First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

ENGLAND v AUSTRALIAN SERVICES Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, May 19, 21, 22, 1945. Australian Services won by six wickets. ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton c Sismey b Williams 1 b Pepper 21 2 C.Washbrook st Sismey b Ellis 28 lbw b Pepper 32 3 J.D.B.Robertson lbw b Ellis 53 c Sismey b Cheetham 84 4 *W.R.Hammond b Williams 29 lbw b Ellis 33 5 L.E.G.Ames c Price b Cheetham 57 b Ellis 7 6 W.J.Edrich b Miller 45 c Workman b Price 50 7 R.W.V.Robins b Cheetham 5 c Hassett b Pepper 33 8 J.W.A.Stephenson c Sismey b Price 31 b Price 1 9 †S.C.Griffith c Sismey b Cheetham 9 not out 4 10 D.V.P.Wright b Price 0 run out 1 11 A.R.Gover not out 0 st Sismey b Pepper 1 Extras b 1, lb 6, w 1, nb 1 9 b 18, lb 8, nb 1 27 —— —— 267 294 FoW (1): 1-1 (1), 2-54 (2), 3-97 (3), 4-130 (4), 5-205 (5), 6-213 (7), 7-233 (6), 8-267 (8), 9-267 (10), 10-267 FoW (2): 1-52 (1), 2-75 (2), 3-149 (4), 4-175 (5), 5-218 (3), 6-286 (7), 7-286 (6), 8-289 (8), 9-292 (10), 10-294 (11) AUSTRALIAN SERVICES 1 R.S.Whitington c Griffith b Wright 36 lbw b Stephenson 0 2 J.A.Workman b Gover 1 3 *A.L.Hassett b Stephenson 77 (2) c Hammond b Gover 37 4 †S.G.Sismey c Wright b Edrich 37 5 K.R.Miller c Ames b Stephenson 105 (3) run out 1 6 R.M.Stanford st Griffith b Stephenson 49 7 C.G.Pepper c Griffith b Stephenson 40 (4) not out 54 8 A.G.Cheetham c Hammond b Wright 0 (5) run out 0 9 R.G.Williams c Griffith b Wright 53 10 C.F.T.Price c Robertson b Stephenson 35 (6) not out 10 11 R.S.Ellis not out 1 Extras b 9, lb 10, nb 2 21 b 4, lb 1 5 —— —— 455 (4 wickets) 107 FoW (1): 1-11 (2), 2-52 (1), 3-136 (4), 4-171 (3), 5-270 (6), 6-357 (7), 7-358 (8), 8-366 (5), 9-454 (10), 10-455 (9) FoW (2): 1-9 (1), 2-11 (3), 3-63 (2), 4-76 (5) Australian Services Bowling O M R W O M R W Cheetham 13.1 1 49 3 1nb (2) 17 2 44 1 1nb Williams 19 2 56 2 1w (1) 21 7 47 0 Pepper 19 2 59 0 (4) 32.4 7 80 4 Ellis 31 8 59 2 (5) 17 3 33 2 Miller 9 2 11 1 (3) 9 1 23 0 Price 9 1 24 2 19 3 40 2 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Gover 25 3 90 1 1nb 11.4 1 51 1 Stephenson 36 4 116 5 1nb 11 0 51 1 Edrich 17 2 61 1 Wright 37.3 9 122 3 Robins 10 0 45 0 Umpires: G.Beet and A.J.B.Fowler. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: Australian Services (1) 82-2 (Hassett 27*, Sismey 11*); 2nd day: Australian Services (1) 455 all out. K.R.Miller’s 105 took 186 balls in 211 minutes and included 6 fours. 260