First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

SOUTH AUSTRALIA v NEW SOUTH WALES Played at Adelaide Oval, December 15, 16, 18, 1939. South Australia won by seven wickets. (Points: South Australia 5, New South Wales 0) NEW SOUTH WALES 1 *S.J.McCabe lbw b Grimmett 40 lbw b Grimmett 47 2 J.H.W.Fingleton c Bradman b Grimmett 29 b Klose 2 3 S.G.Barnes b Waite 2 (6) c Walker b Ward 33 4 C.M.Solomon c Tregoning b Klose 131 (3) c Tregoning b Grimmett 46 5 A.G.Chipperfield b Cotton 32 (4) lbw b Grimmett 57 6 A.G.Cheetham c Bradman b Tregoning 32 (7) b Grimmett 2 7 C.G.Pepper lbw b Klose 22 (8) c Grimmett b Klose 47 8 A.W.Roper c Ridings b Grimmett 15 (5) c and b Ward 0 9 W.J.O’Reilly c Walker b Klose 16 c Tregoning b Grimmett 5 10 †S.G.Sismey not out 5 c Tregoning b Grimmett 3 11 J.E.Walsh b Klose 1 not out 0 Extras b 2, lb 8, w 1 11 b 1, lb 5 6 —— —— 336 248 FoW (1): 1-63 (1), 2-70 (3), 3-74 (2), 4-130 (5), 5-225 (6), 6-283 (4), 7-298 (7), 8-322 (8), 9-330 (9), 10-336 (11) FoW (2): 1-16 (2), 2-60 (1), 3-122 (3), 4-139 (5), 5-171 (4), 6-179 (7), 7-238 (8), 8-244 (9), 9-248 (6), 10-248 (10) SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1 R.S.Whitington c Sismey b Roper 6 2 K.L.Ridings c Sismey b Walsh 29 (1) b Cheetham 20 3 *D.G.Bradman not out 251 not out 90 4 R.A.Hamence lbw b Pepper 41 lbw b Pepper 12 5 M.G.Waite b Cheetham 46 not out 28 6 T.E.Klose c and b O’Reilly 4 (2) b Roper 2 7 J.Tregoning b O’Reilly 0 8 †C.W.Walker b O’Reilly 1 9 F.A.Ward b O’Reilly 4 10 C.V.Grimmett b O’Reilly 17 11 H.N.J.Cotton absent hurt 0 Extras b 21, lb 4, nb 6 31 b 1, lb 3 4 —— —— 430 (3 wickets) 156 FoW (1): 1-17 (1), 2-69 (2), 3-161 (4), 4-308 (5), 5-313 (6), 6-313 (7), 7-317 (8), 8-349 (9), 9-430 (10) FoW (2): 1-9 (2), 2-57 (1), 3-87 (4) South Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Cotton 12 0 51 1 Waite 19 0 98 1 (1) 12 1 22 0 Grimmett 20 0 102 3 20.5 0 122 6 Ward 5 0 42 0 15 4 61 2 Tregoning 3 0 9 1 1w Klose 5.4 1 23 4 (2) 7 1 37 2 New South Wales Bowling O M R W O M R W Roper 14 0 83 1 3nb 3 0 26 1 Cheetham 15 1 80 1 2nb 7 0 33 1 O’Reilly 22.1 4 108 5 1nb 10 0 29 0 Pepper 9 0 56 1 8 0 31 1 Walsh 12 0 72 1 2.2 0 33 0 Umpires: A.G.Jenkins, J.D.Scott and H.C.Newman. Toss: New South Wales Close of Play: 1st day: South Australia (1) 68-1 (Ridings 29*, Bradman 27*); 2nd day: New South Wales (2) 139-4 (Chipperfield 38*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. C.M.Solomon’s 131 took 154 minutes and included 18 fours. D.G.Bradman’s 251 took 272 minutes and included 38 fours and 2 sixes. H.C.Newman deputised for J.D.Scott. 12th Men: P.L.Ridings (SA) and R.H.Robinson (NSW). 18