FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

CEYLON v AUSTRALIAN SERVICES Played at Colombo Oval, December 14, 15, 1945. Australian Services won by an innings and 44 runs. AUSTRALIAN SERVICES 1 J.A.Workman b Selvadurai 18 2 J.Pettiford b Spittel 16 3 R.M.Stanford c McCarthy b de Kretser 20 4 K.R.Miller b Jayawickreme 132 5 *A.L.Hassett b Heyn 57 6 C.G.Pepper c Navaratne b de Kretser 15 7 D.R.Cristofani c de Saram b Heyn 28 8 †S.G.Sismey lbw b Spittel 3 9 C.F.T.Price c Spittel b Selvadurai 10 10 A.W.Roper c Spittel b de Kretser 0 11 R.S.Ellis not out 0 Extras 7 —— 306 FoW (1): 1-34 (2), 2-34 (1), 3-126 (3), 4-247 (4), 5-261 (5), 6-276 (6), 7-294 (7), 8-297 (8), 9-304 (10), 10-306 (9) CEYLON 1 R.Fernando c Ellis b Roper 12 b Miller 0 2 F.C.de Saram c Sismey b Roper 3 b Pepper 23 3 H.S.Roberts c Price b Pepper 5 c Roper b Hassett 13 4 M.Sathasivam c Cristofani b Miller 10 c Miller b Hassett 4 5 A.J.N.D.Selvadurai lbw b Ellis 16 (9) b Pepper 23 6 *S.S.Jayawickreme b Ellis 31 (5) b Pepper 23 7 P.C.D.McCarthy b Ellis 0 st Sismey b Ellis 12 8 B.R.Heyn c Cristofani b Ellis 0 lbw b Ellis 50 9 G.M.Spittel run out 1 (6) c Hassett b Ellis 6 10 †B.Navaratne not out 12 not out 1 11 R.L.de Kretser c Price b Ellis 9 st Sismey b Pepper 0 Extras 4 4 —— —— 103 159 FoW (1): 1-8 (2), 2-20 (1), 3-20 (3), 4-34 (4), 5-64 (5), 6-76 (7), 7-76 (8), 8-81 (6), 9-82 (9), 10-103 (11) FoW (2): 1-2 (1), 2-21 (3), 3-29 (4), 4-64 (5), 5-69 (2), 6-77 (6), 7-88 (7), 8-151 (8), 9-159 (9), 10-159 (11) Ceylon Bowling O M R W Selvadurai 18.4 1 58 2 Spittel 21 4 71 2 Heyn 21 3 42 2 Jayawickreme 12 2 39 1 de Kretser 26 2 89 3 Australian Services Bowling O M R W O M R W Miller 10 2 23 1 7 2 14 1 Roper 10 3 9 2 Pepper 12 2 36 1 (4) 7.3 1 46 4 Cristofani 3 0 6 0 (7) 3 0 12 0 Ellis 7 1 25 5 14 3 32 3 Hassett (2) 10 4 10 2 Price (3) 4 0 21 0 Pettiford (6) 5 1 20 0 Umpires: D.S.de Soysa and H.E.W.de Zylva. Toss: Australian Services Close of Play: 1st day: Ceylon (1) 24-3 (Sathasivam 0*, Selvadurai 4*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. K.R.Miller’s 132 took 172 minutes and included 12 fours. 14