First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

WESTERN AUSTRALIA v SOUTH AUSTRALIA Played at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth, February 10, 12, 13, 1940. Match drawn. SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1 K.L.Ridings c Bandy b Halcombe 46 2 T.E.Klose b MacGill 6 3 R.A.Hamence c Lovelock b Eyres 3 (4) c and b Eyres 14 4 *D.G.Bradman c Lovelock b MacGill 42 (3) not out 209 5 L.Michael c Eyres b MacGill 5 not out 27 6 M.G.Waite lbw b MacGill 37 7 V.R.Gibson c J.A.Jeffreys b Zimbulis 35 8 J.M.Kierse c J.A.Jeffreys b Watt 23 9 F.A.Ward c K.S.Jeffreys b Halcombe 15 (2) b Eyres 12 10 C.V.Grimmett c Inverarity b Zimbulis 14 11 †C.W.Walker not out 2 (1) c Inverarity b Zimbulis 34 Extras b 16, lb 2, w 1, nb 1 20 b 9, lb 1 10 —— —— 248 (3 wickets, declared) 306 FoW (1): 1-21, 2-28, 3-97, 4-103, 5-115, 6-155, 7-200, 8-227, 9-227, 10-248 FoW (2): 1-25, 2-83, 3-135 WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 C.W.T.MacGill c Ward b Grimmett 78 run out 11 2 J.A.Jeffreys c Klose b Ward 36 c Bradman b Kierse 8 3 A.D.Watt st Walker b Ward 18 b Ridings 52 4 A.E.O.Barras lbw b Klose 11 5 L.H.Bandy c Klose b Ward 1 (4) not out 20 6 K.S.Jeffreys st Walker b Ward 7 (5) not out 27 7 *M.Inverarity st Walker b Ward 57 8 †O.I.Lovelock b Grimmett 13 9 A.G.Zimbulis not out 42 10 G.Eyres c Ward b Grimmett 9 11 R.A.Halcombe b Ward 2 Extras b 1 1 lb 3 3 —— —— 275 (3 wickets) 121 FoW (1): 1-69, 2-91, 3-123, 4-135, 5-151, 6-153, 7-188, 8-252, 9-265, 10-275 FoW (2): 1-15, 2-26, 3-91 Western Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Eyres 22 2 81 1 1nb 16 2 65 2 MacGill 18 1 49 4 1w 15 3 66 0 Halcombe 13 1 51 2 (4) 9 0 59 0 Zimbulis 9.1 0 36 2 (3) 5 0 50 1 Watt 3 1 6 1 Barras 2 1 5 0 (5) 4 0 28 0 K.S.Jeffreys (6) 2 0 28 0 South Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Waite 8 1 26 0 Kierse 3 1 6 0 (1) 7 2 19 1 Grimmett 33 8 94 3 4 0 26 0 Klose 10 2 18 1 (6) 6 4 8 0 Gibson 12 3 25 0 (2) 7 1 21 0 Ward 26.3 1 105 6 (4) 7 1 32 0 Ridings (5) 4 0 12 1 Umpires: J.P.Robbins and M.J.Troy. Toss: South Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Western Australia (1) 7-0 (MacGill 4*, J.A.Jeffreys 3*); 2nd day: South Australia (2) 1-0 (Walker 0*, Ward 0*). D.G.Bradman’s 209 took 161 minutes and included 30 fours and 1 six. 12th Men: A.E.Read (WA) and F.L.Teisseire (SA). 56