First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

SOUTH AUSTRALIA v VICTORIA Played at Adelaide Oval, December 25, 26, 27, 28, 1940. South Australia won by 175 runs. SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1 C.L.Badcock c Sievers b Dempster 25 c Dudley b Sievers 172 2 K.L.Ridings run out (Hassett/Baker) 0 c Hassett b Sievers 17 3 *D.G.Bradman c Sievers b Dudley 0 b Sievers 6 4 R.A.Hamence c Baker b Dudley 85 c Baker b Dempster 62 5 B.H.Leak c Ring b Sievers 12 b Dudley 6 6 M.G.Waite lbw b Sievers 2 c Johnson b Dempster 20 7 P.L.Ridings lbw b Ring 2 lbw b Ring 90 8 †C.W.Walker c Baker b Johnson 40 c Meikle b Ring 4 9 C.V.Grimmett run out 2 (10) c and b Johnson 31 10 F.A.Ward c Hassett b Sievers 10 (9) c Baker b Dempster 4 11 H.N.J.Cotton not out 9 not out 2 Extras b 1, lb 2, nb 1 4 b 1, lb 4, nb 2 7 —— —— 191 421 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-1, 3-61, 4-97, 5-101, 6-106, 7-154, 8-173, 9-175, 10-191 FoW (2): 1-30, 2-36, 3-222, 4-240, 5-281, 6-303, 7-314, 8-323, 9-385, 10-421 VICTORIA 1 I.S.Lee b Waite 0 c Badcock b P.L.Ridings 1 2 G.E.Tamblyn c Waite b Cotton 0 st Walker b Grimmett 10 3 D.T.Ring c Cotton b Grimmett 72 (9) run out 24 4 R.A.Dempster lbw b Cotton 3 (3) c Waite b Grimmett 10 5 *A.L.Hassett b Cotton 7 (4) b Ward 113 6 D.H.Fothergill c Walker b P.L.Ridings 18 (5) b Ward 14 7 M.W.Sievers st Walker b Ward 14 (8) c Waite b Ward 31 8 G.S.Meikle lbw b Grimmett 12 (6) c Leak b Waite 13 9 I.W.G.Johnson c Walker b Cotton 29 (7) b Grimmett 27 10 †E.A.Baker not out 13 not out 14 11 W.J.Dudley c Leak b Grimmett 0 b Grimmett 5 Extras b 1, lb 3 4 lb 2, nb 1 3 —— —— 172 265 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-7, 3-12, 4-26, 5-56, 6-79, 7-100, 8-152, 9-172, 10-172 FoW (2): 1-5, 2-22, 3-23, 4-82, 5-109, 6-189, 7-195, 8-231, 9-253, 10-265 Victoria Bowling O M R W O M R W Dudley 7 0 34 2 11 2 38 1 1nb Sievers 11.4 1 45 3 1nb 25 1 104 3 1nb Ring 9 1 32 1 (5) 11 0 67 2 Johnson 3 0 8 1 8 0 66 1 Dempster 6 0 21 1 (3) 15 1 66 3 Meikle 8 0 47 0 4 0 26 0 Fothergill (7) 6 0 40 0 Hassett (8) 1 0 7 0 South Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Cotton 11 0 39 4 (5) 8 0 30 0 Waite 7 2 15 1 14 2 37 1 Grimmett 12.7 1 54 3 24.3 3 75 4 P.L.Ridings 3 1 5 1 (1) 8 1 34 1 1nb Ward 10 0 55 1 (4) 22 3 86 3 Umpires: J.D.Scott and L.A.Smith. Toss: South Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Victoria (1) 7-2 (Ring 6*); 2nd day: South Australia (2) 222-3 (Badcock 133*, Leak 0*); 3rd day: Victoria (2) 77-3 (Hassett 41*, Fothergill 14*). C.L.Badcock’s 172 took 217 minutes and included 21 fours and 1 six. A.L.Hassett’s 113 took 142 minutes and included 4 fours and 1 six. 12th Men: T.E.Klose (SA) and M.R.Harvey (Vic). 85