First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

HAMPSHIRE v AUSTRALIANS Played at County Ground, Southampton, June 2, 3, 4, 1948. Australians won by eight wickets. HAMPSHIRE 1 J.Arnold b Loxton 48 c Johnson b Johnston 42 2 N.H.Rogers c Barnes b Johnston 19 c Hassett b Miller 4 3 G.W.Dawson c Barnes b Johnson 11 st Saggers b Johnston 6 4 C.G.A.Paris c Johnson b Johnston 1 b Miller 1 5 J.Bailey lbw b Johnston 25 lbw b Johnston 0 6 *E.D.R.Eagar lbw b Johnson 15 b Miller 0 7 G.Hill c Miller b Johnston 33 c and b Miller 23 8 †C.J.Andrews b Johnston 4 c and b Johnston 10 9 V.J.Ransom b Ring 11 b Miller 0 10 O.W.Herman b Johnston 1 b Johnston 0 11 C.J.Knott not out 1 not out 1 Extras b 16, lb 8, nb 2 26 b 4, lb 12 16 —— —— 195 103 FoW (1): 1-36 (2), 2-65 (3), 3-72 (4), 4-116 (5), 5-123 (1), 6-148 (6), 7-167 (8), 8-189 (9), 9-194 (10), 10-195 (7) FoW (2): 1-17 (2), 2-26 (3), 3-33 (4), 4-36 (5), 5-45 (6), 6-77 (1), 7-95 (8), 8-100 (9), 9-101 (7), 10-103 AUSTRALIANS 1 W.A.Brown c Ransom b Herman 0 not out 81 2 S.G.Barnes lbw b Bailey 20 lbw b Knott 0 3 *A.L.Hassett lbw b Knott 26 (4) not out 27 4 K.R.Miller b Knott 39 5 S.J.E.Loxton lbw b Bailey 0 6 R.A.Hamence b Knott 5 7 I.W.G.Johnson b Bailey 2 (3) b Hill 74 8 R.N.Harvey c Hill b Bailey 1 9 †R.A.Saggers c Arnold b Knott 17 10 D.T.Ring c Dawson b Knott 0 11 W.A.Johnston not out 2 Extras b 4, nb 1 5 —— —— 117 (2 wickets) 182 FoW (1): 1-6 (1), 2-38 (2), 3-70 (3), 4-71 (5), 5-91 (4), 6-96 (7), 7-98 (8), 8-98 (6), 9-98 (10), 10-117 (9) FoW (2): 1-0 (2), 2-105 (3) Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Miller 19 6 39 0 12.5 4 25 5 Johnston 38.4 14 74 6 1nb 21 7 43 5 Johnson 17 6 35 2 (4) 4 1 13 0 Barnes 1 1 0 0 Ring 7 1 19 1 Loxton 3 1 2 1 1nb (3) 5 3 6 0 Hampshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Herman 8 2 18 1 1nb (3) 6 0 22 0 Ransom 5 2 10 0 Knott 16.2 2 57 5 (1) 19 3 55 1 Bailey 17 6 27 4 (2) 18.5 2 91 0 Hill (4) 6 1 14 1 Umpires: D.Davies and E.Robinson. Toss: Hampshire Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 54-2 (Hassett 18*, Miller 11*); 2nd day: Hampshire (2) 5-0 (Arnold 3*, Rogers 0*). 181