First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

GLOUCESTERSHIRE v AUSTRALIANS Played at Ashley Down Ground, Bristol, July 3, 5, 6, 1948. Australians won by an innings and 363 runs. AUSTRALIANS 1 S.G.Barnes c Crapp b Cook 44 2 A.R.Morris c and b Scott 290 3 *A.L.Hassett st Wilson b Cook 21 4 K.R.Miller c Cook b Scott 51 5 R.N.Harvey c Allen b Cook 95 6 S.J.E.Loxton not out 159 7 C.L.McCool b Barnett 76 8 I.W.G.Johnson c and b Hale 27 9 R.R.Lindwall not out 0 10 †R.A.Saggers 11 D.T.Ring Extras b 4, lb 6, w 1 11 —— (7 wickets, declared) 774 FoW (1): 1-102 (1), 2-168 (3), 3-304 (4), 4-466 (2), 5-529 (5), 6-669 (7), 7-774 (8) GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1 G.M.Emmett c Lindwall b Johnson 43 b Ring 9 2 *B.O.Allen c and b Johnson 31 c Harvey b Johnson 34 3 C.J.Barnett c Lindwall b Ring 10 b Ring 4 4 J.F.Crapp not out 100 c Saggers b Johnson 32 5 C.I.Monks b Ring 1 c Harvey b Johnson 5 6 †A.E.Wilson c Barnes b Loxton 46 b Ring 10 7 I.E.Hale b Johnson 3 c Ring b Johnson 4 8 L.M.Cranfield lbw b Morris 23 c Morris b Ring 1 9 C.J.Scott st Saggers b Johnson 2 st Saggers b Ring 3 10 T.W.J.Goddard c Saggers b Johnson 0 not out 10 11 C.Cook b Johnson 5 st Saggers b Johnson 13 Extras b 9, lb 5, nb 1 15 b 4, lb 3 7 —— —— 279 132 FoW (1): 1-74 (1), 2-79 (2), 3-87 (3), 4-90 (5), 5-175 (6), 6-187 (7), 7-257 (8), 8-267 (9), 9-267 (10), 10-279 (11) FoW (2): 1-16 (1), 2-20 (3), 3-72 (2), 4-80 (5), 5-93 (6), 6-100 (7), 7-101 (8), 8-109 (4), 9-109 (9), 10-132 (11) Gloucestershire Bowling O M R W Barnett 24 2 102 1 Scott 31 2 172 2 Monks 9 1 32 0 Goddard 32 3 186 0 Cook 41 6 147 3 Cranfield 23 4 106 0 Hale 3 0 18 1 1w Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 18 4 36 0 3 1 5 0 Loxton 9 2 22 1 2 0 2 0 Johnson 31.4 12 68 6 (6) 17.1 6 32 5 Ring 25 3 83 2 1nb 25 9 47 5 McCool 10 0 35 0 (3) 9 5 16 0 Morris 4 0 20 1 (5) 9 3 15 0 Hassett (7) 2 0 8 0 Umpires: F.S.Lee and K.McCanlis. Toss: Australians Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 560-5 (Loxton 46*, McCool 8*); 2nd day: Gloucestershire (1) 261-7 (Crapp 91*, Scott 0*). A.R.Morris’s 290 took 300 minutes and included 42 fours and 1 six. S.J.E.Loxton’s 159 included 4 sixes. J.F.Crapp’s 100 took 210 minutes. 260