First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

VICTORIA v SOUTH AUSTRALIA Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, March 1, 3, 4, 5, 1947. Match drawn. (Points: Victoria 2, South Australia 2) SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1 †R.J.Craig c Baker b Loxton 11 2 K.G.Gogler b Johnston 9 3 R.D.Niehuus c Jinks b Ring 29 4 R.V.James lbw b Johnston 60 5 *P.L.Ridings st Baker b Ring 7 6 R.M.Stanford b Ring 11 7 K.J.Bagshaw run out (R.N.Harvey/Baker) 27 8 V.R.Gibson run out (Fothergill/Jinks) 3 9 K.I.O’Neill c Jinks b Johnston 4 10 N.H.Oswald c Loxton b Ring 8 11 G.Noblet not out 34 Extras b 11, lb 8 19 —— 222 FoW (1): 1-9 (2), 2-32 (1), 3-76 (5), 4-83 (3), 5-108 (6), 6-121 (8), 7-129 (7), 8-135 (9), 9-167 (10), 10-222 (4) VICTORIA 1 *M.R.Harvey not out 3 2 K.D.Meuleman b O’Neill 0 3 D.H.Fothergill not out 3 4 S.J.E.Loxton 5 R.N.Harvey 6 W.A.Dick 7 D.T.Ring 8 F.A.W.Freer 9 †E.A.Baker 10 A.Jinks 11 W.A.Johnston —— (1 wicket) 6 FoW (1): 1-3 (2) Victoria Bowling O M R W Johnston 13 3 18 3 Freer 20 3 57 0 Loxton 5 2 8 1 Jinks 26 7 45 0 Ring 29 6 75 4 South Australia Bowling O M R W O’Neill 1 0 4 1 Noblet 0.7 0 2 0 Umpires: A.N.Barlow and R.J.J.Wright. Toss: South Australia Close of Play: 1st day: No play; 2nd day: South Australia (1) 219-9 (James 60*, Noblet 32*); 3rd day: Victoria (1) 6-1 (M.R.Harvey 3*, Fothergill 3*). There was no play on the final day. R.V.James retired hurt in the South Australia first innings having scored 13 (team had lost 2 wickets) - he returned when the score was 121-6. 97