First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

VICTORIA v SOUTH AUSTRALIA Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, December 30, 31, 1949, January 2, 3, 1950. Victoria won by nine wickets. (Points: Victoria 5, South Australia 0) VICTORIA 1 K.D.Meuleman c Ridings b Hiern 75 lbw b Hiern 4 2 C.C.McDonald b Hiern 0 not out 59 3 R.Howard lbw b O’Neill 131 4 K.W.Stackpole c Michael b Hiern 75 5 H.L.Numa run out (King/Michael) 6 6 E.A.D.Kerr b McLean 49 7 †I.H.McDonald c Michael b Hiern 5 (3) not out 22 8 *D.T.Ring c Michael b McLean 22 9 J.C.Hill st Michael b McLean 11 10 J.G.Baird not out 25 11 J.B.Iverson c Hiern b O’Neill 21 Extras lb 4 4 —— —— 424 (1 wicket) 85 FoW (1): 1-0 (2), 2-154 (1), 3-240 (3), 4-253 (5), 5-316 (4), 6-338 (7), 7-347 (6), 8-378 (8), 9-379 (9), 10-424 (11) FoW (2): 1-10 (1) SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1 A.R.C.McLean c Ring b Baird 135 lbw b Ring 15 2 R.J.Craig c Stackpole b Baird 31 st I.H.McDonald b Hill 15 3 R.A.Hamence b Iverson 15 b Hill 58 4 L.D.Duldig c Hill b Baird 20 b Hill 7 5 G.A.Black b Hill 0 (7) st I.H.McDonald b Hill 7 6 *P.L.Ridings b Hill 0 not out 50 7 T.E.Klose lbw b Baird 19 (5) c I.H.McDonald b Baird 45 8 †L.Michael c I.H.McDonald b Baird 5 st I.H.McDonald b Ring 5 9 R.N.Hiern not out 13 c Numa b Ring 1 10 N.R.King c I.H.McDonald b Baird 8 c Kerr b Baird 27 11 K.I.O’Neill b Baird 0 hit wkt b Baird 12 Extras b 7, lb 5 12 b 1, lb 2, w 2 5 —— —— 258 247 FoW (1): 1-50 (2), 2-102 (3), 3-145 (4), 4-146 (5), 5-146 (6), 6-189 (7), 7-195 (8), 8-242 (1), 9-256 (10), 10-258 (11) FoW (2): 1-20 (1), 2-35 (4), 3-122 (3), 4-135 (5), 5-154 (2), 6-166 (7), 7-175 (8), 8-177 (9), 9-225 (10), 10-247 (11) South Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W O’Neill 28.2 2 105 2 5 0 15 0 Hiern 31 4 90 4 5 0 15 1 Klose 27 8 64 0 (4) 4 0 12 0 King 13 2 35 0 (5) 1.7 0 22 0 McLean 23 3 91 3 (3) 6 0 21 0 Ridings 7 0 35 0 Victoria Bowling O M R W O M R W Baird 29.1 5 108 7 15 2 67 3 1w Kerr 15 2 41 0 14 1 49 0 Ring 15 1 55 0 (4) 11 2 47 3 Hill 17 4 29 2 (5) 18 3 66 4 1w Iverson 6 1 13 1 (3) 9 2 13 0 Umpires: F.Rooney and R.J.J.Wright. Toss: Victoria Close of Play: 1st day: Victoria (1) 191-2 (Howard 100*, Stackpole 15*); 2nd day: South Australia (1) 71-1 (McLean 38*, Hamence 2*); 3rd day: South Australia (2) 132-3 (Craig 7*, Klose 44*). R.Howard’s 131 took 299 minutes and included 8 fours. A.R.C.McLean’s 135 took 261 minutes and included 12 fours. R.J.Craig retired hurt in the South Australia second innings having scored 3 (team score 10-0) - he returned when the score was 122-3. 47