First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

AUSTRALIA v WEST INDIES Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, December 31, 1951, January 1, 2, 3, 1952. Australia won by one wicket. WEST INDIES 1 K.R.Rickards b Miller 15 (4) lbw b Johnston 22 2 J.B.Stollmeyer c Langley b Miller 7 lbw b Miller 54 3 F.M.M.Worrell b Lindwall 108 (8) b Johnston 30 4 E.D.Weekes c Johnson b Johnston 1 (5) lbw b Johnston 2 5 G.E.Gomez c Langley b Miller 37 (7) b Johnson 52 6 R.J.Christiani run out 37 b Miller 33 7 *J.D.C.Goddard b Miller 21 (3) lbw b Lindwall 0 8 †S.C.Guillen not out 22 (1) c Johnston b Lindwall 0 9 J.Trim run out 0 run out 0 10 S.Ramadhin c Langley b Johnston 1 run out 0 11 A.L.Valentine c Lindwall b Miller 14 not out 1 Extras b 2, lb 6, w 1 9 b 4, lb 5 9 —— —— 272 203 FoW (1): 1-16 (2), 2-29 (1), 3-30 (4), 4-102 (5), 5-194 (6), 6-221 (3), 7-237 (7), 8-242 (9), 9-248 (10), 10-272 (11) FoW (2): 1-0 (1), 2-0 (3), 3-53 (4), 4-63 (5), 5-97 (2), 6-128 (6), 7-190 (8), 8-194 (9), 9-194 (10), 10-203 (7) AUSTRALIA 1 J.Moroney lbw b Ramadhin 26 lbw b Ramadhin 5 2 A.R.Morris b Trim 6 lbw b Valentine 12 3 *A.L.Hassett run out 15 lbw b Valentine 102 4 R.N.Harvey c and b Ramadhin 83 b Valentine 33 5 K.R.Miller b Trim 47 hit wkt b Valentine 2 6 G.B.Hole b Valentine 2 c Gomez b Worrell 13 7 R.R.Lindwall lbw b Trim 13 c Guillen b Ramadhin 29 8 I.W.G.Johnson c Guillen b Trim 1 c Guillen b Ramadhin 6 9 D.T.Ring b Trim 6 not out 32 10 †G.R.A.Langley not out 0 lbw b Valentine 1 11 W.A.Johnston b Gomez 1 not out 7 Extras b 12, lb 4 16 b 14, lb 4 18 —— —— 216 (9 wickets) 260 FoW (1): 1-17 (2), 2-48 (3), 3-49 (1), 4-173 (4), 5-176 (6), 6-208 (5), 7-209 (7), 8-210 (8), 9-215 (9), 10-216 (11) FoW (2): 1-27 (2), 2-93 (4), 3-106 (1), 4-109 (5), 5-147 (6), 6-192 (7), 7-218 (8), 8-218 (3), 9-222 (10) Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 18 2 72 1 17 2 59 2 Miller 19.3 1 60 5 16 1 49 2 Johnston 20 1 59 2 14.3 2 51 3 Ring 9 0 43 0 (5) 7 1 17 0 Johnson 7 0 23 0 (4) 5 0 18 1 Hole 2 0 6 0 West Indies Bowling O M R W O M R W Trim 12 2 34 5 10 3 25 0 Gomez 13.3 7 25 1 9 1 18 0 Valentine 23 8 50 1 (4) 30 9 88 5 Ramadhin 17 4 63 2 (3) 39 15 93 3 Goddard 8 0 28 0 Worrell (5) 9 1 18 1 Umpires: M.J.McInnes and R.J.J.Wright. Toss: West Indies Close of Play: 1st day: West Indies (1) 272 all out; 2nd day: West Indies (2) 20-2 (Stollmeyer 9*, Rickards 8*); 3rd day: Australia (2) 68-1 (Hassett 23*, Harvey 21*). The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four. F.M.M.Worrell’s 108 took 247 minutes and included 7 fours. A.L.Hassett’s 102 took 323 minutes and included 9 fours. J.Moroney retired hurt in the Australia second innings having scored 5 (team score 13-0) - he returned when the score was 93-2. 68