First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

VICTORIA v WEST INDIANS Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, January 18, 19, 21, 22, 1952. West Indians won by four wickets. VICTORIA 1 C.C.McDonald c Weekes b Ferguson 44 c and b Valentine 72 2 G.R.Thoms c Jones b Atkinson 60 b Atkinson 4 3 R.N.Harvey c Ferguson b Atkinson 88 (4) c Stollmeyer b Valentine 22 4 S.J.E.Loxton c Guillen b Jones 36 (5) c Stollmeyer b Atkinson 9 5 J.L.Chambers c Stollmeyer b Atkinson 3 (7) c Walcott b Valentine 40 6 M.K.Fitchett c Guillen b Jones 5 not out 42 7 *A.L.Hassett c Jones b Ferguson 56 (3) b Valentine 43 8 I.W.G.Johnson c Guillen b Atkinson 53 run out 1 9 D.T.Ring c Weekes b Valentine 26 not out 1 10 †I.H.McDonald c Marshall b Valentine 11 11 W.A.Johnston not out 0 Extras b 4, lb 1 5 lb 2 2 —— —— 387 (7 wickets, declared) 236 FoW (1): 1-80, 2-154, 3-221, 4-231, 5-235, 6-244, 7-336, 8-369, 9-387, 10-387 FoW (2): 1-20, 2-118, 3-125, 4-146, 5-164, 6-210, 7-235 WEST INDIANS 1 A.F.Rae c Hassett b Johnson 171 c Loxton b Johnston 12 2 *J.B.Stollmeyer c Thoms b Johnson 24 lbw b Johnston 5 3 C.L.Walcott st I.H.McDonald b Ring 32 c sub (R.Harvey) b Ring 105 4 E.D.Weekes b Johnston 7 c and b Hassett 38 5 R.E.Marshall c I.H.McDonald b Fitchett 11 (6) b Ring 0 6 R.J.Christiani c Hassett b Johnson 32 (5) not out 107 7 D.S.Atkinson c I.H.McDonald b Johnson 0 c Loxton b Ring 6 8 †S.C.Guillen st I.H.McDonald b Ring 9 9 W.Ferguson c Fitchett b Johnston 32 (8) not out 7 10 P.E.W.Jones not out 2 11 A.L.Valentine b Johnson 0 Extras b 1, lb 4, w 2 7 b 14, lb 3 17 —— —— 327 (6 wickets) 297 FoW (1): 1-33, 2-89, 3-108, 4-128, 5-190, 6-190, 7-203, 8-297, 9-327, 10-327 FoW (2): 1-17, 2-22, 3-105, 4-251, 5-251, 6-277 West Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Jones 24 4 78 2 18 3 62 0 Atkinson 28 6 102 4 17 2 71 2 Marshall 9 2 36 0 (5) 1 0 8 0 Valentine 9.3 0 46 2 (3) 22 4 88 4 Ferguson 17 1 110 2 (4) 1 0 5 0 Stollmeyer 2 0 10 0 Victoria Bowling O M R W O M R W Johnston 20 1 71 2 1w 10 2 35 2 Loxton 9 0 27 0 5 0 24 0 Johnson 19.6 5 36 5 1w (4) 7.7 1 49 0 Ring 29 3 150 2 (3) 8 1 39 3 Fitchett 4 0 29 1 (6) 7 0 71 0 Harvey 3 1 7 0 (5) 6 0 40 0 Hassett 1 1 0 0 4 0 22 1 Umpires: A.N.Barlow and R.G.Hele. Toss: Victoria Close of Play: 1st day: Victoria (1) 293-6 (Hassett 31*, Johnson 21*); 2nd day: West Indians (1) 190-5 (Rae 80*); 3rd day: Victoria (2) 128-3 (Harvey 7*, Loxton 1*). A.F.Rae’s 171 took 341 minutes and included 16 fours and 3 sixes. C.L.Walcott’s 105 took 162 minutes and included 13 fours. R.J.Christiani’s 107 took 103 minutes and included 11 fours and 1 six. 92