First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

YORKSHIRE v AUSTRALIANS Played at Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford, May 5, 6, 1948. Australians won by four wickets. YORKSHIRE 1 L.Hutton c Harvey b Miller 5 c Hamence b Johnston 11 2 H.Halliday b Johnston 15 c Brown b Miller 1 3 E.I.Lester c Brown b Miller 0 hit wkt b Johnston 16 4 W.Watson b Johnston 6 (5) b Johnston 1 5 A.Coxon b Johnston 14 (6) lbw b Johnston 9 6 T.F.Smailes c Brown b Miller 3 (7) b Miller 6 7 R.Aspinall c Harvey b Johnston 13 (4) b Miller 10 8 *A.B.Sellers c Brown b Miller 0 b Lindwall 21 9 J.H.Wardle b Miller 0 b Johnston 0 10 †D.V.Brennan not out 6 not out 3 11 E.P.Robinson c Lindwall b Miller 7 b Johnston 0 Extras lb 1, nb 1 2 b 11 11 —— —— 71 89 FoW (1): 1-21 (1), 2-22 (2), 3-22 (3), 4-40 (4), 5-45 (6), 6-49 (5), 7-50 (8), 8-50 (9), 9-58 (7), 10-71 (11) FoW (2): 1-16 (1), 2-17 (2), 3-42 (4), 4-42 (3), 5-47 (5), 6-62 (7), 7-66 (6), 8-72 (9), 9-88 (8), 10-89 (11) AUSTRALIANS 1 A.R.Morris c and b Smailes 17 c Hutton b Smailes 3 2 W.A.Brown lbw b Smailes 13 lbw b Smailes 2 3 *A.L.Hassett b Smailes 0 (4) c Sellers b Smailes 12 4 R.A.Hamence c Aspinall b Smailes 12 (5) run out 1 5 R.N.Harvey c Sellers b Robinson 7 (6) not out 18 6 K.R.Miller c Watson b Smailes 34 (3) c Halliday b Wardle 2 7 C.L.McCool st Brennan b Wardle 3 c and b Wardle 5 8 R.R.Lindwall b Smailes 0 9 †D.Tallon c Robinson b Wardle 10 (8) not out 17 10 W.A.Johnston not out 5 11 S.J.E.Loxton absent hurt 0 Extras b 3 3 —— —— 101 (6 wickets) 63 FoW (1): 1-24 (2), 2-24 (3), 3-30 (1), 4-38 (5), 5-74 (4), 6-78 (7), 7-86 (6), 8-86 (8), 9-101 (9) FoW (2): 1-4 (2), 2-5 (1), 3-13 (3), 4-20 (5), 5-20 (4), 6-31 (7) Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Johnston 26 14 22 4 (3) 15.2 7 18 6 Miller 23.3 7 42 6 (1) 16 3 49 3 Loxton 1 1 0 0 1nb Lindwall 4 1 5 0 (2) 5 1 11 1 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Aspinall 2 0 5 0 Coxon 2 0 3 0 Smailes 14 2 51 6 (2) 11.5 2 32 3 Wardle 8.1 2 28 2 (1) 12 1 28 2 Robinson 5 1 14 1 Umpires: E.Cooke and H.Elliott. Toss: Yorkshire Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 38-4 (Hamence 1*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. 121