First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

KENT v AUSTRALIANS Played at St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, August 21, 23, 1948. Australians won by an innings and 186 runs. AUSTRALIANS 1 W.A.Brown c Evans b Ridgway 106 2 A.R.Morris c Evans b Dovey 43 3 *D.G.Bradman c Valentine b Crush 65 4 R.N.Harvey b Ridgway 60 5 S.J.E.Loxton c Valentine b Dovey 16 6 R.A.Hamence c Ames b Ridgway 38 7 C.L.McCool b Crush 0 8 I.W.G.Johnson lbw b Todd 15 9 R.R.Lindwall c Ames b Dovey 5 10 †R.A.Saggers c Ridgway b Dovey 8 11 W.A.Johnston not out 2 Extras b 1, lb 2 3 —— 361 FoW (1): 1-64 (2), 2-168 (3), 3-272 (1), 4-283 (4), 5-295 (5), 6-297 (7), 7-328 (8), 8-339 (9), 9-353 (6), 10-361 (10) KENT 1 L.J.Todd b Lindwall 0 absent hurt 0 2 A.E.Fagg b Johnston 0 (1) b Lindwall 16 3 L.E.G.Ames c Saggers b Johnston 11 c Saggers b Lindwall 6 4 H.A.Pawson b Lindwall 1 c Loxton b Lindwall 35 5 J.G.W.Davies not out 21 (2) c McCool b Loxton 0 6 *B.H.Valentine c McCool b Johnston 0 (5) b Lindwall 5 7 P.Hearn b McCool 15 (6) b Johnston 3 8 †T.G.Evans b Loxton 1 (7) run out 49 9 E.Crush b Loxton 0 (8) st Saggers b Johnson 1 10 R.R.Dovey b McCool 0 (9) st Saggers b Johnson 2 11 F.Ridgway b Loxton 0 (10) not out 5 Extras b 1, lb 1 2 b 1, lb 1 2 —— —— 51 124 FoW (1): 1-1 (1), 2-11 (2), 3-12 (4), 4-14 (3), 5-16 (6), 6-48 (7), 7-49 (8), 8-49 (9), 9-50 (10), 10-51 (11) FoW (2): 1-1 (2), 2-20 (3), 3-31 (1), 4-37 (5), 5-45 (6), 6-116 (7), 7-116 (4), 8-119 (9), 9-124 (8) Kent Bowling O M R W Ridgway 41 10 119 3 Crush 15 1 82 2 Todd 17 3 51 1 Dovey 50.3 13 90 4 Davies 10 5 16 0 Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 7 1 16 2 8 1 25 4 Johnston 6 2 10 3 9 2 28 1 McCool 5 0 13 2 (5) 5 0 42 0 Loxton 5 1 10 3 (3) 6 0 12 1 Johnson (4) 4.5 1 15 2 Umpires: C.A.R.Coleman and A.Lockett. Toss: Australians Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 293-4 (Loxton 15*, Hamence 1*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. W.A.Brown’s 106 took 260 minutes and included 10 fours. 373