FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

VICTORIA v SOUTH AUSTRALIA Played at St Kilda Cricket Ground, Melbourne, January 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 1946. Match drawn. VICTORIA 1 G.E.Tamblyn b Ridings 15 b Mann 18 2 K.D.Meuleman lbw b Noblet 10 b Dooland 150 3 D.H.Fothergill c Craig b Mann 15 (4) b Dooland 45 4 R.R.Walker c Symonds b Ridings 2 (5) c and b Dooland 3 5 *P.J.Beames c Ridings b Dooland 27 (6) c Michael b Dooland 18 6 M.W.Sievers c Hamence b Dooland 14 (3) lbw b Dooland 5 7 I.W.G.Johnson c and b Dooland 39 run out 2 8 †B.A.Barnett b Waite 30 c and b Dooland 0 9 G.E.Tribe c Ridings b Mann 20 c Webb b Noblet 6 10 F.A.W.Freer not out 3 not out 15 11 W.A.Johnston c Bennett b Mann 1 c Symonds b Noblet 5 Extras b 6, lb 4 10 b 7, lb 2 9 —— —— 186 276 FoW (1): 1-21, 2-36, 3-40, 4-58, 5-89, 6-94, 7-142, 8-180, 9-182, 10-186 FoW (2): 1-44, 2-63, 3-193, 4-199, 5-244, 6-249, 7-249, 8-256, 9-265, 10-276 SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1 R.J.Craig c Sievers b Johnston 0 c and b Fothergill 93 2 C.R.Webb c Freer b Johnston 3 c and b Tribe 13 3 R.A.Hamence c Johnson b Freer 6 c and b Johnson 56 4 *F.C.Bennett run out (Beames) 1 b Freer 0 5 L.Michael st Barnett b Johnson 15 b Freer 0 6 P.L.Ridings c Barnett b Freer 0 (7) not out 27 7 †C.Symonds b Tribe 12 8 M.G.Waite c Fothergill b Johnson 25 (6) b Johnston 7 9 J.L.Mann st Barnett b Tribe 0 10 B.Dooland c Walker b Johnson 4 (8) lbw b Tribe 6 11 G.Noblet not out 1 (9) not out 2 Extras b 7, nb 2 9 lb 5, nb 1 6 —— —— 76 (7 wickets) 210 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-9, 3-9, 4-11, 5-21, 6-35, 7-67, 8-69, 9-74, 10-76 FoW (2): 1-32, 2-136, 3-139, 4-141, 5-154, 6-183, 7-200 South Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Noblet 17 5 42 1 13.5 0 54 2 Waite 14 0 31 1 (5) 10 1 46 0 Ridings 6 1 19 2 (2) 6 0 29 0 Mann 10.2 1 27 3 (3) 12 4 23 1 Dooland 17 4 57 3 (4) 23 1 115 6 Victoria Bowling O M R W O M R W Johnston 7 4 9 2 1nb 17 1 48 1 Freer 6 1 15 2 18 5 32 2 1nb Tribe 8 1 14 2 (4) 17 2 56 2 Johnson 13.4 3 18 3 (5) 14 1 38 1 Sievers 5 1 11 0 1nb (3) 7 1 15 0 Fothergill (6) 4 0 15 1 Umpires: A.N.Barlow and R.J.J.Wright. Toss: Victoria Close of Play: 1st day: No play; 2nd day: No play; 3rd day: South Australia (1) 35-5 (Michael 15*, Symonds 4*); 4th day: Victoria (2) 276 all out. The match was scheduled for four days but extended to five. K.D.Meuleman’s 150 took 208 minutes and included 9 fours. B.Dooland took a hat-trick in the Victoria second innings (Beames, Meuleman, Barnett). An additional day was scheduled after the first two days were washed out. 12th Men: K.W.Stackpole (Vic) and T.E.Klose (SA). 53