First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

M.C.C. v AUSTRALIANS Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, May 22, 24, 25, 1948. Australians won by an innings and 158 runs. AUSTRALIANS 1 S.G.Barnes c Edrich b Cranston 81 2 A.R.Morris lbw b Edrich 5 3 *D.G.Bradman c Edrich b Deighton 98 4 A.L.Hassett lbw b Young 51 5 K.R.Miller c Donnelly b Laker 163 6 W.A.Brown c Cranston b Laker 26 7 I.W.G.Johnson lbw b Laker 80 8 C.L.McCool c Edrich b Young 0 9 †D.Tallon b Young 11 10 R.R.Lindwall not out 29 11 E.R.H.Toshack c Compton b Young 2 Extras b 4, lb 2 6 —— 552 FoW (1): 1-11 (2), 2-171 (1), 3-200 (3), 4-280 (4), 5-343 (6), 6-498 (5), 7-498 (8), 8-512 (7), 9-532 (9), 10-552 (11) M.C.C. 1 L.Hutton c Hassett b Toshack 52 lbw b Johnson 64 2 J.D.B.Robertson c Tallon b Miller 6 c Barnes b Miller 0 3 W.J.Edrich c Tallon b Miller 4 lbw b Toshack 25 4 D.C.S.Compton c Tallon b Toshack 26 c Johnson b Lindwall 20 5 M.P.Donnelly lbw b Toshack 5 st Tallon b Johnson 16 6 *N.W.D.Yardley b Lindwall 17 c Bradman b McCool 24 7 K.Cranston c Hassett b Toshack 21 b Johnson 12 8 †S.C.Griffith b Toshack 7 not out 10 9 J.H.G.Deighton c Barnes b Toshack 0 b McCool 5 10 J.C.Laker not out 16 c Morris b McCool 4 11 J.A.Young c Lindwall b Miller 12 st Tallon b McCool 11 Extras b 16, lb 6, nb 1 23 b 10, lb 4 14 —— —— 189 205 FoW (1): 1-11 (2), 2-17 (3), 3-91 (4), 4-103 (5), 5-104 (1), 6-144 (6), 7-148 (7), 8-159 (9), 9-166 (8), 10-189 (11) FoW (2): 1-0 (2), 2-40 (3), 3-93 (4), 4-128 (5), 5-133 (1), 6-159 (7), 7-177 (6), 8-187 (9), 9-191 (10), 10-205 (11) M.C.C. Bowling O M R W Edrich 23 1 110 1 Deighton 22 4 88 1 Cranston 26 6 69 1 Young 55.2 12 147 4 Laker 37 10 127 3 Compton 3 1 5 0 Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 13 4 44 1 10 2 24 1 Miller 10.4 2 28 3 10 0 37 1 Toshack 27 8 51 6 15 3 43 1 Johnson 12 2 43 0 (5) 14 3 37 3 Barnes (4) 4 0 15 0 McCool (6) 7.2 0 35 4 Umpires: F.Chester and D.Davies. Toss: Australians Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 407-5 (Miller 114*, Johnson 26*); 2nd day: M.C.C. (2) 27-1 (Hutton 12*, Edrich 13*). K.R.Miller’s 163 took 250 minutes and included 20 fours and 3 sixes. 160