First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

VICTORIA v WESTERN AUSTRALIA Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, February 4, 5, 7, 8, 1949. Victoria won by 135 runs. (Points: Victoria 5, Western Australia 0) VICTORIA 1 *A.L.Hassett c Buttsworth b Puckett 40 b Dunn 1 2 K.D.Meuleman lbw b Williams 67 lbw b Puckett 4 3 R.N.Harvey c and b Puckett 9 (4) c Puckett b Williams 42 4 S.J.E.Loxton c Edwards b Puckett 57 (5) c Munro b Dunn 10 5 K.W.Stackpole lbw b Langdon 19 (6) b Dunn 2 6 H.W.Turner c Dunn b Watt 96 (3) c Frankish b Edwards 30 7 I.W.G.Johnson c Edwards b Frankish 12 not out 63 8 D.T.Ring c Munro b Puckett 11 b Puckett 17 9 †I.H.McDonald b Puckett 5 lbw b Dunn 14 10 H.F.Lambert b Watt 21 run out 15 11 W.A.Johnston not out 8 b Dunn 20 Extras b 15, lb 3, nb 1 19 b 5, lb 4 9 —— —— 364 227 FoW (1): 1-62 (1), 2-93 (3), 3-163 (2), 4-199 (5), 5-211 (4), 6-241 (7), 7-268 (8), 8-282 (9), 9-337 (10), 10-364 (6) FoW (2): 1-2 (1), 2-10 (2), 3-69 (3), 4-93 (5), 5-95 (6), 6-97 (4), 7-126 (8), 8-153 (9), 9-205 (10), 10-227 (11) WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 *D.K.Carmody b Lambert 4 (7) c Meuleman b Johnston 12 2 †J.K.E.Munro c and b Johnson 40 (1) lbw b Lambert 8 3 D.S.T.Williams c McDonald b Johnson 23 c Lambert b Johnston 14 4 A.R.Edwards st McDonald b Ring 0 (2) b Loxton 8 5 A.D.Watt st McDonald b Johnson 54 b Johnson 10 6 C.W.Langdon run out (Hassett/McDonald) 26 lbw b Johnson 11 7 F.J.Buttsworth c McDonald b Johnson 5 (8) b Lambert 55 8 A.W.Dick c Loxton b Ring 0 (9) c Turner b Ring 8 9 R.R.Frankish not out 49 (4) c Stackpole b Johnston 33 10 C.W.Puckett c Harvey b Johnson 42 absent hurt 0 11 W.P.Dunn b Ring 19 (10) not out 6 Extras b 12, lb 3 15 b 9, lb 5 14 —— —— 277 179 FoW (1): 1-5 (1), 2-54 (3), 3-55 (4), 4-94 (2), 5-146 (6), 6-157 (7), 7-162 (8), 8-164 (5), 9-246 (10), 10-277 (11) FoW (2): 1-13 (2), 2-27 (1), 3-50 (3), 4-81 (5), 5-85 (4), 6-99 (6), 7-111 (7), 8-139 (9), 9-179 (8) Western Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Dunn 18 0 50 0 17.5 2 71 5 Puckett 38 4 136 5 20 4 55 2 Williams 7 1 24 1 7 0 35 1 Dick 4 0 11 0 Langdon 20 3 72 1 (4) 12 3 37 0 Frankish 5 0 31 1 1nb Edwards 2 1 5 0 (5) 3 0 9 1 Watt 4.1 0 16 2 (6) 2 0 11 0 Victoria Bowling O M R W O M R W Johnston 22 1 64 0 9 0 30 3 Lambert 12 1 33 1 7.6 2 23 2 Johnson 34 6 90 5 (4) 14 1 59 2 Ring 21.4 3 70 3 (5) 5 0 26 1 Loxton 1 0 5 0 (3) 6 0 25 1 Hassett (6) 1 0 2 0 Umpires: F.Rooney and R.J.J.Wright. Toss: Western Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Victoria (1) 286-8 (Turner 47*, Lambert 4*); 2nd day: Western Australia (1) 200-8 (Frankish 19*, Puckett 17*); 3rd day: Victoria (2) 204-8 (Johnson 60*, Lambert 15*). 70