First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

ENGLAND v DOMINIONS Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, August 25, 27, 28, 1945. Dominions won by 45 runs. DOMINIONS 1 H.S.Craig c Davies b Phillipson 56 c Hammond b Davies 32 2 D.R.Fell c Griffith b Wright 12 b Davies 28 3 J.Pettiford b Davies 1 b Wright 6 4 K.R.Miller lbw b Hollies 26 c Langridge b Wright 185 5 M.P.Donnelly c and b Hollies 133 b Wright 29 6 *L.N.Constantine c Hollies b Wright 5 (7) c Fishlock b Hollies 40 7 C.G.Pepper c Hammond b Wright 51 (6) c Robertson b Hollies 1 8 D.R.Cristofani lbw b Edrich 6 b Wright 5 9 R.G.Williams lbw b Wright 11 c Hammond b Wright 0 10 R.S.Ellis b Wright 0 st Griffith b Hollies 0 11 †C.D.Bremner not out 1 not out 0 Extras lb 3, w 2 5 b 1, lb 8, nb 1 10 —— —— 307 336 FoW (1): 1-37 (2), 2-38 (3), 3-90 (1), 4-104 (4), 5-109 (6), 6-229 (7), 7-240 (8), 8-271 (9), 9-279 (10), 10-307 (5) FoW (2): 1-49 (2), 2-56 (3), 3-96 (1), 4-200 (5), 5-203 (6), 6-326 (4), 7-336 (8), 8-336 (7), 9-336 (10), 10-336 (9) ENGLAND 1 J.D.B.Robertson lbw b Constantine 4 (5) c Fell b Pettiford 5 2 L.B.Fishlock c Pettiford b Ellis 12 run out 7 3 J.Langridge lbw b Cristofani 28 (6) b Pepper 15 4 W.E.Phillipson b Pepper 0 (9) run out 14 5 †S.C.Griffith c Bremner b Williams 15 (8) c Pepper b Pettiford 36 6 *W.R.Hammond st Bremner b Pepper 121 (4) st Bremner b Cristofani 102 7 H.Gimblett c Pettiford b Cristofani 11 (1) b Pepper 30 8 W.J.Edrich c Pepper b Cristofani 78 (3) c Pepper b Ellis 31 9 J.G.W.Davies lbw b Pepper 1 (7) b Pepper 56 10 D.V.P.Wright lbw b Pepper 0 b Cristofani 0 11 W.E.Hollies not out 0 not out 0 Extras b 7, lb 6, w 2, nb 2 17 b 6, lb 5, nb 4 15 —— —— 287 311 FoW (1): 1-8 (1), 2-23 (2), 3-26 (4), 4-52 (5), 5-78 (3), 6-96 (7), 7-273 (6), 8-287 (9), 9-287 (10), 10-287 (8) FoW (2): 1-25 (2), 2-42 (1), 3-128 (3), 4-160 (5), 5-200 (4), 6-200 (6), 7-293 (8), 8-309 (9), 9-311 (7), 10-311 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Phillipson 16 2 40 1 1w 2 1 1 0 Edrich 9 1 19 1 3 0 13 0 Wright 30 2 90 5 (4) 30.1 6 105 5 Davies 22 9 43 1 (5) 13 3 35 2 Hollies 20.2 3 86 2 (3) 29 8 115 3 1nb Langridge 6 1 24 0 8 0 57 0 Dominions Bowling O M R W O M R W Miller 1 0 2 0 (7) 5 0 28 0 Williams 22 4 49 1 1w,2nb (1) 2 0 11 0 Constantine 15 2 53 1 (2) 6 0 27 0 3nb Pepper 18 3 57 4 (3) 33 13 67 3 Ellis 4 3 4 1 20 4 54 1 Cristofani 23.3 4 82 3 1w (4) 21.3 1 64 2 Pettiford 5 0 23 0 (6) 14 3 45 2 1nb Umpires: Toss: Dominions Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 28-3 (Langridge 6*, Griffith 2*); 2nd day: Dominions (2) 145-3 (Miller 61*, Donnelly 11*). M.P.Donnelly’s 133 took 203 balls in 190 minutes and included 18 fours and 2 sixes. W.R.Hammond’s 121 took 158 balls in 169 minutes and included 10 fours and 3 sixes. K.R.Miller’s 185 took 189 balls in 168 minutes and included 13 fours and 7 sixes. W.R.Hammond’s 102 took 156 balls in 127 minutes and included 10 fours and 1 six. 266