First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

ENGLAND v AUSTRALIAN SERVICES Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, August 6, 7, 8, 1945. Match drawn. AUSTRALIAN SERVICES 1 R.S.Whitington c Hutton b Pope 46 lbw b Pope 7 2 J.A.Workman lbw b Pollard 6 c Fishlock b Pope 9 3 †S.G.Sismey c Fishlock b Pollard 59 4 *A.L.Hassett c Wright b Pope 20 b Pollard 7 5 K.R.Miller b Pope 118 not out 35 6 R.M.Stanford b Pope 2 not out 33 7 C.G.Pepper c and b Roberts 57 8 J.Pettiford c Wright b Pollard 32 (3) b Wright 39 9 D.R.Cristofani c Edrich b Pollard 14 10 R.G.Williams c Fishlock b Roberts 1 11 R.S.Ellis not out 0 Extras b 16, lb 8, nb 9 33 b 5, nb 5 10 —— —— 388 (4 wickets) 140 FoW (1): 1-15 (2), 2-70 (1), 3-108 (4), 4-262 (6), 5-265 (3), 6-301 (5), 7-359 (7), 8-374 (9), 9-380 (10), 10-388 (8) FoW (2): 1-12 (2), 2-30 (1), 3-54 (4), 4-80 (3) ENGLAND 1 L.B.Fishlock b Pettiford 69 2 L.Hutton lbw b Williams 35 3 J.D.B.Robertson c Miller b Pettiford 25 4 *W.R.Hammond c Workman b Ellis 83 5 C.Washbrook c sub (D.K.Carmody) b Williams 112 6 W.J.Edrich not out 73 7 G.H.Pope c Hassett b Williams 5 8 †S.C.Griffith c Stanford b Pettiford 7 9 R.Pollard not out 2 10 D.V.P.Wright 11 W.B.Roberts Extras b 27, lb 12, w 14, nb 4 57 —— (7 wickets, declared) 468 FoW (1): 1-73 (2), 2-136 (3), 3-173 (1), 4-330 (4), 5-435 (5), 6-443 (7), 7-464 (8) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Pope 43 11 83 4 12 3 42 2 1nb Pollard 37.3 7 145 4 5nb 13 2 58 1 4nb Wright 28 5 75 0 7 1 23 1 Edrich 6 0 13 0 2nb Roberts 16 4 39 2 (4) 6 2 7 0 Australian Services Bowling O M R W Miller 23 5 49 0 12w Williams 39 9 109 3 2w,4nb Pepper 18 3 63 0 Cristofani 12 3 41 0 Pettiford 18 2 62 3 Ellis 36 9 80 1 Whitington 1 0 7 0 Umpires: G.Beet and A.J.B.Fowler. Toss: Australian Services Close of Play: 1st day: Australian Services (1) 273-5 (Miller 106*, Pepper 3*); 2nd day: England (1) 249-3 (Hammond 38*, Washbrook 31*). K.R.Miller’s 118 took 187 balls in 197 minutes and included 10 fours. C.Washbrook’s 112 took 253 balls in 240 minutes and included 8 fours and 1 six. S.G.Sismey retired hurt in the Australian Services first innings having scored 58 (team score 229-3) - he returned when the score was 262-4. S.G.Sismey, who had injured his thumb batting, was unable to keep wicket and J.A.Workman kept on the second day but as he conceded 51 extras Hammond allowed D.K.Carmody (12th man) to keep on the third day. 263