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{{Infobox cricket tournament<br />
| name = 1938–39 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 = 28 October 1938<br />
| todate = 21 February 1939<br />
| champions = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]<br />
| count = 1<br />
| participants = 20<br />
| matches = 20<br />
| most runs = [[Naoomal Jeoomal]] (Sind) (418) <br />
| most wickets = [[Amir Elahi]] (Nawanagar) (28) <br />
| previous_year = 1937–38<br />
| previous_tournament = 1937–38 Ranji Trophy<br />
| next_year = 1939–40<br />
| next_tournament = 1939–40 Ranji Trophy<br />
| website = http://www.bcci.tv<br />
}}<br />
The '''1938–39 Ranji Trophy''' was the fifth edition of the [[Ranji Trophy]], an annual [[first-class cricket]] tournament in India. Matches were played from 28 October 1938 to 21 February 1939 with a total of twenty teams participating. The [[Army cricket team (India)|Army]] and [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] both returned and were included in the North Zone. The sides were divided into four zonal groups, but the tournament utilised a knockout format. [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] won their first title defeating [[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]] in the final.<br />
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==Teams==<br />
Although the tournament ran in a knockout format, the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] (BCCI) organised the teams by zone. [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] and the [[Army cricket team (India)|Army]] rejoined North Zone although the latter did not actually play a match. [[United Provinces cricket team|United Provinces]] (North to East) and [[Rajputana cricket team|Rajputana]] (East to North) exchanged zones. The twenty 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 />
* '''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''<br />
* [[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]<br />
* [[Central India cricket team|Central India]] (now [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]])<br />
* [[United Provinces cricket team|United Provinces]] (now [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]])<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 />
* [[North West Frontier Province cricket team|North West Frontier Province]]<br />
* [[Rajputana cricket team|Rajputana]] (now [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]])<br />
* '''[[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]''' (now [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]])<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 />
* [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]<br />
* [[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]] (now [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]])<br />
* [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]<br />
* [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]<br />
* [[Nawanagar cricket team|Nawanagar]]<br />
* '''[[Sind cricket team|Sind]]'''<br />
* [[Western India cricket team|Western India]]<br />
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==Highlights==<br />
* [[Tom Longfield]] was the second non-native captain to win the Ranji Trophy, after [[Albert Wensley|Bert Wensley]] in 1936–37.<br />
* [[Naoomal Jeoomal]] of Sind scored 203* against Nawanagar out of a score of only 326.<br />
* In the Nawanagar v Western India match, [[Amar Singh (cricketer)|Amar Singh]] became the first bowler to take 100 Ranji Trophy wickets.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16836.html Nawanagar v Western India, 1938–39]. CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 December 2023. {{subscription}}</ref> This was his 14th Ranji Trophy match.<br />
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==Zonal matches==<br />
===East Zone===<br />
{{Round4<br />
<!-- Date–Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 --><br />
| seed-width = 25px<br />
| team-width = 150px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
<!-- semi finals --><br />
|3 Dec 1938 – Calcutta|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''366/3d'''|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|105 & 76<br />
|10 Dec 1938– Indore|'''[[Central India cricket team|Central India]]'''|'''170 & 279'''|[[United Provinces cricket team|United Provinces]]|49 & 154<br />
<!-- final --><br />
|31 Dec 1938 – Calcutta|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''378/9d'''|[[Central India cricket team|Central India]]|108 & 149<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2}}<br />
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===North Zone===<br />
{{Round8<br />
<!-- Date–Place/Team v v1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 --><br />
| seed-width = 25px<br />
| team-width = 200px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
<!-- Round 1 --><br />
|12 Nov 1938 – Patiala|'''[[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]'''|'''304 & 221'''|[[Rajputana cricket team|Rajputana]]|190 & 151<br />
|26 Nov 1938 – Peshawar|'''[[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team|North West Frontier Province]]'''|'''418/8d'''|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|207 & 40<br />
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<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|2 Jan 1939— Patiala|'''[[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]'''|'''379'''|[[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team|North West Frontier Province]]|227 & 115<br />
