S. N. BANERJEE


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S. N. BANERJEE
(3 Oct 1911 - 14 Oct 1980)


Sarodindu Nath Banerjee, popularly known as "Shute" Banerjee, was an effective right-handed all-rounder, medium pacer and a lower order batsman from Bengal, who unfortunately found himself in the list of cricketers who never got a chance to play again after their Test debut...

Banerjee played his only Test at Bombay, in February 1949 against John Goddard's West Indies after he was well past his prime. He scored 5 and 8 in the match and claimed 5 wickets for 127...

Earlier on, picked for the (disatrous) England tour of 1936, Banerjee missed the Test bus due to the infighting between skipper Vizzy and CK Nayudu. He got the call again a decade later and despite a stellar performance involving a world record which still stands to date, failed to make it to the Test eleven...

He is more known for that heroic last wicket stand in his second tour of England in 1946. Number 10 Chandu Sarwate and last man Banerjee added a record-breaking partnership of 249 runs, the second best tenth wicket partnership till date, and the only time in the history of cricket where both number 10 and 11 scored centuries...

On the domestic circuit Banerjee represented many teams - Bengal, Hindus, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Nawanagar at different points in time...

A career that spanned almost 30 years, he scored 3,715 runs with 5 hundreds and 11 fifties, his highest score and number of first class games being identical - 138. He also picked 385 wickets at 26.68 with 15 five-wicket hauls. It must be said to his credit that he played his last game at the age of 48...

Banerjee worked for the Tatas after his days of service for princely Nawanagar ended. He stood as umpire in two Ranji Trophy matches, one of which - Orissa vs Bengal at Cuttack in 58-59 - was before his first class retirement...

Banerjee breathed his last on October 14, 1980 at Calcutta...


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