First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

NEW SOUTH WALES v SOUTH AUSTRALIA Played at Sydney Cricket Ground, February 16, 18, 19, 1952. New South Wales won by an innings and 10 runs. (Points: New South Wales 5, South Australia 0) SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1 B.L.Bowley retired hurt 14 (7) c Brooks b Burke 17 2 H.N.Dansie c Lindwall b Walker 9 (1) b Flockton 45 3 L.E.Favell b Lindwall 1 (2) c Trueman b Brooks 24 4 C.J.Pinch lbw b Lindwall 3 (3) c Benaud b Brooks 10 5 L.D.Duldig c Burke b Brooks 24 (4) b Walker 2 6 *P.L.Ridings c and b Brooks 33 (5) c and b Benaud 103 7 J.S.Manning b Benaud 27 (6) run out 16 8 †G.R.A.Langley c Trueman b Walker 12 not out 33 9 G.Noblet st Trueman b Burke 3 lbw b Flockton 4 10 J.R.Burton b Walker 8 c Moroney b Flockton 0 11 J.W.Wilson not out 6 b Benaud 1 Extras b 15, lb 3, nb 1 19 b 4 4 —— —— 159 259 FoW (1): 1-24 (3), 2-24 (2), 3-39 (4), 4-90 (5), 5-95 (6), 6-121 (8), 7-124 (9), 8-141 (10), 9-159 (7) FoW (2): 1-54 (2), 2-64 (3), 3-67 (4), 4-113 (1), 5-140 (6), 6-190 (7), 7-244 (5), 8-251 (9), 9-253 (10), 10-259 (11) NEW SOUTH WALES 1 J.W.Burke c Langley b Noblet 5 2 J.Moroney c Langley b Bowley 38 3 R.Benaud b Noblet 97 4 I.D.Craig lbw b Wilson 91 5 J.H.de Courcy c Favell b Burton 114 6 R.G.Flockton c Duldig b Wilson 12 7 *S.G.Barnes c Favell b Wilson 28 8 R.R.Lindwall c Langley b Noblet 10 9 A.K.Walker c Langley b Noblet 12 10 T.F.Brooks not out 11 11 †G.S.Trueman b Noblet 0 Extras b 1, lb 7, w 2 10 —— 428 FoW (1): 1-5 (1), 2-69 (2), 3-187 (3), 4-289 (4), 5-309 (6), 6-353 (7), 7-378 (8), 8-412 (9), 9-428 (5), 10-428 (11) New South Wales Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 6 0 25 2 Walker 19 1 56 3 1nb 11 1 69 1 Brooks 12 3 37 2 (1) 14 0 77 2 Burke 13 7 22 1 10 2 32 1 Benaud 1.2 1 0 1 (3) 9.4 0 39 2 Flockton (5) 11 1 38 3 South Australia Bowling O M R W Burton 24 1 118 1 1w Noblet 32.5 4 77 5 Wilson 25 2 121 3 Bowley 15 1 53 1 1w Manning 13 3 49 0 Umpires: H.A.R.Elphinstone and H.Mackinnon. Toss: New South Wales Close of Play: 1st day: New South Wales (1) 65-1 (Moroney 34*, Benaud 26*); 2nd day: New South Wales (1) 388-7 (de Courcy 95*, Walker 3*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. J.H.de Courcy’s 114 took 216 minutes and included 11 fours. P.L.Ridings’s 103 took 146 minutes and included 8 fours and 1 five. B.L.Bowley retired hurt in the South Australia first innings having scored 14 (team score 23-0). 118