First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

VICTORIA v SOUTH AUSTRALIA Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, February 20, 21, 23, 24, 1948. South Australia won by four wickets. (Points: Victoria 0, South Australia 5) SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1 R.J.Craig b Ring 34 c R.Harvey b Johnson 22 2 R.D.Niehuus hit wkt b Ring 23 c McDonald b Ring 9 3 R.V.James lbw b Johnson 48 b Johnson 2 4 *P.L.Ridings not out 186 lbw b Ring 13 5 J.Tregoning st Maddocks b Johnson 1 (6) c Johnston b Ring 17 6 T.E.Klose c Maddocks b Johnston 18 (5) not out 19 7 B.L.Bowley c R.Harvey b Ring 1 run out 9 8 †G.R.A.Langley run out (Meuleman/Maddocks) 55 not out 0 9 B.Dooland lbw b Johnson 11 10 G.Noblet c Ring b Loxton 17 11 A.D.Jose b Ring 5 Extras b 5, lb 3 8 lb 1 1 —— —— 407 (6 wickets) 92 FoW (1): 1-49 (2), 2-78 (1), 3-142 (3), 4-148 (5), 5-190 (6), 6-193 (7), 7-324 (8), 8-341 (9), 9-389 (10), 10-407 (11) FoW (2): 1-19 (2), 2-24 (3), 3-39 (1), 4-49 (4), 5-75 (6), 6-91 (7) VICTORIA 1 C.C.McDonald c and b Dooland 11 run out 56 2 K.D.Meuleman c Langley b Noblet 0 c Craig b Noblet 77 3 *A.L.Hassett b Noblet 0 c Klose b Dooland 22 4 R.N.Harvey lbw b Noblet 6 b Ridings 10 5 S.J.E.Loxton b Dooland 30 c Langley b Noblet 55 6 R.Harvey c Ridings b Dooland 25 c Craig b Noblet 10 7 I.W.G.Johnson not out 69 lbw b Noblet 17 8 D.T.Ring lbw b Dooland 6 run out 15 9 †L.V.Maddocks c Langley b Dooland 28 c Langley b Dooland 9 10 D.M.J.Fitzmaurice c Langley b Klose 38 c Craig b Dooland 2 11 W.A.Johnston hit wkt b Dooland 1 not out 1 Extras lb 4 4 b 2, lb 4 6 —— —— 218 280 FoW (1): 1-0 (2), 2-0 (3), 3-10 (4), 4-34 (1), 5-59 (5), 6-90 (6), 7-104 (8), 8-148 (9), 9-213 (10), 10-218 (11) FoW (2): 1-98 (1), 2-147 (3), 3-159 (4), 4-185 (2), 5-199 (6), 6-241 (7), 7-258 (5), 8-277 (9), 9-277 (8), 10-280 (10) Victoria Bowling O M R W O M R W Johnston 23 1 75 1 6 1 20 0 Fitzmaurice 19 1 66 0 2 0 4 0 Johnson 35 5 91 3 (5) 13 2 29 2 Loxton 18 2 60 1 (3) 2 0 5 0 Ring 35.2 4 99 4 (4) 18 7 32 3 R.Harvey 2 0 8 0 Hassett (6) 0.7 0 1 0 South Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Jose 13 2 46 0 8 0 37 0 Noblet 17 7 27 3 18 4 53 4 Dooland 25.7 2 115 6 (4) 20.2 0 84 3 Ridings 9 2 20 0 (7) 5 0 34 1 Klose 4 2 6 1 8 1 29 0 Bowley (3) 3 0 15 0 Craig (6) 4 0 22 0 Umpires: F.Rooney and R.J.J.Wright. Toss: South Australia Close of Play: 1st day: South Australia (1) 281-6 (Ridings 113*, Langley 35*); 2nd day: Victoria (1) 127-7 (Johnson 25*, Maddocks 20*); 3rd day: Victoria (2) 255-6 (Loxton 54*, Ring 3*). P.L.Ridings’s 186 took 346 minutes and included 12 fours. 94