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{{Infobox cricket tournament<br />
| name = 1934–35 Ranji Trophy<br />
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg <br />
| imagesize = 350px<br />
| caption = The Ranji Trophy <br />
| administrator = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]<br />
| cricket format = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| tournament format = [[Single-elimination tournament|Knockout]]<br />
| fromdate = 4 November 1934<br />
| todate = 12 March 1935<br />
| champions = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]<br />
| count = 1<br />
| participants = 15<br />
| matches = 14<br />
| most runs = [[Vijay Merchant]] (Bombay) (389)<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1934-35/Batting_by_Runs.html Most runs]. CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2014. {{subscription}}</ref> <br />
| most wickets = [[A. G. Ram Singh]] (Madras) (22)<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1934-35/Bowling_by_Wickets.html Most wickets]. CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2014. {{subscription}}</ref> <br />
| previous_year = <br />
| previous_tournament = <br />
| next_year = 1935–36<br />
| next_tournament = 1935–36 Ranji Trophy<br />
| website = http://www.bcci.tv<br />
}}<br />
The '''1934–35 [[Ranji Trophy]]''' was the inaugural edition of India's [[first-class cricket]] championship. The tournament was originally titled '''The Cricket Championship of India''', but was renamed as the Ranji Trophy ahead of the 1935–36 edition.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/sports/2019/02/05/ranji-trophy-85-years-and-counting.html |last=Mathew |first=Joshua |title=Ranji Trophy: 85 years, and counting |publisher=The Week |date=5 February 2019 |access-date=6 December 2023}}</ref> The first tournament ran from 4 November 1934 to 12 March 1935 and was contested in a knockout format by 15 teams divided into four zones. In the opening match, [[Madras cricket team|Madras]] defeated [[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]] by an innings and 23 runs at the [[Chepauk Stadium]] and the match ended five minutes before close of play on the first day. It remains (to 2023) the only Ranji Trophy match to be completed in a single day's play. In the final, [[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]] defeated [[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]] by 208 runs at the [[Bombay Gymkhana Ground]].<br />
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==Teams==<br />
The [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] (BCCI) hoped for a nationwide participation but some states including [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]], [[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]], and [[Rajputana cricket team|Rajputana]] declined or were unable to take part. The fifteen founder teams are listed alphabetically by zone and the sides that won each zonal title are in '''bold'''.<br />
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* '''East Zone'''<br />
* '''[[Central India cricket team|Central India]]''' (now [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]])<br />
* [[Central Provinces and Berar cricket team|Central Provinces and Berar]] (now [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]])<br />
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* '''North Zone'''<br />
* [[Army cricket team (India)|Army]] (now [[Services cricket team|Services]])<br />
* [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]<br />
* '''[[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]]'''<br />
* [[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]] (now [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]])<br />
* [[United Provinces cricket team|United Provinces]] (now [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]])<br />
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* '''South Zone'''<br />
* '''[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]'''<br />
* [[Madras cricket team|Madras]] (now [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]])<br />
* [[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]] (now [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]])<br />
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* '''West Zone'''<br />
* '''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]''' (now [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]])<br />
* [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]<br />
* [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]<br />
* [[Sind cricket team|Sind]]<br />
* [[Western India cricket team|Western India]] (now [[Saurashtra Cricket Association|Saurashtra]]) <br />
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==Highlights==<br />
* The first match of the competition was held on 4 November 1934 between [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]] and [[Karnataka cricket team|Mysore]] at [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Chepauk]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15236.html Madras v Mysore]. Cricket Archive. Retrieved 5 February 2024. {{subscription}}</ref> [[M. J. Gopalan]] of Madras bowled the first ball to N. Curtis.<br />
* Madras won the match by an innings and 23 runs, five minutes before the close of play on the first day. As of 2022, this is the only first-class match in India to finish in a single day.<br />
* [[Syed Mohammad Hadi|S. M. Hadi]] of [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] hit the first century in the Ranji Trophy. He scored 132* against Madras at Secunderabad.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15245.html Hyderabad v Madras]. Cricket Archive. Retrieved 5 February 2024. {{subscription}}</ref><br />
* [[George Abell (civil servant)|George Abell]] of Northern India scored the first double hundred, with 210 v Army. In the same innings, he was involved in a partnership of 304 with Ahmed Raza.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15253.html Northern India v Army]. Cricket Archive. Retrieved 5 February 2024. {{subscription}}</ref><br />
