First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

WESTERN AUSTRALIA v SOUTH AUSTRALIA Played at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth, November 14, 15, 17, 1947. Western Australia won by an innings and 124 runs. (Points: Western Australia 5, South Australia 0) WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 *D.K.Carmody c Watts b Noblet 198 2 A.R.Edwards c Vaughton b Oswald 21 3 G.D.Robinson lbw b Watts 90 4 F.J.Buttsworth b Oswald 0 5 A.D.Watt c Ridings b Craig 43 6 C.W.Langdon b Noblet 21 7 L.H.Bandy lbw b O’Neill 23 8 †G.T.Kessey c Noblet b Watts 12 9 T.E.O’Dwyer not out 5 10 C.W.Puckett c Oswald b Watts 13 11 K.R.Cumming b Noblet 1 Extras b 7, lb 10 17 —— 444 FoW (1): 1-42 (2), 2-201 (3), 3-202 (4), 4-285 (5), 5-334 (6), 6-382 (7), 7-425 (8), 8-425 (1), 9-442 (10), 10-444 (11) SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1 R.D.Niehuus c Bandy b O’Dwyer 17 b Langdon 65 2 R.J.Craig b O’Dwyer 25 c O’Dwyer b Puckett 7 3 R.V.James c Kessey b Puckett 27 c Kessey b Puckett 23 4 *P.L.Ridings c Carmody b O’Dwyer 11 (5) b O’Dwyer 0 5 R.M.Stanford lbw b O’Dwyer 9 (6) b Langdon 71 6 K.J.Bagshaw b Puckett 0 (4) c Bandy b O’Dwyer 17 7 †R.W.Vaughton lbw b Puckett 4 b Langdon 1 8 G.Noblet lbw b O’Dwyer 6 c Langdon b Bandy 7 9 C.A.Watts b Watt 4 c Puckett b Langdon 5 10 K.I.O’Neill not out 2 c Puckett b O’Dwyer 6 11 N.H.Oswald b Watt 0 not out 4 Extras b 2, lb 2 4 b 2, lb 2, w 1 5 —— —— 109 211 FoW (1): 1-31 (1), 2-56 (2), 3-74 (4), 4-85 (3), 5-85 (6), 6-91 (7), 7-98 (5), 8-107 (8), 9-109 (9), 10-109 (11) FoW (2): 1-14 (2), 2-48 (3), 3-78 (4), 4-78 (5), 5-157 (1), 6-165 (7), 7-194 (8), 8-194 (6), 9-199 (9), 10-211 (10) South Australia Bowling O M R W O’Neill 19 0 84 1 Noblet 23.4 2 68 3 Ridings 6 1 21 0 Oswald 31 0 132 2 Watts 24 1 89 3 Craig 9 1 33 1 Western Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Puckett 23 7 47 3 21 4 58 2 Cumming 11 5 9 0 12 1 39 0 1w O’Dwyer 19 2 47 5 31.6 13 56 3 Watt 1.4 0 2 2 (5) 2 1 1 0 Bandy (4) 13 5 24 1 Langdon (6) 13 5 28 4 Umpires: J.P.Robbins and E.T.Tonkinson. Toss: Western Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Western Australia (1) 375-5 (Carmody 166*, Bandy 19*); 2nd day: South Australia (2) 9-0 (Niehuus 4*, Craig 5*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. D.K.Carmody’s 198 took 385 minutes and included 10 fours. 15