First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND v AUSTRALIANS Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, August 25, 26, 27, 1948. Australians won by an innings and 81 runs. AUSTRALIANS 1 S.G.Barnes c Wooller b Bailey 19 2 W.A.Brown c Bailey b Wooller 120 3 *D.G.Bradman c Donnelly b Brown 150 4 A.L.Hassett not out 200 5 K.R.Miller c Simpson b Wooller 69 6 S.J.E.Loxton c Griffith b Bailey 17 7 R.A.Hamence not out 24 8 I.W.G.Johnson 9 R.R.Lindwall 10 †R.A.Saggers 11 D.T.Ring Extras b 6, lb 4, w 1 11 —— (5 wickets, declared) 610 FoW (1): 1-40 (1), 2-221 (2), 3-331 (3), 4-488 (5), 5-532 (6) GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND 1 R.T.Simpson c Brown b Johnson 60 c Bradman b Ring 27 2 W.J.Edrich b Ring 27 c Saggers b Ring 128 3 C.H.Palmer c and b Johnson 3 b Miller 29 4 M.P.Donnelly lbw b Johnson 15 c Barnes b Miller 8 5 N.W.D.Yardley b Miller 25 b Ring 18 6 F.G.Mann lbw b Lindwall 7 c and b Ring 0 7 *R.W.V.Robins b Johnson 30 b Johnson 19 8 W.Wooller c Johnson b Hamence 11 c Loxton b Ring 5 9 T.E.Bailey c Hamence b Ring 20 not out 14 10 F.R.Brown c Hamence b Ring 18 c Brown b Johnson 17 11 †S.C.Griffith not out 13 b Johnson 0 Extras b 8, lb 8 16 b 11, lb 7, w 1 19 —— —— 245 284 FoW (1): 1-55 (2), 2-76 (3), 3-102 (4), 4-121 (1), 5-139 (5), 6-153 (6), 7-170 (8), 8-210 (7), 9-214 (9), 10-245 (10) FoW (2): 1-60 (1), 2-173 (3), 3-197 (4), 4-217 (2), 5-217 (6), 6-228 (5), 7-240 (8), 8-263 (7), 9-284 (10), 10-284 (11) Gentlemen of England Bowling O M R W Bailey 27 4 112 2 Wooller 34 1 131 2 Palmer 21 3 58 0 Edrich 16 3 49 0 Yardley 24 5 88 0 Brown 27 0 121 1 1w Robins 4 0 22 0 Donnelly 6 0 18 0 Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Miller 7 3 18 1 19 6 58 2 Lindwall 13 3 39 1 Johnson 23 7 60 4 (5) 28.5 9 69 3 Hamence 8 2 23 1 (3) 3 1 18 0 Ring 25.3 7 74 3 (4) 32 8 70 5 1w Barnes 3 2 4 0 5 0 24 0 Loxton 8 2 11 0 (2) 13 7 26 0 Umpires: P.T.Mills and J.A.Smart. Toss: Australians Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 478-3 (Hassett 119*, Miller 59*); 2nd day: Gentlemen of England (1) 237-9 (Brown 10*, Griffith 13*). W.A.Brown’s 120 included 15 fours and 1 five. D.G.Bradman’s 150 included 19 fours. A.L.Hassett’s 200 included 18 fours. W.J.Edrich’s 128 took 195 minutes and included 22 fours. 382