province	1939-01-02

* means not out. Batting sorts by runs; bowling sorts by wickets, then fewer runs conceded. Ties then use earlier match date and source row ID. Five rows are shown, so equal performances may extend beyond the cutoff. Matches count distinct recorded matches in each discipline.

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Recorded teams

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Ranji Trophy. The selected season range is shown above. These can differ from innings-table coverage and do not establish a complete historical record.

Recorded match dates: 1934-11-04 to 2026-02-24. Date spans do not imply complete coverage. Career aggregates may cover a different set of matches.

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Source: Redball’s recorded statistics. Methodology, definitions and coverage.

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Season overview

Ranji Trophy standings · 1938-39

Final Result

Season leaders · Ranji Trophy 1938/39

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1938/39

Batting · 243 players

Bowling · 149 players

Team comparison

Recent recorded matches · 1938/39

Bengal v Southern Punjab

Southern Punjab v Sind

Southern Punjab v Northern India

Bengal v Madras

Southern Punjab v North-West Frontier Province

Bengal v Central India

Sind v Nawanagar

Madras v Hyderabad

Central India v United Provinces

Bengal v Bihar

North-West Frontier Province v Delhi

Hyderabad v Mysore