||'''[[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]]'''|'''Walkover'''|[[Army cricket team (India)|Army]]|<br />
<!-- Round 3 --><br />
|21 Jan 1939— Patiala|'''[[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]'''|'''180 & 120/1'''|[[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]]|116 & 123<br />
<!-- exclude matches --><br />
|skipmatch01=no|skipmatch02=no|skipmatch03=yes|skipmatch04=yes<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2|RD3 = Round 3}}<br />
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===South Zone===<br />
{{Round4<br />
<!-- Date–Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 --><br />
| seed-width = 25px<br />
| team-width = 150px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
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|25 Nov 1938 – Secunderabad|'''[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]'''|'''382 & 236/7'''|[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]|285 & 111/2<br />
<!-- final --><br />
|17 Dec 1938 – Madras|'''[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]'''|'''159 & 150/4'''|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]|139 & 168<br />
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|skipmatch01=yes|skipmatch02=no<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2}}<br />
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===West Zone===<br />
{{Round8<br />
<!-- Date–Place/Team v v1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 --><br />
| seed-width = 25px<br />
| team-width = 150px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
<!-- Round 1 --><br />
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|28 Oct 1938 – Baroda|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]|326|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''441'''<br />
|4 Nov 1938 – Jamnagar|'''[[Nawanagar cricket team|Nawanagar]]'''|'''238 & 16/2'''|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]|105 & 148<br />
|4 Nov 1938 – Rajkot|'''[[Western India cricket team|Western India]]'''|'''138 & 180'''|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]|131 & 77<br />
<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|5 Nov 1938 – Karachi|'''[[Sind cricket team|Sind]]'''|'''370/7'''|[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]|366<br />
|9 Nov 1938 – Jamnagar|'''[[Nawanagar cricket team|Nawanagar]]'''|'''168 & 184/6'''|[[Western India cricket team|Western India]]|166 & 185<br />
<!-- Round 3 --><br />
|24 Dec 1938 – Karachi|'''[[Sind cricket team|Sind]]'''|'''326 & 263/7d'''|[[Nawanagar cricket team|Nawanagar]]|271 & 125/2<br />
<!-- exclude matches --><br />
|skipmatch01=yes|skipmatch02=no|skipmatch03=no|skipmatch04=no<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2|RD3 = Round 3}}<br />
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==Inter-zonal knockout stage==<br />
{{Round4|style=white-space:nowrap<br />
<!-- Date–Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 --><br />
| seed-width = 25px<br />
| team-width = 150px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
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|21 Jan 1939 – Calcutta|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''515'''|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]]|114 & 116<br />
|10 Feb 1939 – Patiala|'''[[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]'''|'''197 & 168/3'''|[[Sind cricket team|Sind]]|339 & 23<br />
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|18 Feb 1939 – Calcutta|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''222 & 418'''|[[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]|328 & 134<br />
}}<br />
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==Final==<br />
{{Test match<br />
| date = 18–21 February 1939<br />
| team1 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] (H)<br />
| team2 = [[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]] <br />
| score-team1-inns1 = 222 (83.5 overs)<br />
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Kartick Bose]] 48<br />
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Amir Elahi]] 5/73<br />
| score-team2-inns1 = 328 (90 overs)<br />
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Wazir Ali]] 222<br />
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Kamal Bhattacharya]] 5/100<br />
| score-team1-inns2 = 418 (146.3 overs)<br />
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Basil Malcolm]] 91<br />
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Murawwat Hussain 4/97<br />
| score-team2-inns2 = 134 (48.4 overs)<br />
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Lala Amarnath]] 37<br />
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Tom Longfield]] 4/48<br />
| result = Bengal won by 178 runs<br />
| venue = [[Eden Gardens]], [[Calcutta]]<br />
| umpires = [[Nirmal Chatterjee]], [[M. Dutta Ray]]<br />
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1930S/1938-39/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/BENG_S-PNJB_RJI-FINAL_18-21FEB1939.html Scorecard]<br />
| toss = Bengal won the toss and elected to bat.<br />
| rain = <br />
| notes =<br />
}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Ranji Trophy}}<br />
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[[Category:1938 in Indian cricket]]<br />
[[Category:1939 in Indian cricket]]<br />
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1938–39]]<br />
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]</div>
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