First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

ENGLAND v AUSTRALIAN SERVICES Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, July 14, 16, 17, 1945. Australian Services won by four wickets. ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton b Miller 104 c Sismey b Cristofani 69 2 C.Washbrook c Sismey b Williams 8 (8) not out 13 3 J.G.Dewes b Miller 27 (2) b Miller 0 4 *W.R.Hammond st Sismey b Pepper 13 absent ill 0 5 L.R.White st Sismey b Cristofani 11 (6) lbw b Cristofani 4 6 W.J.Edrich lbw b Cristofani 38 (3) b Miller 58 7 D.B.Carr b Miller 4 c Pepper b Cristofani 1 8 †S.C.Griffith c Pepper b Cristofani 36 (4) c Pepper b Cristofani 0 9 R.Pollard not out 1 (5) b Miller 9 10 W.B.Roberts b Cristofani 1 (9) b Ellis 0 11 D.V.P.Wright lbw b Ellis 5 (10) c Hassett b Cristofani 6 Extras b 2, lb 1, nb 3 6 lb 3, nb 1 4 —— —— 254 164 FoW (1): 1-11 (2), 2-76 (3), 3-107 (4), 4-162 (5), 5-169 (1), 6-175 (7), 7-241 (6), 8-248 (8), 9-249 (10), 10-254 (11) FoW (2): 1-1 (2), 2-106 (3), 3-107 (4), 4-122 (5), 5-127 (6), 6-129 (7), 7-150 (1), 8-151 (9), 9-164 (10) AUSTRALIAN SERVICES 1 R.S.Whitington b Pollard 19 c Griffith b Pollard 0 2 J.A.Workman c Edrich b Wright 7 b Wright 30 3 A.G.Cheetham b Roberts 5 (8) not out 9 4 *A.L.Hassett lbw b Pollard 68 c Edrich b Wright 24 5 K.R.Miller b Pollard 7 not out 71 6 C.G.Pepper lbw b Pollard 0 lbw b Edrich 18 7 D.K.Carmody c White b Pollard 32 c Edrich b Roberts 1 8 D.R.Cristofani b Roberts 32 9 †S.G.Sismey c Griffith b Pollard 9 (3) lbw b Pollard 51 10 R.G.Williams b Wright 4 11 R.S.Ellis not out 0 Extras lb 4, nb 7 11 b 1, lb 15, nb 5 21 —— —— 194 (6 wickets) 225 FoW (1): 1-29 (2), 2-29 (1), 3-50 (3), 4-71 (5), 5-72 (6), 6-127 (7), 7-149 (4), 8-183 (8), 9-184 (9), 10-194 (10) FoW (2): 1-0 (1), 2-82 (2), 3-104 (3), 4-151 (4), 5-186 (6), 6-193 (7) Australian Services Bowling O M R W O M R W Williams 19 6 45 1 1nb (4) 3 0 10 0 Cheetham 19 5 47 0 1nb 4 0 7 0 Pepper 19 2 44 1 10 3 22 0 Ellis 19.1 6 25 1 (6) 14 1 29 1 Miller 18 3 44 3 (1) 16 2 42 3 Cristofani 13 1 43 4 (5) 29.3 8 49 5 1nb Whitington (7) 1 0 1 0 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Edrich 7 0 25 0 2nb (2) 12 1 37 1 Pollard 23 4 75 6 5nb (1) 21 4 71 2 4nb Wright 24.1 3 49 2 25 4 59 2 1nb Roberts 14 5 24 2 13 4 24 1 Carr 3 1 10 0 6 2 13 0 Umpires: G.Beet and A.J.B.Fowler. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 254 all out; 2nd day: England (2) 118-3 (Hutton 49*, Pollard 7*). L.Hutton’s 104 took 222 balls in 211 minutes and included 5 fours and 1 five. 262