First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

AUSTRALIA v WEST INDIES Played at Sydney Cricket Ground, November 30, December 1, 3, 4, 5, 1951. Australia won by seven wickets. WEST INDIES 1 A.F.Rae c Johnson b Johnston 17 c Ring b Miller 9 2 J.B.Stollmeyer c Johnson b Lindwall 36 b Johnson 35 3 F.M.M.Worrell b Johnson 64 c Langley b Lindwall 20 4 E.D.Weekes b Lindwall 5 b Johnson 56 5 †C.L.Walcott c Langley b Ring 60 st Langley b Johnson 10 6 R.J.Christiani b Hole 76 c Hassett b Miller 30 7 G.E.Gomez lbw b Johnston 54 c Miller b Lindwall 41 8 *J.D.C.Goddard c Johnson b Johnston 33 not out 57 9 P.E.W.Jones lbw b Lindwall 1 c Miller b Johnston 7 10 S.Ramadhin b Lindwall 0 b Johnston 3 11 A.L.Valentine not out 0 b Miller 1 Extras b 12, lb 3, nb 1 16 b 9, lb 12 21 —— —— 362 290 FoW (1): 1-33 (1), 2-84 (2), 3-99 (4), 4-139 (3), 5-218 (5), 6-286 (6), 7-359 (7), 8-360 (9), 9-360 (10), 10-362 (8) FoW (2): 1-19 (1), 2-52 (3), 3-102 (2), 4-130 (5), 5-141 (4), 6-210 (6), 7-230 (7), 8-246 (9), 9-268 (10), 10-290 (11) AUSTRALIA 1 K.A.Archer c Weekes b Gomez 11 lbw b Worrell 47 2 A.R.Morris c Walcott b Jones 11 st Walcott b Ramadhin 30 3 *A.L.Hassett c Christiani b Jones 132 not out 46 4 R.N.Harvey c Gomez b Goddard 39 lbw b Worrell 1 5 K.R.Miller b Valentine 129 not out 6 6 G.B.Hole b Valentine 1 7 R.R.Lindwall run out 48 8 I.W.G.Johnson c Walcott b Jones 5 9 D.T.Ring c Ramadhin b Valentine 65 10 †G.R.A.Langley not out 15 11 W.A.Johnston b Valentine 28 Extras b 12, lb 18, nb 3 33 b 6, lb 1 7 —— —— 517 (3 wickets) 137 FoW (1): 1-19 (2), 2-27 (1), 3-106 (4), 4-341 (5), 5-345 (6), 6-348 (3), 7-372 (8), 8-457 (7), 9-485 (9), 10-517 (11) FoW (2): 1-49 (2), 2-123 (1), 3-125 (4) Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 26 2 66 4 17 3 59 2 Miller 21 3 72 0 13.2 2 50 3 Johnston 25.4 2 80 3 24 5 61 2 Ring 17 1 71 1 (5) 7 0 21 0 Johnson 14 3 48 1 (4) 23 2 78 3 Hole 4 1 9 1 West Indies Bowling O M R W O M R W Jones 27 5 68 3 5 1 16 0 Gomez 18 2 47 1 5 1 9 0 Worrell 11 0 60 0 (5) 2 0 7 2 Valentine 30.5 3 111 4 (3) 10 0 45 0 Ramadhin 41 7 143 0 (4) 12.3 1 53 1 Goddard 24 6 55 1 Umpires: A.N.Barlow and H.A.R.Elphinstone. Toss: Australia Close of Play: 1st day: West Indies (1) 286-6 (Gomez 24*); 2nd day: Australia (1) 131-3 (Hassett 54*, Miller 12*); 3rd day: Australia (1) 451-7 (Lindwall 44*, Ring 46*); 4th day: West Indies (2) 221-6 (Gomez 40*, Goddard 6*). A.L.Hassett’s 132 took 381 minutes and included 10 fours. K.R.Miller’s 129 took 246 minutes and included 15 fours. 29