First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

D.G.BRADMAN’S XI v A.L.HASSETT’S XI Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, December 3, 4, 6, 7, 1948. Match tied. A.L.HASSETT’S XI 1 S.G.Barnes c and b Johnson 32 c Tallon b Ring 89 2 W.A.Brown c Tallon b Noblet 5 b Raymer 43 3 *A.L.Hassett c Tallon b Loxton 35 (4) st Tallon b Ring 102 4 R.N.Harvey c Tallon b Raymer 34 (3) c and b Raymer 9 5 C.W.Langdon c Tallon b Loxton 60 c Meuleman b Johnson 42 6 C.L.McCool c Johnson b Loxton 35 c and b Loxton 29 7 R.R.Lindwall c and b Raymer 104 b Noblet 11 8 †R.A.Saggers c Meuleman b Ring 52 c Morris b Ring 41 9 L.J.Johnson c Loxton b Ring 9 not out 53 10 B.Dooland not out 9 c Johnson b Bradman 1 11 W.A.Johnston c Bradman b Johnson 15 st Tallon b Bradman 5 Extras b 6, lb 8, nb 2 16 b 3, lb 2 5 —— —— 406 430 FoW (1): 1-25, 2-47, 3-99, 4-122, 5-205, 6-208, 7-368, 8-382, 9-383, 10-406 FoW (2): 1-116, 2-140, 3-145, 4-220, 5-266, 6-285, 7-351, 8-396, 9-402, 10-430 D.G.BRADMAN’S XI 1 K.D.Meuleman c and b Johnson 100 c Johnson b Lindwall 3 2 A.R.Morris c and b McCool 25 c and b Barnes 108 3 R.A.Hamence st Saggers b McCool 58 (5) b Lindwall 45 4 *D.G.Bradman c Harvey b Dooland 123 (3) c Saggers b Johnston 10 5 K.R.Miller b Johnson 2 (4) c Langdon b McCool 14 6 S.J.E.Loxton b Johnston 21 c Hassett b Lindwall 15 7 V.N.Raymer c Lindwall b McCool 40 b Johnson 11 8 I.W.G.Johnson c Johnson b McCool 22 c Johnson b Dooland 29 9 †D.Tallon lbw b McCool 11 not out 146 10 D.T.Ring c McCool b Johnston 17 b Dooland 6 11 G.Noblet not out 4 not out 9 Extras b 6, lb 4, nb 1 11 b 4, lb 2 6 —— —— 434 (9 wickets) 402 FoW (1): 1-42, 2-138, 3-250, 4-254, 5-316, 6-348, 7-378, 8-396, 9-427, 10-434 FoW (2): 1-12, 2-29, 3-62, 4-170, 5-189, 6-210, 7-210, 8-274, 9-302 D.G.Bradman’s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Loxton 13 0 39 3 2nb 10 0 61 1 Noblet 17 1 56 1 14 1 47 1 Johnson 19.5 3 125 2 6 0 40 1 Ring 26 2 109 2 18 0 150 3 Raymer 21 5 61 2 15 1 66 2 Hamence (6) 3 0 13 0 Morris (7) 3 0 36 0 Bradman (8) 1.7 0 12 2 A.L.Hassett’s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 15 3 41 0 14 3 32 3 Johnson 12 1 46 2 14 0 53 1 McCool 19.4 1 101 5 (4) 8 0 74 1 Johnston 21 4 92 2 (3) 17 2 63 1 Dooland 16 0 95 1 16 1 105 2 Langdon 4 1 17 0 1nb Barnes 4 0 16 0 (6) 8 0 49 1 Hassett 1 0 2 0 Brown 1 0 13 0 (7) 1 0 8 0 Harvey (8) 3 0 12 0 Umpires: A.N.Barlow and R.J.J.Wright. Toss: A. Hassett’s XI Close of Play: 1st day: A.L.Hassett’s XI (1) 383-9 (Dooland 1*); 2nd day: D.G.Bradman’s XI (1) 364-6 (Raymer 11*, Johnson 14*); 3rd day: A.L.Hassett’s XI (2) 430 all out. R.R.Lindwall’s 104 took 86 minutes and included 9 fours and 5 sixes. K.D.Meuleman’s 100 took 221 minutes and included 5 fours. D.G.Bradman’s 123 took 154 minutes and included 13 fours. A.L.Hassett’s 102 took 141 minutes and included 6 fours. A.R.Morris’s 108 took 135 minutes and included 14 fours and 1 six. D.Tallon’s 146 took 123 minutes and included 17 fours. The match has been regarded as a tie but under the Law change passed earlier that year it should have been a draw because the side batting last was not all out. 20