First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

VICTORIA v NEW SOUTH WALES Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, December 22, 23, 26, 1939. Victoria won by 72 runs. (Points: Victoria 5, New South Wales 0) VICTORIA 1 I.S.Lee c McCabe b Cheetham 4 lbw b Pepper 18 2 G.E.Tamblyn b Pepper 58 lbw b O’Reilly 15 3 A.L.Hassett c Chipperfield b Pepper 33 lbw b Pepper 57 4 K.R.Miller b Pepper 14 c Sismey b O’Reilly 14 5 I.W.G.Johnson lbw b O’Reilly 41 c Fingleton b O’Reilly 13 6 P.J.Beames c Pepper b Cheetham 34 b Pepper 3 7 *†B.A.Barnett c Cheetham b Chipperfield 21 c sub (J.E.Walsh) b O’Reilly 66 8 M.W.Sievers b O’Reilly 53 c Solomon b Pepper 29 9 D.T.Ring b O’Reilly 8 c Sismey b O’Reilly 4 10 R.B.Scott c Sismey b O’Reilly 4 not out 13 11 L.O.Fleetwood-Smith not out 0 b Pepper 1 Extras b 4, lb 2, w 1, nb 3 10 lb 6, nb 3 9 —— —— 280 242 FoW (1): 1-9 (1), 2-78 (3), 3-98 (4), 4-123 (2), 5-162 (6), 6-203 (7), 7-233 (5), 8-253 (9), 9-257 (10), 10-280 (8) FoW (2): 1-33 (2), 2-37 (1), 3-76 (4), 4-100 (5), 5-115 (6), 6-126 (3), 7-205 (8), 8-217 (9), 9-234 (7), 10-242 (11) NEW SOUTH WALES 1 *S.J.McCabe c Scott b Fleetwood-Smith 52 (2) c Johnson b Scott 4 2 J.H.W.Fingleton b Scott 0 (1) lbw b Sievers 3 3 C.M.Solomon lbw b Ring 52 c Barnett b Scott 1 4 S.G.Barnes c Fleetwood-Smith b Sievers 98 run out 1 5 A.G.Chipperfield c Tamblyn b Ring 40 lbw b Sievers 68 6 R.H.Robinson c Johnson b Scott 16 lbw b Scott 6 7 A.G.Cheetham lbw b Ring 16 b Scott 23 8 C.G.Pepper st Barnett b Fleetwood-Smith 19 c Barnett b Sievers 1 9 W.J.O’Reilly c Miller b Ring 17 c Hassett b Ring 15 10 A.W.Roper run out (Hassett) 0 c Sievers b Ring 0 11 †S.G.Sismey not out 0 not out 4 Extras b 6, lb 5 11 b 2, lb 1 3 —— —— 321 129 FoW (1): 1-3 (2), 2-103 (1), 3-121 (3), 4-214 (5), 5-247 (6), 6-273 (4), 7-297 (7), 8-319 (8), 9-319 (10), 10-321 (9) FoW (2): 1-5 (1), 2-8 (3), 3-9 (2), 4-9 (4), 5-30 (6), 6-102 (7), 7-103 (8), 8-110 (5), 9-124 (9), 10-129 (10) New South Wales Bowling O M R W O M R W Roper 4 0 22 0 1w Cheetham 17 2 72 2 2nb (1) 9 1 27 0 O’Reilly 20.3 6 75 4 1nb (4) 27 3 72 5 3nb Pepper 20 0 91 3 (3) 31 6 114 5 Chipperfield 7 1 10 1 (2) 4 0 16 0 Barnes (5) 1 0 4 0 Victoria Bowling O M R W O M R W Scott 11 0 71 2 10 1 35 4 Sievers 14 0 74 1 8 2 18 3 Ring 14.3 0 85 4 (4) 8.4 2 33 2 Fleetwood-Smith 9 0 61 2 (3) 7 0 40 0 Johnson 2 0 19 0 Umpires: A.N.Barlow and W.J.Craddock. Toss: Victoria Close of Play: 1st day: Victoria (1) 280 all out; 2nd day: Victoria (2) 99-3 (Hassett 35*, Johnson 13*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. 12th Men: D.H.Fothergill (Vic) and J.E.Walsh (NSW). 24