First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

NEW SOUTH WALES v WESTERN AUSTRALIA Played at Sydney Cricket Ground, January 30, 31, February 2, 3, 1948. New South Wales won by 98 runs. (Points: New South Wales 5, Western Australia 0) NEW SOUTH WALES 1 E.W.Lukeman c Cumming b O’Dwyer 17 c Kessey b Puckett 66 2 W.P.J.Donaldson b Cumming 105 c Carmody b Puckett 50 3 K.R.Miller lbw b Puckett 170 c Watt b Puckett 36 4 J.Moroney c Watt b Puckett 12 not out 30 5 R.K.Kissell c Bandy b Puckett 13 6 J.Pettiford run out (Watt/Kessey) 17 (5) c and b Puckett 7 7 J.H.de Courcy not out 40 8 *†R.A.Saggers lbw b O’Dwyer 0 (6) not out 8 9 F.B.Johnston b Puckett 13 10 N.R.J.Beath lbw b Cumming 1 11 E.R.H.Toshack c Kessey b Cumming 0 Extras b 1, lb 6, w 1 8 b 2, lb 1 3 —— —— 396 (4 wickets, declared) 200 FoW (1): 1-34 (1), 2-296 (2), 3-306 (3), 4-315 (4), 5-340 (5), 6-341 (6), 7-342 (8), 8-393 (9), 9-396 (10), 10-396 (11) FoW (2): 1-113 (2), 2-139 (1), 3-160 (3), 4-170 (5) WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 A.R.Edwards c Kissell b Miller 83 c Saggers b Miller 3 2 *D.K.Carmody c Pettiford b Johnston 21 b Johnston 81 3 G.D.Robinson lbw b Miller 6 c Moroney b Toshack 23 4 A.D.Watt st Saggers b Pettiford 30 b Miller 22 5 L.H.Bandy c Saggers b Pettiford 1 c Miller b Beath 34 6 C.W.Langdon st Saggers b Pettiford 70 lbw b Toshack 2 7 B.A.Rigg lbw b Miller 4 b Johnston 13 8 †G.T.Kessey run out 21 b Beath 0 9 T.E.O’Dwyer not out 11 c Lukeman b Pettiford 17 10 C.W.Puckett c Miller b Toshack 33 c Lukeman b Johnston 3 11 K.R.Cumming b Johnston 2 not out 1 Extras b 4, lb 5, nb 2 11 b 2, lb 4 6 —— —— 293 205 FoW (1): 1-38 (2), 2-49 (3), 3-111 (4), 4-113 (5), 5-167 (1), 6-189 (7), 7-235 (8), 8-244 (6), 9-288 (10), 10-293 (11) FoW (2): 1-13 (1), 2-53 (3), 3-113 (4), 4-151 (2), 5-156 (6), 6-178 (7), 7-180 (8), 8-190 (5), 9-198 (10), 10-205 (9) Western Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Puckett 33 5 114 4 (2) 14 1 79 4 Cumming 20 4 52 3 (1) 8.4 1 46 0 Rigg 13 0 85 0 (4) 3 1 11 0 O’Dwyer 13 1 83 2 1w Langdon 5 2 12 0 7 0 44 0 Bandy 6 2 32 0 (3) 3 0 17 0 Watt 1 0 10 0 New South Wales Bowling O M R W O M R W Miller 22 2 61 3 15 1 53 2 Beath 10 1 31 0 8 1 20 2 Toshack 17 1 49 1 2nb 14 4 37 2 Johnston 16.2 2 66 2 (5) 8 0 38 3 Pettiford 15 0 75 3 (4) 12.7 1 51 1 Umpires: P.R.Bates and J.Hadley. Toss: Western Australia Close of Play: 1st day: New South Wales (1) 104-1 (Donaldson 39*, Miller 46*); 2nd day: Western Australia (1) 29-0 (Edwards 11*, Carmody 18*); 3rd day: New South Wales (2) 65-0 (Lukeman 39*, Donaldson 24*). W.P.J.Donaldson’s 105 took 214 minutes and included 11 fours. K.R.Miller’s 170 took 181 minutes and included 24 fours and 3 sixes. 79