First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

SURREY v AUSTRALIANS Played at Kennington Oval, May 8, 10, 11, 1948. Australians won by an innings and 296 runs. AUSTRALIANS 1 S.G.Barnes lbw b Squires 176 2 A.R.Morris lbw b McMahon 65 3 *D.G.Bradman b Bedser 146 4 A.L.Hassett b Bedser 110 5 R.N.Harvey b McMahon 7 6 I.W.G.Johnson c Fishlock b Bedser 46 7 R.R.Lindwall b Bedser 4 8 †D.Tallon not out 50 9 D.T.Ring b McMahon 2 10 W.A.Johnston lbw b Laker 6 11 E.R.H.Toshack c and b McMahon 8 Extras b 6, lb 5, nb 1 12 —— 632 FoW (1): 1-136 (2), 2-343 (1), 3-403 (3), 4-444 (5), 5-543 (6), 6-553 (7), 7-568 (4), 8-582 (9), 9-599 (10), 10-632 (11) SURREY 1 L.B.Fishlock not out 81 c Tallon b Johnston 5 2 D.G.W.Fletcher b Lindwall 1 b Johnston 2 3 H.S.Squires lbw b Lindwall 3 c Harvey b Johnson 54 4 H.T.Barling c Ring b Johnson 10 retired hurt 10 5 M.R.Barton c Barnes b Johnson 4 c Johnston b Lindwall 15 6 †A.J.W.McIntyre c and b Ring 6 c Tallon b Toshack 23 7 *E.R.T.Holmes b Johnson 0 b Johnson 3 8 J.C.Laker b Ring 9 c Johnson b Johnston 20 9 A.V.Bedser c Morris b Ring 2 c Johnson b Johnston 20 10 W.S.Surridge c Harvey b Johnson 15 c Harvey b Johnson 20 11 J.W.J.McMahon lbw b Johnson 0 not out 0 Extras b 9, lb 1 10 b 15, lb 6, w 1, nb 1 23 —— —— 141 195 FoW (1): 1-7 (2), 2-15 (3), 3-40 (4), 4-52 (5), 5-65 (6), 6-66 (7), 7-95 (8), 8-103 (9), 9-124 (10), 10-141 (11) FoW (2): 1-4 (2), 2-11 (1), 3-62 (5), 4-129 (3), 5-132 (6), 6-132 (7), 7-172 (9), 8-187 (8), 9-195 (10) Surrey Bowling O M R W Bedser 40 9 104 4 1nb Surridge 26 4 86 0 Laker 37 4 137 1 Squires 10 0 62 1 McMahon 42.2 1 210 4 Holmes 4 0 21 0 Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 8 3 10 2 17 3 35 1 1nb Johnston 7 2 15 0 22 9 40 4 Toshack 10 4 19 0 15 3 35 1 Johnson 18.2 2 53 5 9.5 2 40 3 1w Ring 14 4 34 3 5 1 22 0 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and A.Skelding. Toss: Australians Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 479-4 (Hassett 61*, Johnson 19*); 2nd day: Surrey (2) 25-2 (Squires 3*, Barton 1*). S.G.Barnes’s 176 took 255 minutes and included 18 fours. D.G.Bradman’s 146 took 165 minutes and included 15 fours. H.T.Barling retired hurt in the Surrey second innings having scored 10 (team score 21-2). 131