FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

NEW SOUTH WALES v SOUTH AUSTRALIA Played at Sydney Cricket Ground, January 25, 26, 1946. New South Wales won by an innings and 51 runs. SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1 R.J.Craig b Lindwall 5 c Saggers b Lindwall 0 2 T.E.Klose b Lindwall 68 c Saggers b Toshack 2 3 R.A.Hamence c Gulliver b Lindwall 2 (4) c Saggers b Lindwall 0 4 C.L.B.Starr retired hurt 13 absent hurt 0 5 P.L.Ridings c Saggers b Lindwall 22 lbw b O’Reilly 19 6 *F.C.Bennett c Grieves b Lindwall 7 c Saggers b Lindwall 2 7 L.Michael c Barnes b Toshack 1 b O’Reilly 16 8 B.Dooland b O’Reilly 13 c Carroll b Toshack 23 9 †C.Symonds not out 9 (3) b Toshack 11 10 G.Noblet b O’Reilly 0 (9) b Lindwall 2 11 J.L.Mann c Barnes b Toshack 0 (10) not out 5 —— —— 140 80 FoW (1): 1-10, 2-14, 3-108, 4-111, 5-118, 6-118, 7-135, 8-139, 9-140 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-8, 3-9, 4-15, 5-24, 6-47, 7-62, 8-74, 9-80 NEW SOUTH WALES 1 S.G.Barnes lbw b Ridings 5 2 S.J.Carroll b Mann 16 3 †R.A.Saggers b Dooland 37 4 W.E.Alley not out 129 5 W.P.J.Donaldson c Bennett b Dooland 11 6 R.V.James lbw b Ridings 10 7 K.J.Grieves c Ridings b Dooland 9 8 R.R.Lindwall c and b Dooland 0 9 K.C.Gulliver lbw b Ridings 30 10 *W.J.O’Reilly c Symonds b Mann 3 11 E.R.H.Toshack c Symonds b Noblet 10 Extras b 2, lb 9 11 —— 271 FoW (1): 1-6, 2-41, 3-91, 4-115, 5-148, 6-175, 7-177, 8-225, 9-246, 10-271 New South Wales Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 14 2 42 5 10 1 35 4 Toshack 17.6 6 39 2 10.5 5 11 3 Alley 1 0 5 0 Gulliver 3 0 17 0 4 0 17 0 O’Reilly 7 1 37 2 (3) 5 0 17 2 South Australia Bowling O M R W Ridings 14 1 67 3 Noblet 15.7 2 56 1 Mann 13 1 45 2 Dooland 21 1 92 4 Umpires: G.E.Borwick and H.A.R.Elphinstone. Toss: South Australia Close of Play: 1st day: New South Wales (1) 180-7 (Alley 82*, Gulliver 2*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in two. W.E.Alley’s 129 took 211 minutes and included 13 fours. C.L.B.Starr retired hurt in the South Australia first innings having scored 13 (team score 36-2). 12th Men: L.Livingston (NSW) and C.R.Webb (SA). 57