First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

WARWICKSHIRE v AUSTRALIANS Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, August 4, 5, 6, 1948. Australians won by nine wickets. WARWICKSHIRE 1 J.R.Thompson c McCool b Loxton 17 c and b McCool 35 2 K.A.Taylor c McCool b Loxton 10 c McCool b Lindwall 0 3 J.S.Ord st Saggers b Johnson 6 b Johnston 24 4 M.P.Donnelly b Johnston 28 c and b McCool 6 5 H.E.Dollery lbw b Lindwall 2 run out 24 6 A.H.Kardar c Saggers b Lindwall 4 b Johnston 15 7 *R.H.Maudsley c Saggers b Lindwall 0 c Johnson b McCool 9 8 †R.T.Spooner b Johnston 20 not out 13 9 V.H.D.Cannings not out 18 b Johnston 4 10 T.L.Pritchard b Johnson 14 c Bradman b Johnston 0 11 W.E.Hollies lbw b Johnson 5 c Loxton b McCool 5 Extras b 12, lb 2 14 b 16, lb 4 20 —— —— 138 155 FoW (1): 1-28 (1), 2-29 (2), 3-41 (3), 4-48 (5), 5-52 (6), 6-68 (7), 7-80 (4), 8-111 (8), 9-126 (10), 10-138 (11) FoW (2): 1-3 (2), 2-39 (3), 3-46 (4), 4-98 (5), 5-98 (1), 6-118 (6), 7-132 (7), 8-147 (9), 9-149 (10), 10-155 (11) AUSTRALIANS 1 W.A.Brown hit wkt b Hollies 33 lbw b Hollies 7 2 A.R.Morris hit wkt b Hollies 32 not out 20 3 *D.G.Bradman b Hollies 31 not out 13 4 A.L.Hassett lbw b Hollies 68 5 R.N.Harvey b Hollies 0 6 S.J.E.Loxton lbw b Kardar 0 7 C.L.McCool c Dollery b Kardar 19 8 R.R.Lindwall c Maudsley b Hollies 45 9 I.W.G.Johnson not out 13 10 †R.A.Saggers b Hollies 0 11 W.A.Johnston b Hollies 6 Extras b 3, lb 4 7 lb 1 1 —— —— 254 (1 wicket) 41 FoW (1): 1-50 (2), 2-87 (1), 3-116 (3), 4-116 (5), 5-117 (6), 6-161 (7), 7-231 (4), 8-236 (8), 9-236 (10), 10-254 (11) FoW (2): 1-18 (1) Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 16 5 27 3 12 2 32 1 Johnston 22 9 41 2 39 23 32 4 Johnson 22.3 12 29 3 (5) 1 1 0 0 Loxton 19 8 27 2 (3) 6 0 15 0 McCool (4) 27.5 6 56 4 Warwickshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pritchard 16 4 35 0 2 0 7 0 Hollies 43.5 8 107 8 (3) 4 0 17 1 Cannings 10 2 30 0 (2) 3 1 6 0 Kardar 32 11 75 2 2.4 0 10 0 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and H.Cruice. Toss: Australians Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 90-2 (Bradman 20*, Hassett 3*); 2nd day: Warwickshire (2) 90-3 (Thompson 33*, Dollery 18*). 334