First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

ENGLAND v AUSTRALIAN SERVICES Played at Old Trafford, Manchester, August 20, 21, 22, 1945. England won by six wickets. AUSTRALIAN SERVICES 1 R.S.Whitington c Hammond b Pollard 19 c Griffith b Phillipson 10 2 J.Pettiford b Pollard 28 c Robertson b Phillipson 8 3 D.K.Carmody c Hammond b Pollard 7 (9) c Griffith b Pollard 3 4 †S.G.Sismey b Phillipson 5 (3) lbw b Phillipson 4 5 *A.L.Hassett c Pollard b Pope 6 (6) c Griffith b Pollard 1 6 K.R.Miller not out 77 (5) c Griffith b Phillipson 4 7 C.G.Pepper run out 9 b Wright 23 8 R.M.Stanford run out 1 (4) c Griffith b Wright 23 9 D.R.Cristofani c Edrich b Pollard 8 (8) not out 110 10 R.G.Williams c Griffith b Phillipson 5 c Griffith b Phillipson 12 11 R.S.Ellis c Pollard b Phillipson 0 c Pollard b Phillipson 3 Extras lb 2, nb 6 8 b 1, lb 5, nb 3 9 —— —— 173 210 FoW (1): 1-41 (1), 2-59 (3), 3-64 (4), 4-66 (2), 5-102 (5), 6-117 (7), 7-125 (8), 8-138 (9), 9-155 (10), 10-173 (11) FoW (2): 1-13 (2), 2-17 (3), 3-37 (1), 4-41 (5), 5-46 (6), 6-69 (4), 7-87 (7), 8-105 (9), 9-200 (10), 10-210 (11) ENGLAND 1 L.B.Fishlock lbw b Miller 9 b Williams 4 2 L.Hutton c Sismey b Williams 64 lbw b Pepper 29 3 J.D.B.Robertson c Williams b Pepper 13 lbw b Pepper 37 4 *W.R.Hammond c Pettiford b Cristofani 57 c sub (E.A.Williams) b Ellis 16 5 W.J.Edrich c and b Pepper 23 not out 42 6 R.Pollard lbw b Cristofani 0 7 C.Washbrook c Carmody b Cristofani 38 (6) not out 11 8 G.H.Pope c Pepper b Cristofani 1 9 W.E.Phillipson not out 18 10 †S.C.Griffith c Ellis b Cristofani 0 11 D.V.P.Wright st Sismey b Pettiford 9 Extras b 3, lb 6, w 1, nb 1 11 b 2 2 —— —— 243 (4 wickets) 141 FoW (1): 1-14 (1), 2-46 (3), 3-143 (4), 4-159 (2), 5-162 (6), 6-198 (5), 7-201 (8), 8-218 (7), 9-221 (10), 10-243 (11) FoW (2): 1-5 (1), 2-69 (2), 3-70 (3), 4-124 (4) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Phillipson 27 4 72 3 1nb 29 12 58 6 Pope 10 3 15 1 1nb (3) 19 6 49 0 Pollard 22 3 78 4 3nb (2) 23 11 46 2 3nb Wright (4) 13 3 44 2 Edrich (5) 3 1 4 0 Australian Services Bowling O M R W O M R W Miller 9 0 20 1 11 1 41 0 Williams 18 7 40 1 1nb 8 0 41 1 Pepper 24 3 74 2 (4) 12 5 18 2 Ellis 7 0 21 0 (5) 7 2 13 1 Pettiford 6.2 0 22 1 Cristofani 22 3 55 5 (3) 7 0 25 0 Hassett (6) 0.1 0 1 0 Umpires: F.Chester and H.Elliott. Toss: Australian Services Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 162-5 (Edrich 9*); 2nd day: Australian Services (2) 37-3 (Stanford 12*). D.R.Cristofani’s 110 took 120 balls in 148 minutes and included 13 fours and 1 six. 265