First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

ENGLAND v AUSTRALIAN SERVICES Played at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, June 23, 25, 26, 1945. England won by 41 runs. ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton c Cheetham b Williams 11 b Ellis 46 2 C.Washbrook c Carmody b Pepper 63 c Sismey b Miller 24 3 J.D.B.Robertson c Whitington b Ellis 26 lbw b Miller 1 4 *W.R.Hammond c Hassett b Cheetham 100 b Ellis 38 5 E.R.T.Holmes b Ellis 6 c Sismey b Pepper 2 6 W.J.Edrich lbw b Pepper 1 c Hassett b Pepper 1 7 G.H.Pope c Ellis b Cheetham 35 c Pepper b Ellis 2 8 †S.C.Griffith c Hassett b Cheetham 2 st Sismey b Price 35 9 R.Pollard b Pepper 11 c Whitington b Price 25 10 W.B.Roberts b Williams 4 c Carmody b Price 6 11 D.V.P.Wright not out 7 not out 1 Extras b 3, lb 10, w 2, nb 5 20 b 1, lb 4, nb 4 9 —— —— 286 190 FoW (1): 1-28 (1), 2-81 (3), 3-129 (2), 4-136 (5), 5-141 (6), 6-248 (7), 7-262 (4), 8-264 (8), 9-272 (10), 10-286 (9) FoW (2): 1-56 (2), 2-62 (3), 3-97 (1), 4-104 (5), 5-120 (4), 6-122 (7), 7-122 (6), 8-177 (9), 9-184 (10), 10-190 (8) AUSTRALIAN SERVICES 1 R.S.Whitington c Wright b Pope 17 lbw b Wright 61 2 J.A.Workman c Pollard b Pope 6 c Hammond b Pollard 63 3 *A.L.Hassett b Pollard 5 (4) b Pope 32 4 K.R.Miller run out 17 (3) b Pollard 8 5 D.K.Carmody c Hammond b Wright 42 run out 14 6 C.G.Pepper c Hammond b Wright 21 c Pollard b Pope 27 7 A.G.Cheetham b Pope 10 c Hammond b Pollard 18 8 †S.G.Sismey c Pollard b Pope 0 b Pollard 17 9 C.F.T.Price c Pollard b Pope 0 (10) b Pope 11 10 R.G.Williams not out 5 (9) lbw b Pollard 2 11 R.S.Ellis run out 1 not out 9 Extras b 5, lb 12, nb 6 23 b 17, lb 6, nb 3 26 —— —— 147 288 FoW (1): 1-33 (2), 2-36 (1), 3-44 (3), 4-80 (4), 5-122 (5), 6-131 (6), 7-132 (8), 8-132 (9), 9-145 (7), 10-147 (11) FoW (2): 1-108 (1), 2-121 (3), 3-171 (4), 4-189 (5), 5-221 (2), 6-231 (6), 7-244 (7), 8-260 (9), 9-270 (8), 10-288 (10) Australian Services Bowling O M R W O M R W Cheetham 15 3 47 3 1nb 7 1 19 0 1nb Williams 16 4 31 2 1w,3nb 9 2 23 0 Ellis 33 9 66 2 1w (4) 25 5 47 3 Miller 13 3 19 0 1nb (3) 13 2 28 2 Pepper 30.5 6 86 3 15 3 46 2 3nb Price 3 0 17 0 4.4 0 18 3 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Pope 21.5 4 58 5 2nb 28.4 9 69 3 2nb Pollard 17 5 42 1 4nb 33 6 76 5 1nb Wright 9 3 14 2 (4) 22 6 50 1 Edrich 5 0 10 0 (3) 4 1 13 0 Roberts (5) 13 4 40 0 Hutton (6) 2 0 14 0 Umpires: G.P.Heaton and H.Thomas. Toss: Australian Services Close of Play: 1st day: Australian Services (1) 23-0 (Whitington 13*, Workman 3*); 2nd day: England (2) 190 all out. W.R.Hammond’s 100 took 222 balls in 204 minutes and included 8 fours and 2 sixes. D.K.Carmody kept wicket in the first innings from the 6th over when S.G.Sismey sustained a split chin. 261