First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

AUSTRALIA v INDIA Played at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, November 28, 29, December 1, 2, 3, 4, 1947. Australia won by an innings and 226 runs. AUSTRALIA 1 W.A.Brown c Irani b Amarnath 11 2 A.R.Morris hit wkt b Sarwate 47 3 *D.G.Bradman hit wkt b Amarnath 185 4 A.L.Hassett c Gul Mohammad b Mankad 48 5 K.R.Miller c Mankad b Amarnath 58 6 C.L.McCool c Sohoni b Amarnath 10 7 R.R.Lindwall st Irani b Mankad 7 8 †D.Tallon not out 3 9 I.W.G.Johnson c Rangnekar b Mankad 6 10 E.R.H.Toshack not out 0 11 W.A.Johnston Extras b 5, lb 1, w 1 7 —— (8 wickets, declared) 382 FoW (1): 1-38 (1), 2-97 (2), 3-198 (4), 4-318 (3), 5-344 (6), 6-373 (7), 7-373 (5), 8-380 (9) INDIA 1 M.H.Mankad c Tallon b Lindwall 0 b Lindwall 7 2 C.T.Sarwate c Johnston b Miller 12 b Johnston 26 3 Gul Mohammad b Lindwall 0 b Toshack 13 4 H.R.Adhikari c McCool b Johnston 8 lbw b Toshack 13 5 G.Kishenchand c Tallon b Johnston 1 c Bradman b Toshack 0 6 V.S.Hazare c Brown b Toshack 10 c Morris b Toshack 18 7 *L.Amarnath c Bradman b Toshack 22 b Toshack 5 8 K.M.Rangnekar c Miller b Toshack 1 c Hassett b Toshack 0 9 S.W.Sohoni c Miller b Toshack 2 c Brown b Miller 4 10 C.S.Nayudu not out 0 c Hassett b Lindwall 6 11 †J.K.Irani c Hassett b Toshack 0 not out 2 Extras b 1, lb 1 2 b 3, nb 1 4 —— —— 58 98 FoW (1): 1-0 (1), 2-0 (3), 3-19 (4), 4-23 (5), 5-23 (2), 6-53 (6), 7-56 (8), 8-58 (9), 9-58 (7), 10-58 (11) FoW (2): 1-14 (1), 2-27 (3), 3-41 (4), 4-41 (5), 5-72 (6), 6-80 (7), 7-80 (8), 8-89 (9), 9-94 (2), 10-98 (10) India Bowling O M R W Sohoni 23 4 81 0 Amarnath 39 10 84 4 Mankad 34 3 113 3 Sarwate 5 1 16 1 Hazare 11 1 63 0 Nayudu 3 0 18 0 Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 5 2 11 2 10.7 2 19 2 Johnston 8 4 17 2 9 6 11 1 Miller 6 1 26 1 (4) 10 2 30 1 Toshack 2.3 1 2 5 (3) 17 6 29 6 Johnson (5) 3 1 5 0 Umpires: A.N.Barlow and G.E.Borwick. Toss: Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Australia (1) 273-3 (Bradman 160*, Miller 6*); 2nd day: Australia (1) 309-3 (Bradman 179*, Miller 19*); 3rd day: India (2) 41-4 (Sarwate 8*, Hazare 0*); 4th day: India (2) 70-4 (Sarwate 16*, Hazare 18*); 5th day: No play. D.G.Bradman’s 185 took 336 balls in 288 minutes and included 20 fours. 22