* Abell scored a century before lunch on the second day (24* to 128*), the first such instance in the Ranji Trophy.<ref>[https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/First_Class/Overall/Batting/Hundred_Before_Lunch.html Century before lunch in first class cricket]. ACS. Retrieved 5 February 2024. {{subscription}}</ref><br />
* [[Baqa Jilani]] took a hat-trick for Northern India v Southern Punjab in the semifinal at Amritsar.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15292.html Southern Punjab v Northern India]. Cricket Archive. Retrieved 5 February 2024. {{subscription}}</ref><br />
* Southern Punjab was all out for 22 in the same innings. This remained the lowest team total in the Ranji Trophy until Hyderabad was all out for 21 against [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]] in 2010–11.<br />
* [[Chennai|Madras]] was intended to be the venue of the semi-final between Bombay and Hyderabad, but it was moved to Bombay as the cricket association in Madras was not in a position to host it. Subsequently, Hyderabad declined to travel, meaning the semi-final was a walkover to Bombay.<br />
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==Zonal Matches==<br />
===East Zone===<br />
{{Round2<br />
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|26–27 December 1934 – Nagpur|[[Central Provinces and Berar cricket team|Central Provinces and Berar]]|115 & 194|'''[[Central India cricket team|Central India]]'''|'''237 & 79/0'''<br />
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===North Zone===<br />
{{Round8<br />
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|8–9 December 1934 – Agra|'''[[United Provinces cricket team|United Provinces]]'''|'''228'''|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|37 & 92<br />
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|29–31 January 1935 – Patiala|'''[[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]'''|'''216'''|[[United Provinces cricket team|United Provinces]]|56 & 119/3<br />
|4–6 December 1934 – Lahore|'''[[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]]'''|'''459'''|[[Army cricket team (India)|Army]]|203 & 204<br />
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|5–7 February 1935 – Amritsar|[[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]|135 & 22|'''[[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]]'''|'''142 & 106'''<br />
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===South Zone===<br />
{{Round4<br />
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|4 Nov 1934 – Chennai|'''[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]'''|'''130'''|[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]|48 & 59<br />
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|23–25 Nov 1934 – Secunderabad|'''[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]'''|'''256 & 227'''|[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]|301 & 169<br />
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|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2}}<br />
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===West Zone===<br />
{{Round8<br />
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|2–4 February 1935 – Ahmedabad|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]|106 & 166/4|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''231 & 300/7d'''<br />
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|16–18 February 1935 – Pune|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]|260 & 72/1|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''286 & 172/7d'''<br />
|16–18 November 1934 – Karachi|[[Sind cricket team|Sind]]|125 & 210|'''[[Western India cricket team|Western India]]'''|'''219 & 118/6'''<br />
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|23–25 February 1934 – Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''377 & 164'''|[[Western India cricket team|Western India]]|154 & 241<br />
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==Inter-Zonal Knockout Stage==<br />
{{Round4<br />
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||'''[[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''Walkover'''|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]|<br />
|9–11 February 1935 – Amritsar|'''[[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]]'''|'''192 & 195'''|[[Central India cricket team|Central India]]|145 & 243/6<br />
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|9–12 March 1935 – Bombay|'''[[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''266 & 300'''|[[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]]|219 & 139<br />
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==Final==<br />
{{Test match<br />
| date = 9–12 March 1935<br />
| team1 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] (H)<br />
| team2 = [[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]] <br />
| score-team1-inns1 = 266 (80.4 overs)<br />
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Padmakar Chury]] 58<br />
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Mubarak Ali (cricketer)|Mubarak Ali]] 4/71 (25 overs)<br />
| score-team2-inns1 = 219 (82.2 overs)<br />
| runs-team2-inns1 = Ahmed Raza 50<br />
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Vijay Merchant]] 3/53 (19 overs)<br />
| score-team1-inns2 = 300 (88.1 overs)<br />
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Vijay Merchant]] 120<br />
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Devraj Puri]] 6/101 (27.1 overs)<br />
| score-team2-inns2 = 139 (48.1 overs)<br />
| runs-team2-inns2 = Ahmed Raza 62[[not out|*]]<br />
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Hormasji Vajifdar|Homi Vajifdar]] 8/40 (20.1 overs)<br />
| result = Bombay won by 208 runs<br />
| venue = [[Bombay Gymkhana]], [[Bombay]]<br />
| umpires = J Birtwistle and Vali Ahmed<br />
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1930S/1934-35/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/BOM_N-IND_RJI_09-12MAR1935.html Scorecard]<br />
| toss = Bombay won the toss and elected to bat.<br />
| rain = <br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/484880.html Series home at ESPNcricinfo]<br />
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1934-35.html Scorecards and averages at CricketArchive]<br />
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