First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

VICTORIA v SOUTH AUSTRALIA Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, December 13, 14, 16, 17, 1940. Match drawn. SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1 K.L.Ridings c Baker b Ring 69 lbw b Johnson 22 2 T.E.Klose c Ring b Dudley 2 3 C.L.Badcock c Ring b Sievers 120 c Tamblyn b Sievers 102 4 *†C.W.Walker c Johnson b Sievers 10 5 R.A.Hamence c Dudley b Sievers 130 (4) not out 103 6 M.G.Waite hit wkt b Dempster 15 7 B.H.Leak b Dudley 79 8 P.L.Ridings lbw b Johnson 42 9 C.V.Grimmett st Baker b Johnson 14 10 F.A.Ward c Dempster b Johnson 7 (2) b Ring 10 11 H.N.J.Cotton not out 7 Extras b 5, lb 10, w 1, nb 4 20 b 6, lb 2 8 —— —— 515 (3 wickets, declared) 245 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-195, 3-206, 4-221, 5-264, 6-440, 7-444, 8-493, 9-506, 10-515 FoW (2): 1-30, 2-44, 3-245 VICTORIA 1 I.S.Lee b Cotton 93 (3) b Ward 41 2 G.E.Tamblyn b Grimmett 32 (1) c and b Ward 29 3 R.A.Dempster lbw b Grimmett 10 (2) lbw b Waite 2 4 K.R.Miller b Grimmett 63 b Waite 16 5 *A.L.Hassett c Waite b Grimmett 67 (6) not out 36 6 P.J.Beames st Walker b Grimmett 42 (7) c Cotton b Grimmett 1 7 I.W.G.Johnson c Klose b Grimmett 0 (8) c P.L.Ridings b Ward 9 8 M.W.Sievers lbw b Waite 41 (5) b Ward 1 9 †E.A.Baker lbw b Grimmett 15 not out 12 10 D.T.Ring not out 12 11 W.J.Dudley c Cotton b Waite 4 Extras b 1, lb 6, nb 3 10 b 12, lb 2 14 —— —— 389 (7 wickets) 161 FoW (1): 1-57, 2-85, 3-198, 4-214, 5-308, 6-312, 7-317, 8-371, 9-381, 10-389 FoW (2): 1-3, 2-70, 3-91, 4-95, 5-95, 6-102, 7-119 Victoria Bowling O M R W O M R W Dudley 24 0 71 2 1w,1nb 10 0 45 0 Sievers 30 3 100 3 3nb 9.5 0 49 1 Johnson 26.1 0 117 3 (4) 12 0 50 1 Ring 27 1 139 1 (3) 14 4 56 1 Dempster 15 1 65 1 4 0 16 0 Miller 1 0 3 0 Hassett (6) 3 0 21 0 South Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Cotton 11 2 47 1 3nb 4 0 8 0 Waite 19.1 0 55 2 11 3 14 2 P.L.Ridings 7 0 23 0 4 1 11 0 Grimmett 38 6 114 7 (6) 7 1 36 1 Klose 14 3 46 0 Ward 13 0 94 0 (4) 13 2 53 4 Hamence (5) 4 0 25 0 Umpires: A.N.Barlow and W.J.Craddock. Toss: South Australia Close of Play: 1st day: South Australia (1) 311-5 (Hamence 60*, Leak 20*); 2nd day: Victoria (1) 168-2 (Lee 70*, Miller 52*); 3rd day: South Australia (2) 65-2 (Badcock 12*, Hamence 20*). C.L.Badcock’s 120 took 174 minutes and included 9 fours. R.A.Hamence’s 130 took 231 minutes and included 12 fours. C.L.Badcock’s 102 took 148 minutes and included 10 fours. R.A.Hamence’s 103 took 130 minutes and included 8 fours. 78