The first league match of the North Zone in the Ranji Trophy, 1958-59 was played between the teams of Eastern Punjab and Railways at Jullundar from 19-21 December, 1958. The match was drawn during its stipulated duration and the match officials awarded 6 points to the Railways team and 3 points to the Eastern Punjab team. The next match saw the Services and Patiala teams clashing together at Delhi from 23-25 December, 1958 and the Services team won the match by a huge margin of an innings and 61 runs. The team also earned the entire 9 points from the match. In the next match, the Delhi and Eastern Punjab teams clashed with each other at Delhi from 23-25 December, 1958 and the match saw the Delhi team winning by 10 wickets. The Delhi team also earned valuable 8 points from the match. In the fourth league match of the North Zone in the Ranji Trophy, 1958-59 saw a clash between the teams of Services and Eastern Punjab and the match was held at Delhi from 27-29 December, 1958. The Services team won the match by an innings and 11 runs and also earned the entire 9 points from it. The next match featured the teams of Delhi and Railways at Delhi from 27-29 December, 1958. As the match was drawn during its specified duration, the Railways team earned 5 and the Delhi team earned 3 points from the match. The teams of Patiala and Eastern Punjab clashed with each other in the next match of the East Zone, at Patiala from 31 December, 1958 - 02 January, 1959. The match was drawn and the Eastern Punjab and Patiala teams got 5 and 3 points, respectively from the match. In the seventh league match of the North Zone in the Ranji Trophy, 1958-59, the teams of Delhi and Patiala met with each other at Delhi from 05-07 January, 1959. The Delhi team with a margin of 148 runs won the match and as a result, the team became successful to earn 8 points from the match. Then, the Deli team played against the Services team at Delhi from 09-11 January, 1959, where it was defeated by the Services team by 10 wickets. The Services team earned 8 valuable points from the match. The Services team appeared in the next match of the Zone also and this time, it played against the Railways team at Delhi from 13-15 January, 1959. The Services team continued its wonderful form in this match also and won it by a huge margin of an innings and 21 runs. The last league match of the North Zone in the Ranji Trophy, 1958-59 saw a battle between the teams of Railways and Patiala at Patiala from 18-19 January, 1959. The Railways team played very well in the match and won it by an innings and 60 runs, to earn the entire 9 points from the match. |