First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

VICTORIA v TASMANIA Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, February 5, 6, 7, 1952. Match drawn. VICTORIA 1 H.L.Numa c Newman b Cowley 0 2 B.F.Vawser c Alexander b Cowley 3 3 R.I.Maddocks lbw b Thomas 271 4 R.Harvey c Laver b Diprose 21 5 *M.K.Fitchett c Richardson b Schmidt 18 6 J.Hallebone c Schmidt b Diprose 202 7 †N.W.Smyth st Alexander b Schmidt 33 8 T.L.Crow not out 61 9 M.Dillon lbw b Laver 16 10 G.F.Cormack c Thomas b Laver 22 11 J.P.Cordner run out 0 —— 647 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-7, 3-78, 4-120, 5-463, 6-515, 7-568, 8-599, 9-643, 10-647 TASMANIA 1 *R.O.G.Morrisby c and b Cormack 43 c Vawser b Dillon 6 2 M.R.Thomas st Smyth b Cormack 40 b Dillon 4 3 T.R.Davidson b Cormack 8 not out 10 4 R.N.Newman lbw b Dillon 3 5 R.M.Richardson lbw b Cormack 8 6 K.E.Schmidt c Smyth b Crow 3 7 C.M.Hurburgh c Hallebone b Cormack 3 8 T.J.Cowley b Crow 1 9 N.V.Diprose c Smyth b Cormack 7 10 J.F.L.Laver b Crow 0 11 †L.J.Alexander not out 4 Extras b 13, nb 1 14 nb 2 2 —— —— 134 (2 wickets) 22 FoW (1): 1-66, 2-82, 3-91, 4-108, 5-117, 6-121, 7-123, 8-127, 9-130, 10-134 FoW (2): 1-7, 2-22 Tasmania Bowling O M R W Cowley 25 0 132 2 Thomas 12 0 72 1 Diprose 25 2 131 2 Laver 29.4 4 114 2 Newman 12 0 59 0 Schmidt 17 0 139 2 Victoria Bowling O M R W O M R W Cordner 7 0 29 0 Crow 7 0 41 3 1nb 3 0 13 0 2nb Cormack 18.1 4 32 6 Dillon 13 7 18 1 (1) 3 1 7 2 Umpires: M.G.Mangan and A.G.Nicholson. Toss: Victoria Close of Play: 1st day: Victoria (1) 468-5 (Hallebone 150*, Smyth 5*); 2nd day: Tasmania (2) 22-2 (Davidson 10*). There was no play on the final day. R.I.Maddocks’s 271 took 340 minutes and included 23 fours. J.Hallebone’s 202 took 322 minutes and included 22 fours. 109