FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

WESTERN AUSTRALIA v AUSTRALIAN SERVICES Played at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth, December 24, 26, 27, 1945. Match drawn. WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 J.A.Shea b Pepper 40 b Pettiford 14 2 *D.C.McKenzie c Price b Cristofani 88 3 G.D.Robinson lbw b Pepper 4 (2) c Williams b Cristofani 75 4 L.H.Bandy c Bremner b Pettiford 32 not out 21 5 E.J.England run out 23 (3) not out 25 6 M.U.Herbert run out 5 7 K.S.Jeffreys c Roper b Pettiford 49 8 J.Epstein b Pepper 33 9 †G.T.Kessey not out 22 10 C.W.Puckett c Whitington b Pepper 12 11 K.R.Cumming c Pepper b Pettiford 4 Extras b 5, lb 4, w 1, nb 1 11 b 8, lb 1 9 —— —— 323 (2 wickets) 144 FoW (1): 1-93, 2-101, 3-153, 4-187, 5-193, 6-198, 7-278, 8-296, 9-317, 10-323 FoW (2): 1-41, 2-111 AUSTRALIAN SERVICES 1 R.S.Whitington lbw b Herbert 41 2 D.K.Carmody c Cumming b Puckett 22 3 J.Pettiford b Epstein 36 4 C.F.T.Price c Puckett b Herbert 2 5 E.A.Williams b Epstein 61 6 *A.L.Hassett b Epstein 2 7 K.R.Miller b Cumming 80 8 C.G.Pepper c Bandy b Puckett 17 9 D.R.Cristofani c Herbert b Cumming 0 10 A.W.Roper c McKenzie b Cumming 16 11 †C.D.Bremner not out 0 Extras b 17, lb 6, w 1 24 —— 301 FoW (1): 1-35, 2-79, 3-81, 4-131, 5-135, 6-256, 7-275, 8-275, 9-300, 10-301 Australian Services Bowling O M R W O M R W Miller 6 0 29 0 Roper 7 1 37 0 1w (1) 3 0 9 0 Pepper 23 0 117 4 4 0 20 0 Cristofani 17 1 56 1 (6) 6 0 28 1 Pettiford 11 0 54 3 (4) 3 0 14 1 Price 2 0 7 0 (5) 7 1 34 0 Williams 3 0 12 0 1nb (2) 3 0 22 0 Carmody (7) 2 0 8 0 Whitington (8) 1 1 0 0 Western Australia Bowling O M R W Puckett 25 1 86 2 Cumming 24.1 2 74 3 Epstein 15 6 33 3 Herbert 15 1 65 2 1w Jeffreys 4 0 19 0 Umpires: J.P.Robbins and E.T.Tonkinson. Toss: Western Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Western Australia (1) 70-0 (Shea 29*, McKenzie 40*); 2nd day: Australian Services (1) 87-3 (Pettiford 15*, Williams 6*). 12th Men: R.H.Menkens (WA) and S.G.Sismey (Services). 31