First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

VICTORIA v NEW SOUTH WALES Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, December 26, 27, 29, 30, 1947. New South Wales won by six wickets. (Points: Victoria 0, New South Wales 5) VICTORIA 1 I.W.G.Johnson lbw b Miller 0 c Saggers b Miller 4 2 K.D.Meuleman c Morris b Miller 1 c Johnston b Toshack 104 3 *A.L.Hassett st Saggers b Toshack 24 c Miller b Toshack 75 4 S.J.E.Loxton b Toshack 11 c Morris b Miller 26 5 R.N.Harvey c Saggers b Toshack 35 c Johnston b Barnes 43 6 D.H.Fothergill lbw b Miller 1 b Johnston 11 7 R.Harvey c Morris b Toshack 9 c Kissell b Barnes 15 8 †L.V.Maddocks c Johnston b Toshack 22 c Johnston b Pettiford 59 9 F.A.W.Freer c Moroney b Toshack 1 c Morris b Johnston 64 10 D.T.Ring c Saggers b Johnston 14 not out 37 11 W.A.Johnston not out 6 run out 8 Extras b 4, lb 1, w 1 6 b 19, lb 7, w 1, nb 1 28 —— —— 130 474 FoW (1): 1-2 (1), 2-5 (2), 3-35 (4), 4-52 (3), 5-53 (6), 6-64 (7), 7-98 (5), 8-104 (9), 9-113 (8), 10-130 (10) FoW (2): 1-6 (1), 2-171 (3), 3-211 (2), 4-234 (4), 5-266 (6), 6-292 (5), 7-301 (7), 8-425 (9), 9-429 (8), 10-474 (11) NEW SOUTH WALES 1 *A.R.Morris c Freer b Ring 78 c Johnson b Loxton 51 2 E.W.Lukeman b Loxton 34 b Johnston 16 3 S.G.Barnes lbw b Ring 158 not out 80 4 K.R.Miller c R.Harvey b Freer 28 5 J.Moroney lbw b Johnson 9 (4) b Freer 7 6 J.Pettiford c and b Freer 32 (5) lbw b Johnston 8 7 †R.A.Saggers c Johnson b Fothergill 37 (6) not out 18 8 R.K.Kissell not out 36 9 F.B.Johnston b Ring 0 10 T.F.Brooks run out (R.Harvey/Maddocks) 0 11 E.R.H.Toshack st Maddocks b Ring 0 Extras b 5, lb 3 8 b 4, w 1 5 —— —— 420 (4 wickets) 185 FoW (1): 1-105 (1), 2-120 (2), 3-166 (4), 4-183 (5), 5-274 (6), 6-350 (7), 7-414 (3), 8-420 (9), 9-420 (10), 10-420 (11) FoW (2): 1-22 (2), 2-97 (1), 3-110 (4), 4-134 (5) New South Wales Bowling O M R W O M R W Brooks 6 1 23 0 1w 9 0 52 0 Miller 10 3 33 3 25 1 124 2 1w Toshack 14 1 38 6 (4) 24 5 71 2 1nb Barnes 1 0 4 0 (6) 18 3 51 2 Johnston 3.5 0 26 1 (3) 21.5 1 92 2 Pettiford (5) 10 0 56 1 Victoria Bowling O M R W O M R W Johnston 33 6 81 0 8.7 2 45 2 Freer 36 4 90 2 12 2 41 1 1w Loxton 21 1 55 1 (5) 11 0 41 1 Johnson 40 13 94 1 6 0 31 0 Ring 19.7 0 66 4 (3) 4 0 22 0 Fothergill 4 0 22 1 R.Harvey 1 0 4 0 Umpires: A.N.Barlow and F.Rooney. Toss: New South Wales Close of Play: 1st day: New South Wales (1) 143-2 (Barnes 10*, Miller 19*); 2nd day: New South Wales (1) 381-6 (Barnes 141*, Kissell 14*); 3rd day: Victoria (2) 333-7 (Maddocks 9*, Freer 24*). S.G.Barnes’s 158 took 427 minutes and included 6 fours. K.D.Meuleman’s 104 took 178 minutes and included 5 fours. 44