First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

AUSTRALIAN XI v INDIANS Played at Sydney Cricket Ground, November 14, 15, 17, 18, 1947. Indians won by 47 runs. INDIANS 1 M.H.Mankad c Miller b Johnston 3 c Saggers b Dooland 34 2 C.T.Sarwate c Saggers b Miller 32 c Bradman b Johnston 58 3 Gul Mohammad c Saggers b Loxton 85 b Dooland 20 4 V.S.Hazare run out (Loxton/Saggers) 38 c Saggers b Miller 15 5 *L.Amarnath b Loxton 10 b Johnston 7 6 H.R.Adhikari c Saggers b Johnston 4 c Loxton b Johnston 46 7 K.M.Rangnekar b Loxton 6 c Harvey b Johnston 13 8 G.Kishenchand not out 75 not out 63 9 S.W.Sohoni run out (Herbert/Saggers) 14 (10) b Loxton 31 10 C.S.Nayudu c Hamence b Dooland 3 (11) not out 3 11 †J.K.Irani lbw b Dooland 43 (9) run out 0 Extras b 6, lb 7 13 b 2, lb 12 14 —— —— 326 (9 wickets, declared) 304 FoW (1): 1-11, 2-81, 3-161, 4-163, 5-169, 6-177, 7-184, 8-210, 9-229, 10-326 FoW (2): 1-69, 2-109, 3-130, 4-141, 5-142, 6-183, 7-238, 8-238, 9-295 AUSTRALIAN XI 1 W.A.Brown c Hazare b Sohoni 8 run out (Mankad) 30 2 R.E.Rogers run out (Hazare) 16 b Mankad 31 3 *D.G.Bradman c Amarnath b Hazare 172 c Sarwate b Mankad 26 4 K.R.Miller b Mankad 86 st Irani b Mankad 13 5 R.A.Hamence c Hazare b Sohoni 27 c Amarnath b Mankad 2 6 R.N.Harvey c Mankad b Hazare 32 not out 56 7 S.J.E.Loxton c Irani b Sohoni 0 lbw b Mankad 6 8 †R.A.Saggers c Irani b Sohoni 1 b Mankad 0 9 B.Dooland lbw b Mankad 5 c Kishenchand b Mankad 31 10 M.U.Herbert not out 26 c Gul Mohammad b Amarnath 1 11 W.A.Johnston c Irani b Amarnath 2 c Sohoni b Mankad 2 Extras b 3, lb 2 5 b 5 5 —— —— 380 203 FoW (1): 1-11, 2-31, 3-283, 4-287, 5-346, 6-346, 7-346, 8-348, 9-366, 10-380 FoW (2): 1-60, 2-64, 3-85, 4-91, 5-120, 6-130, 7-130, 8-196, 9-198, 10-203 Australian XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Loxton 22 3 70 3 (2) 25 9 43 1 Johnston 24 5 70 2 (1) 31 9 71 4 Dooland 15.1 0 58 2 (5) 26 4 76 2 Miller 13 0 36 1 9 1 24 1 Herbert 17 0 73 0 (3) 15 1 76 0 Hamence 2 0 6 0 Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Sohoni 17 2 89 4 4 0 31 0 Amarnath 15.1 2 53 1 11 0 54 1 Mankad 24 2 93 2 12 0 84 8 Sarwate 16 0 51 0 2 0 24 0 Nayudu 4 0 19 0 Kishenchand 1 0 3 0 Hazare 14 1 67 2 Gul Mohammad (5) 1 0 5 0 Umpires: G.E.Borwick and W.J.Callum. Toss: Indians Close of Play: 1st day: Indians (1) 292-9 (Kishenchand 57*, Irani 29*); 2nd day: Australian XI (1) 342-4 (Hamence 25*, Harvey 30*); 3rd day: Indians (2) 172-5 (Adhikari 23*, Rangnekar 7*). D.G.Bradman’s 172 took 177 minutes and included 18 fours and 1 six. He scored 90 runs between lunch and tea (11* to 101*). It was his 100th first-class hundred. In the Australian XI second innings, W.A.Brown was run out by bowler M.H.Mankad when caught out of his ground backing up at the bowler’s end before the bowler had made his delivery. 12