First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

AUSTRALIA v INDIA Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, January 1, 2, 3, 5, 1948. Australia won by 233 runs. AUSTRALIA 1 S.G.Barnes b Mankad 12 (4) c Sen b Amarnath 15 2 A.R.Morris b Amarnath 45 (5) not out 100 3 *D.G.Bradman lbw b Phadkar 132 (6) not out 127 4 A.L.Hassett lbw b Mankad 80 5 K.R.Miller lbw b Mankad 29 6 R.A.Hamence st Sen b Amarnath 25 7 R.R.Lindwall b Amarnath 26 8 †D.Tallon c Mankad b Amarnath 2 9 B.Dooland not out 21 (2) lbw b Phadkar 6 10 I.W.G.Johnson lbw b Mankad 16 (1) c Hazare b Amarnath 0 11 W.A.Johnston run out 5 (3) lbw b Amarnath 3 Extras b 1 1 b 3, nb 1 4 —— —— 394 (4 wickets, declared) 255 FoW (1): 1-29 (1), 2-99 (2), 3-268 (4), 4-280 (3), 5-302 (5), 6-339 (7), 7-341 (8), 8-352 (6), 9-387 (10), 10-394 (11) FoW (2): 1-1 (1), 2-11 (2), 3-13 (3), 4-32 (4) INDIA 1 M.H.Mankad c Tallon b Johnston 116 b Johnston 13 2 C.T.Sarwate c Tallon b Johnston 36 b Johnston 1 3 Gul Mohammad c and b Dooland 12 c Morris b Johnson 28 4 V.S.Hazare c Tallon b Barnes 17 c Barnes b Miller 10 5 *L.Amarnath lbw b Barnes 0 b Lindwall 8 6 D.G.Phadkar not out 55 c Barnes b Johnston 13 7 H.R.Adhikari st Tallon b Johnson 26 c Lindwall b Johnson 1 8 K.Rai Singh c Barnes b Johnson 2 c Tallon b Johnston 24 9 K.M.Rangnekar c and b Johnson 6 c Hamence b Johnson 18 10 †P.K.Sen b Johnson 4 c Hassett b Johnson 2 11 C.S.Nayudu not out 4 not out 0 Extras b 9, lb 3, nb 1 13 b 6, lb 1 7 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 291 125 FoW (1): 1-124 (2), 2-145 (3), 3-188 (4), 4-188 (5), 5-198 (1), 6-260 (7), 7-264 (8), 8-280 (9), 9-284 (10) FoW (2): 1-10 (2), 2-27 (1), 3-44 (4), 4-60 (3), 5-60 (5), 6-69 (7), 7-100 (8), 8-107 (6), 9-125 (9), 10-125 (10) India Bowling O M R W O M R W Phadkar 15 1 80 1 10 1 28 1 Amarnath 21 3 78 4 20 3 52 3 Hazare 16.1 0 62 0 (4) 11 1 55 0 Mankad 37 4 135 4 (3) 18 4 74 0 Sarwate 3 0 16 0 (6) 5 0 41 0 Nayudu 2 0 22 0 Gul Mohammad (5) 1 0 1 0 Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 12 0 47 0 (3) 3 0 10 1 Miller 13 2 46 0 (1) 7 0 29 1 Johnston 12 0 33 2 (2) 10 1 44 4 Johnson 14 1 59 4 5.7 0 35 4 Dooland 12 0 68 1 Barnes 6 1 25 2 Umpires: A.N.Barlow and H.A.R.Elphinstone. Toss: Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Australia (1) 355-8 (Dooland 2*, Johnson 2*); 2nd day: India (1) 262-6 (Phadkar 43*, Rai Singh 2*); 3rd day: Australia (2) 255-4 (Morris 100*, Bradman 127*). The match was scheduled for six days but completed in four. D.G.Bradman’s 132 took 204 balls in 197 minutes and included 8 fours. M.H.Mankad’s 116 took 187 balls in 182 minutes and included 13 fours. A.R.Morris’s 100 took 210 balls in 198 minutes and included 7 fours. D.G.Bradman’s 127 took 169 balls in 178 minutes and included 13 fours. 49