First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

SOUTH AUSTRALIA v NEW SOUTH WALES Played at Adelaide Oval, December 19, 20, 21, 23, 1946. Match drawn. (Points: South Australia 3, New South Wales 1) SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1 R.J.Craig c Saggers b Lush 2 c Livingston b Cristofani 38 2 K.G.Gogler c Carmody b Cristofani 28 c and b Beath 75 3 R.A.Hamence c Saggers b Beath 132 not out 101 4 R.V.James c Cristofani b Beath 62 5 *P.L.Ridings lbw b Suppel 166 6 R.M.Stanford b Pettiford 56 7 V.R.Gibson st Saggers b Pettiford 33 8 B.Dooland c Lush b Pettiford 55 (4) not out 17 9 K.I.O’Neill run out (Grieves) 0 10 G.Noblet lbw b Carmody 34 11 †W.Englefield not out 13 Extras b 5, lb 9, nb 8 22 b 6, lb 1, nb 5 12 —— —— 603 (2 wickets, declared) 243 FoW (1): 1-2 (1), 2-77 (2), 3-233 (4), 4-242 (3), 5-402 (6), 6-478 (7), 7-506 (5), 8-507 (9), 9-574 (10), 10-603 (8) FoW (2): 1-78 (1), 2-206 (2) NEW SOUTH WALES 1 D.K.Carmody b Gibson 93 b O’Neill 4 2 L.Livingston c Englefield b Ridings 42 b Ridings 23 3 E.W.Lukeman b Noblet 118 (5) c Gibson b Dooland 0 4 N.R.J.Beath lbw b Dooland 17 5 J.Pettiford c Englefield b Dooland 0 (4) c Gogler b Dooland 20 6 *J.G.Lush c James b Gibson 41 not out 33 7 J.Moroney lbw b Craig 28 lbw b Gibson 4 8 †R.A.Saggers b Dooland 20 not out 10 9 K.J.Grieves c Gibson b Noblet 30 10 D.R.Cristofani c Ridings b Dooland 21 (3) b O’Neill 0 11 J.T.Suppel not out 29 Extras b 17, lb 3, nb 2 22 b 4, nb 1 5 —— —— 461 (6 wickets) 99 FoW (1): 1-138 (2), 2-152 (1), 3-195 (4), 4-195 (5), 5-292 (6), 6-346 (7), 7-364 (3), 8-386 (8), 9-412 (10), 10-461 (9) FoW (2): 1-18 (1), 2-18 (3), 3-36 (2), 4-37 (5), 5-68 (4), 6-79 (7) New South Wales Bowling O M R W O M R W Lush 19 0 109 1 2nb 11 3 39 0 2nb Beath 26 6 59 2 3nb 10 4 20 1 2nb Cristofani 20 1 76 1 15 0 55 1 Pettiford 39.5 0 195 3 3nb 15 2 46 0 1nb Suppel 29 5 95 1 (6) 5 0 34 0 Grieves 4 0 23 0 (7) 1 0 8 0 Carmody 7 0 24 1 (5) 6 0 29 0 South Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W O’Neill 17 0 87 0 2nb 4 2 16 2 1nb Noblet 16.1 2 57 2 Dooland 36 1 173 4 11 1 25 2 Gibson 23 10 71 2 (2) 8 2 24 1 Ridings 14 2 32 1 (4) 4 0 15 1 Craig 5 1 19 1 (5) 3 0 12 0 Gogler (6) 1 0 2 0 Umpires: G.S.Cooper and L.A.Smith. Toss: South Australia Close of Play: 1st day: South Australia (1) 353-4 (Ridings 73*, Stanford 41*); 2nd day: New South Wales (1) 164-2 (Lukeman 14*, Beath 7*); 3rd day: South Australia (2) 5-0 (Craig 0*, Gogler 5*). R.A.Hamence’s 132 took 217 minutes and included 16 fours. P.L.Ridings’s 166 took 260 minutes and included 15 fours and 1 six. E.W.Lukeman’s 118 took 222 minutes and included 13 fours. R.A.Hamence’s 101 took 126 minutes and included 12 fours. SOUTHERN PUNJAB v NORTH WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE Played at Baradari Ground, Patiala, December 19, 20, 21, 22, 1946. Southern Punjab won by a walk-over. 34