Shute Banerjee
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| Full name | Sarobindu Nath Banerjee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3 October 1911 Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, India |
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| Died | 14 October 1980 (aged 69) Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, India |
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-Rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 52) | 4 February 1949 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 January 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sarobindu Nath "Shute" Banerjee (3 October 1911, Kolkata, Bengal – 14 October 1980, Kolkata) was a cricketer who represented India in one official and five unofficial Test matches. He was right-arm medium pace bowler and a lower order batsman.
Banerjee made his debut in first class cricket at the age of nineteen and played for an "Indians and Anglo-Indians in Bengal" team against the touring MCC in 1933–34. He took 5 for 53 for a joint Bengal and Assam side against Jack Ryder's Australian team in 1935–36 following which he was selected for the third unofficial test against the same side (which made him miss the first ever Ranji Trophy match for Bengal) and the team to tour England in 1936. The presence of the fast bowlers Mohammad Nissar, Amar Singh and Jahangir Khan meant that Banerjee did not play in any of the Test matches.
For Bengal in the Ranji Trophy in 1937–38, he took 5 for 33 against Central India and a crucial 47 not out against Hyderabad in the semifinal. Just before the final against Nawanagar, he accepted a job in the state service of Jamnagar. This made him ineligible for both teams for the final. When invited to play for Cricket Club of India against the Lord Tennyson's XI, he took 6 for 89 in the inaugural match in the Brabourne Stadium. Three caps in the unofficial Tests against the same side were followed by ordinary performances.
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