First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

WESTERN AUSTRALIA v AUSTRALIAN XI Played at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth, March 13, 15, 16, 1948. Match drawn. WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 A.R.Edwards c Brown b Miller 57 (2) not out 21 2 *D.K.Carmody c Saggers b Johnson 15 (1) b Miller 5 3 T.M.Outridge c Saggers b Miller 9 b McCool 22 4 M.U.Herbert c and b Johnston 1 5 A.D.Watt b Johnston 32 not out 1 6 C.W.Langdon b McCool 112 7 B.A.Rigg c Johnson b Toshack 65 (4) b Johnson 6 8 †G.T.Kessey lbw b Toshack 3 9 T.E.O’Dwyer c Miller b Johnson 31 10 C.W.Puckett b McCool 14 11 K.R.Cumming not out 3 Extras b 4, lb 1, w 1 6 b 6, lb 1 7 —— —— 348 (3 wickets) 62 FoW (1): 1-36 (2), 2-73 (3), 3-82 (1), 4-87 (4), 5-138 (5), 6-157 (8), 7-228 (9), 8-286 (6), 9-342 (7), 10-348 (10) FoW (2): 1-6 (1), 2-43 (3), 3-60 (4) AUSTRALIAN XI 1 W.A.Brown c Cumming b Rigg 9 2 A.R.Morris c sub (A.W.Dick) b Langdon 115 3 *D.G.Bradman c Outridge b O’Dwyer 115 4 K.R.Miller c Kessey b Watt 43 5 R.N.Harvey run out (Rigg) 79 6 R.A.Hamence not out 33 7 C.L.McCool c Watt b O’Dwyer 18 8 I.W.G.Johnson c sub (A.W.Dick) b O’Dwyer 11 9 †R.A.Saggers not out 0 10 W.A.Johnston 11 E.R.H.Toshack Extras b 12, lb 7 19 —— (7 wickets, declared) 442 FoW (1): 1-48 (1), 2-249 (3), 3-255 (2), 4-367 (4), 5-383 (5), 6-416 (7), 7-436 (8) Australian XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Miller 18 6 36 2 1w 3 0 12 1 Johnston 21 3 57 2 4 0 14 0 Toshack 23 2 62 2 Johnson 20 3 72 2 (3) 6 2 9 1 McCool 18.7 1 115 2 (4) 5 0 20 1 Western Australia Bowling O M R W Cumming 29 9 60 0 Puckett 15.4 5 19 0 Rigg 7 0 65 1 O’Dwyer 23 4 99 3 Herbert 27 3 127 0 Watt 8 1 36 1 Langdon 5 0 17 1 Umpires: J.P.Robbins and E.T.Tonkinson. Toss: Western Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Western Australia (1) 289-8 (Rigg 21*, Puckett 2*); 2nd day: Australian XI (1) 257-3 (Miller 0*, Harvey 0*). C.W.Langdon’s 112 took 230 balls in 188 minutes and included 16 fours. A.R.Morris’s 115 took 230 balls in 214 minutes and included 15 fours. D.G.Bradman’s 115 took 166 balls in 141 minutes and included 16 fours. B.A.Rigg retired hurt in the Western Australia first innings having scored 5 (team score 149-5) - he returned when the score was 228-7. 105