First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

LEICESTERSHIRE v AUSTRALIANS Played at Grace Road, Leicester, May 1, 3, 4, 1948. Australians won by an innings and 171 runs. AUSTRALIANS 1 S.G.Barnes lbw b Sperry 78 2 W.A.Brown b Jackson 26 3 K.R.Miller not out 202 4 *D.G.Bradman c Corrall b Etherington 81 5 R.N.Harvey lbw b Walsh 12 6 R.A.Hamence st Corrall b Walsh 7 7 S.J.E.Loxton lbw b Jackson 4 8 I.W.G.Johnson c Lester b Jackson 6 9 †R.A.Saggers c Lester b Jackson 6 10 D.T.Ring run out 2 11 W.A.Johnston st Corrall b Jackson 12 Extras b 10, nb 2 12 —— 448 FoW (1): 1-46 (2), 2-157 (1), 3-316 (4), 4-344 (5), 5-373 (6), 6-393 (7), 7-397 (8), 8-407 (9), 9-411 (10), 10-448 (11) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *G.L.Berry b Loxton 1 c Miller b Johnson 20 2 G.Lester c Saggers b Ring 19 c Ring b Johnson 40 3 F.T.Prentice c Barnes b Johnson 22 c and b Johnson 3 4 M.Tompkin lbw b Ring 15 c Johnston b Johnson 5 5 V.E.Jackson c Brown b Johnson 17 not out 31 6 W.B.Cornock run out 10 b Johnson 6 7 T.A.Chapman c Loxton b Ring 4 c Saggers b Johnson 16 8 J.E.Walsh c Loxton b Ring 33 lbw b Johnston 1 9 M.W.Etherington not out 0 b Johnson 0 10 †P.Corrall run out 0 c Bradman b Miller 8 11 J.Sperry c Barnes b Ring 0 b Miller 13 Extras b 4, lb 5 9 b 2, lb 1, w 1 4 —— —— 130 147 FoW (1): 1-1 (1), 2-34 (2), 3-56 (4), 4-74 (3), 5-79 (5), 6-90 (7), 7-130 (8), 8-130 (6), 9-130 (10), 10-130 (11) FoW (2): 1-45 (1), 2-66 (2), 3-77 (3), 4-77 (4), 5-83 (6), 6-113 (7), 7-116 (8), 8-117 (9), 9-131 (10), 10-147 (11) Leicestershire Bowling O M R W Sperry 27 5 84 1 1nb Etherington 26 2 94 1 Cornock 3 0 13 0 Jackson 37.2 3 91 5 Walsh 29 0 125 2 Lester 7 0 29 0 1nb Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Johnston 6 0 15 0 27 10 42 1 Loxton 6 1 11 1 7 3 12 0 Johnson 23 9 50 2 (5) 21 8 42 7 Ring 22.5 9 45 5 (3) 11 2 26 0 1w Barnes (4) 4 0 11 0 Miller (6) 4.1 1 10 2 Umpires: A.Skelding and C.N.Woolley. Toss: Australians Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 407-8 (Miller 175*, Ring 0*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 113-5 (Jackson 19*, Chapman 16*). K.R.Miller’s 202 took 325 minutes. 115