First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

WESTERN AUSTRALIA v SOUTH AUSTRALIA Played at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth, February 16, 17, 19, 1940. Match drawn. WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 C.W.T.MacGill b Klose 17 c Klose b Gibson 17 2 A.E.Read c Teisseire b Grimmett 55 b Grimmett 46 3 A.D.Watt c Walker b Grimmett 1 (8) b Grimmett 10 4 A.E.O.Barras run out (Michael/Walker) 6 c Teisseire b Grimmett 23 5 *M.Inverarity b Gibson 52 b Ward 3 6 K.S.Jeffreys lbw b Grimmett 26 (9) not out 21 7 L.H.Bandy c Klose b Ward 30 (6) st Walker b Grimmett 4 8 †O.I.Lovelock c Walker b Grimmett 45 (7) c Klose b Ward 29 9 A.G.Zimbulis c Michael b Klose 33 (3) c and b Ward 1 10 C.W.Puckett c Walker b Grimmett 4 (11) lbw b Grimmett 2 11 G.Eyres not out 1 (10) b Grimmett 39 Extras b 3, lb 2 5 b 7, lb 3, w 1 11 —— —— 275 206 FoW (1): 1-21, 2-24, 3-31, 4-133, 5-141, 6-189, 7-195, 8-270, 9-272, 10-275 FoW (2): 1-42, 2-45, 3-73, 4-82, 5-93, 6-94, 7-120, 8-147, 9-200, 10-206 SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1 K.L.Ridings c Barras b Zimbulis 34 2 T.E.Klose c Zimbulis b Eyres 60 3 *D.G.Bradman c Zimbulis b Eyres 135 4 R.A.Hamence run out (MacGill) 63 5 L.Michael c and b Zimbulis 10 6 F.L.Teisseire b MacGill 56 7 M.G.Waite c Eyres b Zimbulis 24 8 V.R.Gibson c and b Puckett 21 9 †C.W.Walker b Puckett 3 10 F.A.Ward run out 8 11 C.V.Grimmett not out 5 Extras b 4, lb 6 10 —— 429 FoW (1): 1-79, 2-113, 3-263, 4-303, 5-319, 6-355, 7-400, 8-410, 9-424, 10-429 South Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Waite 17 4 43 0 (2) 6 0 26 0 1w Gibson 15 5 39 1 (1) 9 5 20 1 Klose 21 12 24 2 (6) 3 3 0 0 Grimmett 33.6 6 67 5 19.2 6 57 6 Ward 21 2 97 1 (3) 21 3 81 3 Ridings (5) 4 1 11 0 Western Australia Bowling O M R W Eyres 23 3 79 2 MacGill 22 3 108 1 Puckett 24.3 4 89 2 Zimbulis 22 0 131 3 Bandy 1 0 12 0 Umpires: J.P.Robbins and M.J.Troy. Toss: Western Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Western Australia (1) 256-7 (Lovelock 40*, Zimbulis 24*); 2nd day: South Australia (1) 363-6 (Teisseire 25*, Gibson 3*). D.G.Bradman’s 135 took 148 minutes and included 14 fours. 12th Men: W.A.Roach (WA) and J.M.Kierse (SA). 57