First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

VICTORIA v SOUTH AUSTRALIA Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, December 29, 30, 1939, January 1, 2, 1940. Match drawn. (Points: Victoria 1, South Australia 3) VICTORIA 1 I.S.Lee b Klose 36 (7) c Grimmett b Ward 39 2 G.E.Tamblyn c Walker b Ward 38 absent hurt 0 3 A.L.Hassett st Walker b Grimmett 92 c and b Ward 66 4 K.R.Miller c Bradman b Burton 108 c Bradman b Klose 1 5 I.W.G.Johnson lbw b Waite 14 lbw b Klose 23 6 P.J.Beames c and b Burton 104 b Burton 32 7 *†B.A.Barnett b Burton 7 (1) lbw b Klose 46 8 M.W.Sievers lbw b Burton 16 (2) c Badcock b Grimmett 36 9 D.T.Ring st Walker b Grimmett 32 (8) not out 41 10 R.B.Scott c Waite b Burton 7 (9) b Grimmett 17 11 L.O.Fleetwood-Smith not out 11 (10) st Walker b Ward 4 Extras b 5, lb 5 10 b 5, lb 3 8 —— —— 475 313 FoW (1): 1-60 (1), 2-225 (3), 3-275 (4), 4-277 (5), 5-289 (7), 6-313 (8), 7-353 (2), 8-440 (9), 9-460 (6), 10-475 (10) FoW (2): 1-74 (2), 2-96 (1), 3-102 (4), 4-178 (3), 5-178 (5), 6-239 (6), 7-261 (7), 8-298 (9), 9-313 (10) SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1 K.L.Ridings c Johnson b Ring 56 not out 29 2 T.E.Klose b Scott 54 lbw b Ring 15 3 *D.G.Bradman c Johnson b Fleetwood-Smith 267 4 C.L.Badcock lbw b Ring 58 5 R.A.Hamence lbw b Fleetwood-Smith 20 (3) not out 11 6 R.S.Whitington c Ring b Scott 41 7 †C.W.Walker lbw b Scott 1 8 M.G.Waite c Hassett b Ring 64 9 F.A.Ward c and b Ring 26 10 C.V.Grimmett c Sievers b Ring 6 11 G.Burton not out 1 Extras b 6, lb 9, w 1 16 b 3, lb 1, nb 1 5 —— —— 610 (1 wicket) 60 FoW (1): 1-108 (1), 2-122 (2), 3-259 (4), 4-330 (5), 5-420 (6), 6-430 (7), 7-556 (3), 8-596 (8), 9-609 (9), 10-610 (10) FoW (2): 1-36 (2) South Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Burton 20.2 0 99 5 11 1 44 1 Waite 21 3 90 1 10 1 38 0 Grimmett 33 2 136 2 21 2 78 2 Klose 21 3 42 1 17 4 43 3 Ward 19 0 98 1 14.4 2 102 3 Victoria Bowling O M R W O M R W Scott 25 0 135 3 1w 3 0 9 0 Sievers 29 1 120 0 3 0 12 0 Ring 25.4 1 123 5 (4) 4 1 13 1 1nb Fleetwood-Smith 27 0 156 2 Johnson 13 0 60 0 (3) 5 2 14 0 Hassett (5) 1 0 7 0 Umpires: A.N.Barlow and W.J.Craddock. Toss: Victoria Close of Play: 1st day: Victoria (1) 289-5 (Beames 7*, Sievers 0*); 2nd day: South Australia (1) 213-2 (Bradman 52*, Badcock 41*); 3rd day: Victoria (2) 10-0 (Barnett 10*, Sievers 0*). K.R.Miller’s 108 took 169 minutes and included 7 fours. P.J.Beames’s 104 took 143 minutes and included 8 fours. D.G.Bradman’s 267 took 340 minutes and included 27 fours. G.E.Tamblyn retired hurt in the Victoria first innings having scored 21 (team score 64-1) - he returned when the score was 313-6. 12th Men: D.H.Fothergill (Vic) and P.L.Ridings (SA). 32