First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

AUSTRALIA v INDIA Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, February 6, 7, 9, 10, 1948. Australia won by an innings and 177 runs. AUSTRALIA 1 S.G.Barnes run out 33 2 W.A.Brown run out 99 3 *D.G.Bradman retired hurt 57 4 K.R.Miller c Sen b Phadkar 14 5 R.N.Harvey c Sen b Mankad 153 6 S.J.E.Loxton c Sen b Amarnath 80 7 R.R.Lindwall c Phadkar b Mankad 35 8 †D.Tallon c Sen b Sarwate 37 9 L.J.Johnson not out 25 10 D.T.Ring c Kishenchand b Hazare 11 11 W.A.Johnston not out 23 Extras b 4, lb 4 8 —— (8 wickets, declared) 575 FoW (1): 1-48 (1), 2-182 (4), 3-219 (2), 4-378 (6), 5-457 (7), 6-497 (5), 7-527 (8), 8-544 (10) INDIA 1 M.H.Mankad c Tallon b Loxton 111 c Tallon b Lindwall 0 2 C.T.Sarwate b Lindwall 0 lbw b Johnston 10 3 H.R.Adhikari c Tallon b Loxton 38 c Bradman b Loxton 17 4 V.S.Hazare lbw b Lindwall 74 c and b Johnson 10 5 *L.Amarnath c Barnes b Ring 12 (6) c Johnson b Ring 8 6 D.G.Phadkar not out 56 (5) lbw b Johnston 0 7 Gul Mohammad c Lindwall b Johnson 1 c Barnes b Ring 4 8 G.Kishenchand b Ring 14 c Barnes b Johnson 0 9 C.S.Nayudu c Bradman b Ring 2 c Brown b Ring 0 10 †P.K.Sen b Johnson 13 b Johnson 10 11 C.R.Rangachari b Johnson 0 not out 0 Extras b 6, lb 2, nb 2 10 b 6, lb 1, nb 1 8 —— —— 331 67 FoW (1): 1-3 (2), 2-127 (3), 3-206 (1), 4-231 (5), 5-257 (4), 6-260 (7), 7-284 (8), 8-286 (9), 9-331 (10), 10-331 (11) FoW (2): 1-0 (1), 2-22 (2), 3-28 (3), 4-35 (5), 5-51 (4), 6-51 (6), 7-56 (8), 8-56 (7), 9-66 (9), 10-67 (10) India Bowling O M R W Phadkar 9 0 58 1 Amarnath 23 1 79 1 Rangachari 17 1 97 0 Hazare 14 1 63 1 Mankad 33 2 107 2 Sarwate 18 1 82 1 Nayudu 13 0 77 0 Adhikari 1 0 4 0 Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 25 5 66 2 3 0 9 1 Johnson 30 8 66 3 5.2 2 8 3 Loxton 19 1 61 2 4 1 10 1 Johnston 8 4 14 0 7 0 15 2 Ring 36 8 103 3 5 1 17 3 Miller 3 0 10 0 Barnes 2 1 1 0 Umpires: A.N.Barlow and G.S.Cooper. Toss: Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Australia (1) 336-3 (Harvey 78*, Loxton 48*); 2nd day: India (1) 43-1 (Mankad 30*, Adhikari 10*); 3rd day: India (1) 251-4 (Hazare 72*, Phadkar 8*). The match was scheduled for six days but completed in four. R.N.Harvey’s 153 took 251 balls in 249 minutes and included 11 fours and 1 five. M.H.Mankad’s 111 took 309 balls in 300 minutes and included 6 fours. D.G.Bradman retired hurt in the Australia first innings having scored 57 (team score 140-1). 82