First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

WORCESTERSHIRE v AUSTRALIANS Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, April 28, 29, 30, 1948. Australians won by an innings and 17 runs. WORCESTERSHIRE 1 D.Kenyon lbw b Lindwall 0 (2) st Tallon b McCool 17 2 E.Cooper c Hassett b Toshack 51 (1) lbw b Toshack 22 3 C.H.Palmer c Johnson b Toshack 85 st Tallon b McCool 34 4 R.E.S.Wyatt st Tallon b McCool 18 absent hurt 0 5 L.F.Outschoorn b Lindwall 1 (4) c Tallon b Barnes 54 6 *A.F.T.White c Tallon b Miller 1 c Barnes b McCool 11 7 R.O.Jenkins b Johnson 7 lbw b Johnson 21 8 R.Howorth not out 37 (5) lbw b McCool 0 9 R.T.D.Perks c Toshack b McCool 0 (8) c Barnes b Johnson 27 10 †H.Yarnold c Barnes b Johnson 15 (9) c Lindwall b Johnson 11 11 P.F.Jackson c Barnes b Johnson 1 (10) not out 9 Extras b 7, lb 10 17 b 4, lb 1, w 1 6 —— —— 233 212 FoW (1): 1-0 (1), 2-137 (3), 3-158 (2), 4-159 (5), 5-164 (6), 6-178 (7), 7-178 (4), 8-178 (9), 9-219 (10), 10-233 (11) FoW (2): 1-41 (2), 2-41 (1), 3-108 (3), 4-108 (5), 5-122 (6), 6-165 (4), 7-165 (7), 8-195 (9), 9-212 (8) AUSTRALIANS 1 S.G.Barnes lbw b Howorth 44 2 A.R.Morris c Jenkins b Jackson 138 3 *D.G.Bradman b Jackson 107 4 R.R.Lindwall lbw b Jackson 32 5 C.L.McCool b Jackson 0 6 †D.Tallon b Jackson 4 7 A.L.Hassett c Wyatt b Jackson 35 8 W.A.Brown st Yarnold b Howorth 25 9 K.R.Miller not out 50 10 I.W.G.Johnson not out 12 11 E.R.H.Toshack Extras b 6, lb 5, w 4 15 —— (8 wickets, declared) 462 FoW (1): 1-79 (1), 2-265 (3), 3-297 (2), 4-314 (5), 5-320 (6), 6-335 (4), 7-388 (7), 8-402 (8) Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 15 2 41 2 3 0 19 0 Miller 12 1 36 1 8 3 18 0 McCool 19 9 38 2 (4) 17 5 29 4 1w Toshack 14 3 39 2 (3) 18 8 40 1 Johnson 23 8 52 3 13.3 1 75 3 Barnes 9 6 10 0 8 2 25 1 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W Perks 26 3 95 0 Palmer 16 5 56 0 Wyatt 1 0 4 0 4w Jenkins 7 0 47 0 Jackson 39 4 135 6 Howorth 38 6 109 2 Outschoorn 1 0 1 0 Umpires: D.Davies and C.F.Root. Toss: Worcestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 10-0 (Barnes 6*, Morris 4*); 2nd day: Australians (1) 377-6 (Hassett 33*, Brown 12*). A.R.Morris’s 138 took 238 balls in 275 minutes and included 19 fours. D.G.Bradman’s 107 took 161 balls in 152 minutes and included 15 fours. 113