▁he ▁scored ▁ 3 8 7 ▁runs ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁of ▁ 3 2 . 2 5 . ▁ ▁Despite ▁deb ts ▁which ▁continued ▁to ▁mount , ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁prepared ▁thoroughly ▁before ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 5 ▁season , ▁pract ising ▁in ▁the ▁n ets ▁at ▁Cambridge ▁with ▁Tom ▁Hay ward ▁and ▁scoring ▁heavily ▁in ▁club ▁matches . ▁Although ▁Sus sex ▁were ▁not ▁a ▁strong ▁team , ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁was ▁not ▁certain ▁of ▁a ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁side . ▁His ▁debut ▁came ▁in ▁a ▁match ▁against ▁the ▁M CC ; ▁after ▁scoring ▁ 7 7 ▁not ▁out ▁in ▁his ▁first ▁inn ings ▁and ▁then ▁taking ▁six ▁w ick ets , ▁he ▁scored ▁his ▁ma iden ▁first - class ▁century ▁in ▁the ▁second . ▁In ▁ 1 5 5 ▁minutes , ▁he ▁scored ▁ 1 5 0 ▁runs ▁and ▁took ▁his ▁team ▁close ▁to ▁an ▁impro b able ▁victory ; ▁he ▁became ▁increasing ly ▁attack ing ▁throughout ▁the ▁inn ings ▁and ▁domin ated ▁the ▁scoring . ▁At ▁the ▁end , ▁although ▁his ▁team ▁lost , ▁he ▁was ▁given ▁an ▁ov ation ▁by ▁the ▁crowd ▁who ▁were ▁im pressed ▁by ▁his ▁stroke play . ▁Yet ▁it ▁is ▁unlikely ▁that ▁he ▁met ▁the ▁qual ification ▁rules ▁in ▁force ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁for ▁appearing ▁in ▁the ▁County ▁Championship ; ▁this ▁was ▁hint ed ▁at ▁by ▁Wis den ▁Cr ick eters ' ▁Al man ack , ▁but ▁no ▁protest s ▁were ▁made . ▁ ▁For ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the