First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

VICTORIA v SOUTH AUSTRALIA Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, February 22, 23, 25, 26, 1952. Victoria won by an innings and 149 runs. (Points: Victoria 5, South Australia 0) SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1 H.N.Dansie c C.C.McDonald b Johnston 6 st I.H.McDonald b Ring 42 2 R.N.Haddrick lbw b Johnston 10 b Ring 7 3 L.E.Favell c Ring b Johnston 9 c and b Ring 1 4 L.D.Duldig c Hassett b Loxton 83 c sub (J.Hallebone) b Ring 32 5 *P.L.Ridings c Cordner b Loxton 1 c C.C.McDonald b Loxton 22 6 D.F.Trowse c Loxton b Ring 44 b Johnston 26 7 B.L.Bowley b Johnston 18 c Hassett b Loxton 0 8 J.S.Manning run out (C.C.McDonald/I.H.McDonald) 31 b Cordner 11 9 †G.R.A.Langley c I.H.McDonald b Johnston 5 c Fitchett b Ring 15 10 G.Noblet b Johnston 5 c Cordner b Ring 3 11 J.W.Wilson not out 0 not out 0 Extras lb 7, nb 3 10 lb 6, nb 1 7 —— —— 222 166 FoW (1): 1-16 (1), 2-17 (2), 3-30 (3), 4-31 (5), 5-154 (4), 6-170 (6), 7-195 (7), 8-211 (9), 9-221 (10), 10-222 (8) FoW (2): 1-44 (2), 2-46 (3), 3-57 (1), 4-100 (5), 5-128 (4), 6-128 (7), 7-144 (8), 8-154 (6), 9-165 (10), 10-166 (9) VICTORIA 1 C.C.McDonald b Bowley 29 2 G.R.Thoms run out (Dansie) 50 3 *A.L.Hassett b Manning 229 4 J.L.Chambers c Ridings b Noblet 22 5 S.J.E.Loxton c Langley b Manning 71 6 M.K.Fitchett not out 79 7 D.T.Ring c Trowse b Bowley 35 8 I.W.G.Johnson c Ridings b Wilson 9 9 †I.H.McDonald c Bowley b Wilson 1 10 W.A.Johnston c Manning b Noblet 0 11 J.P.Cordner run out 3 Extras lb 8, w 1 9 —— 537 FoW (1): 1-51 (1), 2-128 (2), 3-211 (4), 4-338 (5), 5-436 (3), 6-490 (7), 7-519 (8), 8-529 (9), 9-530 (10), 10-537 (11) Victoria Bowling O M R W O M R W Cordner 10.2 0 49 0 2nb 10 0 38 1 1nb Johnston 18 2 46 6 15 4 40 1 Loxton 10 5 28 2 1nb (6) 3 2 5 2 Ring 9 1 50 1 (3) 24.1 11 41 6 Johnson 7 0 39 0 (4) 12 4 28 0 Hassett (5) 1 0 7 0 South Australia Bowling O M R W Noblet 40.3 5 140 2 Bowley 28 0 144 2 1w Wilson 25 1 102 2 Manning 20 0 103 2 Dansie 1 0 9 0 Ridings 6 0 30 0 Umpires: A.N.Barlow and R.J.J.Wright. Toss: Victoria Close of Play: 1st day: Victoria (1) 29-0 (C.C.McDonald 14*, Thoms 14*); 2nd day: Victoria (1) 263-3 (Hassett 139*, Loxton 19*); 3rd day: South Australia (2) 69-3 (Duldig 13*, Ridings 4*). A.L.Hassett’s 229 took 325 minutes and included 24 fours. 123