First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

NEW SOUTH WALES v THE REST Played at Sydney Cricket Ground, March 8, 9, 11, 1940. New South Wales won by two wickets. THE REST 1 W.A.Brown c Saggers b Pepper 35 run out 97 2 I.S.Lee c and b Cheetham 0 c Saggers b Cheetham 14 3 *D.G.Bradman c Saggers b O’Reilly 25 c McCool b Cheetham 2 4 A.L.Hassett c Mudge b Cheetham 136 b Pepper 75 5 R.E.Rogers c O’Reilly b Lush 25 c and b McCool 17 6 M.G.Waite c McCabe b O’Reilly 5 c O’Reilly b Cohen 12 7 I.W.G.Johnson b Pepper 12 c McCool b Cheetham 8 8 †D.Tallon b Pepper 0 c and b Cohen 8 9 D.T.Ring c Mudge b O’Reilly 2 c McCool b Cohen 14 10 C.V.Grimmett c McCabe b Cheetham 27 c McCool b Cohen 0 11 R.B.Scott not out 13 not out 2 Extras b 5, lb 3, nb 1 9 lb 2, nb 1 3 —— —— 289 252 FoW (1): 1-2, 2-64, 3-64, 4-108, 5-115, 6-142, 7-142, 8-166, 9-266, 10-289 FoW (2): 1-31, 2-37, 3-145, 4-196, 5-210, 6-227, 7-229, 8-247, 9-247, 10-252 NEW SOUTH WALES 1 M.B.Cohen b Waite 12 run out 67 2 H.Mudge c and b Grimmett 21 b Grimmett 21 3 *S.J.McCabe c Tallon b Grimmett 72 c Grimmett b Ring 96 4 S.G.Barnes c and b Grimmett 2 lbw b Grimmett 46 5 C.M.Solomon c Lee b Grimmett 20 b Waite 5 6 †R.A.Saggers c Waite b Scott 3 c Johnson b Grimmett 32 7 A.G.Cheetham c Bradman b Waite 58 c and b Grimmett 2 8 C.L.McCool c and b Grimmett 19 c Johnson b Grimmett 15 9 C.G.Pepper b Scott 4 not out 25 10 J.G.Lush not out 2 not out 2 11 W.J.O’Reilly b Waite 1 Extras b 1, lb 4 5 b 2, lb 8, w 1, nb 1 12 —— —— 219 (8 wickets) 323 FoW (1): 1-17, 2-62, 3-64, 4-108, 5-119, 6-157, 7-203, 8-214, 9-216, 10-219 FoW (2): 1-36, 2-176, 3-236, 4-245, 5-247, 6-254, 7-294, 8-303 New South Wales Bowling O M R W O M R W Lush 6 0 34 1 1nb Cheetham 8.7 1 41 3 (1) 11 0 43 3 1nb O’Reilly 18 4 78 3 8 0 49 0 Pepper 17 1 102 3 14 0 81 1 Cohen 2 0 25 0 (2) 7.7 1 25 4 McCool (5) 9 1 51 1 The Rest Bowling O M R W O M R W Scott 14 0 57 2 11 0 63 0 1w,1nb Waite 8.2 2 12 3 16 1 37 1 Ring 12 0 54 0 (4) 8 0 48 1 Grimmett 21 2 65 5 (3) 23.1 2 130 5 Johnson 4 0 26 0 5 0 33 0 Umpires: G.E.Borwick and R.McGrath. Toss: The Rest Close of Play: 1st day: New South Wales (1) 137-5 (McCabe 67*, Cheetham 9*); 2nd day: New South Wales (2) 21-0 (Cohen 6*, Mudge 13*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. A.L.Hassett’s 136 took 132 minutes and included 15 fours and 4 sixes. 12th Men: J.W.Chegwyn (NSW) and K.L.Ridings (Rest). 62