First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

VICTORIA v QUEENSLAND Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, December 15, 16, 18, 19, 1939. Victoria won by seven wickets. (Points: Victoria 5, Queensland 0) QUEENSLAND 1 *W.A.Brown st Barnett b Ring 20 b Sievers 27 2 G.G.Cook c Johnson b Ring 62 b Sievers 9 3 T.Allen b Sievers 1 run out 3 4 R.E.Rogers c Sievers b Johnson 53 b Fleetwood-Smith 39 5 G.G.Baker b Ring 17 lbw b Fleetwood-Smith 25 6 †D.Tallon c Johnson b Sievers 56 b Fleetwood-Smith 6 7 D.Watt b Fleetwood-Smith 6 not out 59 8 L.W.T.Tallon c Barnett b Scott 19 lbw b Fleetwood-Smith 1 9 P.L.Dixon b Scott 4 (10) b Sievers 25 10 C.P.Christ b Ring 18 (9) lbw b Johnson 32 11 J.A.Ellis not out 14 run out 8 Extras b 4, lb 1, w 1, nb 3 9 b 1, lb 5, nb 2 8 —— —— 279 242 FoW (1): 1-33 (1), 2-34 (3), 3-111 (4), 4-150 (5), 5-167 (2), 6-198 (7), 7-228 (8), 8-243 (6), 9-243 (9), 10-279 (10) FoW (2): 1-37 (2), 2-38 (1), 3-52 (3), 4-106 (4), 5-109 (5), 6-116 (6), 7-120 (8), 8-189 (9), 9-224 (10), 10-242 (11) VICTORIA 1 I.S.Lee lbw b Ellis 52 c Cook b Ellis 4 2 G.E.Tamblyn c Cook b Ellis 107 b Ellis 0 3 A.L.Hassett c D.Tallon b Dixon 83 4 K.R.Miller c and b Christ 41 not out 47 5 I.W.G.Johnson c D.Tallon b Ellis 44 not out 37 6 D.H.Fothergill st D.Tallon b Christ 5 (3) b Ellis 10 7 *†B.A.Barnett b Ellis 37 8 M.W.Sievers c Watt b Cook 12 9 D.T.Ring c Baker b Cook 15 10 R.B.Scott not out 11 11 L.O.Fleetwood-Smith c D.Tallon b Ellis 0 Extras b 3, lb 6, nb 2 11 lb 2, w 5 7 —— —— 418 (3 wickets) 105 FoW (1): 1-91 (1), 2-217 (2), 3-271 (3), 4-297 (4), 5-307 (6), 6-369 (5), 7-382 (7), 8-398 (8), 9-416 (9), 10-418 (11) FoW (2): 1-1 (2), 2-14 (1), 3-15 (3) Victoria Bowling O M R W O M R W Scott 13 0 44 2 1w 7 0 42 0 2nb Sievers 18 3 49 2 2nb 13 0 45 3 Ring 20.2 3 74 4 1nb 14 0 50 0 Fleetwood-Smith 15 0 71 1 18 1 77 4 Johnson 11 1 32 1 6 0 20 1 Queensland Bowling O M R W O M R W Ellis 30.2 2 110 5 1nb 5 0 14 3 Cook 21 4 69 2 1nb 7 0 36 0 L.W.T.Tallon 12 0 85 0 Dixon 16 5 52 1 (3) 4 1 10 0 Christ 23 3 65 2 (4) 3 0 12 0 4w Watt 3 0 24 0 (5) 2.2 0 16 0 Baker 2 1 2 0 Rogers (6) 2 0 10 0 1w Umpires: A.N.Barlow and W.J.Craddock. Toss: Queensland Close of Play: 1st day: Victoria (1) 3-0 (Lee 3*, Tamblyn 0*); 2nd day: Victoria (1) 363-5 (Johnson 41*, Barnett 28*); 3rd day: Queensland (2) 238-9 (Watt 56*, Ellis 7*). G.E.Tamblyn’s 107 took 202 minutes and included 11 fours. 12th Men: P.J.Beames (Vic) and C.D.Hansen (Qld). 19