f17849	Western Australia v Australian XI
	Other First-Class matches in Australia 1947/48
Venue	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on 13th, 15th, 16th March 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Western Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JP Robbins, ET Tonkinson
Close of play day 1	Western Australia (1) 289/8 (Rigg 21*, Puckett 2*)
Close of play day 2	Australian XI (1) 257/3 (Miller 0*, Harvey 0*)

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Western Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AR Edwards	c Brown b Miller	57	107	82	8	-
*DK Carmody	c Saggers b Johnson	15	47	45	2	-
TM Outridge	c Saggers b Miller	9	21	27	1	-
MU Herbert	c and b Johnston	1	22	38	-	-
ADW Watt	b Johnston	32	83	68	1	-
CW Langdon	b McCool	112	230	188	16	-
BA Rigg	c Johnson b Toshack	65	168	132	5	-
+GT Kessey	lbw b Toshack	3	12	13	-	-
TE O'Dwyer	c Miller b Johnson	31	54	45	3	-
CW Puckett	b McCool	14	60	67	1	-
KR Cumming	not out	3	4	5	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 356 minutes, 100.7 overs)	348
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (Carmody), 2-73 (Outridge), 3-82 (Edwards), 4-87 (Herbert), 5-138 (Watt), 6-157 (Kessey), 7-228 (O'Dwyer), 8-286 (Langdon), 9-342 (Rigg), 10-348 (Puckett, 100.7 ov)

Australian XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	18	6	36	2	1	-
Johnston	21	3	57	2	-	-
Toshack	23	2	62	2	-	-
Johnson	20	3	72	2	-	-
McCool	18.7	1	115	2	-	-

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Australian XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WA Brown	c Cumming b Rigg	9	67	67	-	-
AR Morris	c sub (AW Dick) b Langdon	115	230	214	15	-
*DG Bradman	c Outridge b O'Dwyer	115	166	141	16	-
KR Miller	c Kessey b Watt	43	132	123	3	-
RN Harvey	run out (Rigg)	79	160	136	8	-
RA Hamence	not out	33	99	81	5	-
CL McCool	c Watt b O'Dwyer	18	51	37	2	-
IWG Johnson	c sub (AW Dick) b O'Dwyer	11	26	20	1	-
+RA Saggers	not out	0	1	4	-	-
WA Johnston	did not bat
ERH Toshack	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 7 lb)	19
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 417 minutes, 114.4 overs)	442
Fall of wickets:
1-48 (Brown), 2-249 (Bradman), 3-255 (Morris), 4-367 (Miller), 5-383 (Harvey), 6-416 (McCool), 7-436 (Johnson)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cumming	29	9	60	0	-	-
Puckett	15.4	5	19	0	-	-
Rigg	7	0	65	1	-	-
O'Dwyer	23	4	99	3	-	-
Herbert	27	3	127	0	-	-
Watt	8	1	36	1	-	-
Langdon	5	0	17	1	-	-

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Western Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DK Carmody	b Miller	5	6	3	1	-
AR Edwards	not out	21	55	65	2	-
TM Outridge	b McCool	22	49	30	3	-
BA Rigg	b Johnson	6	30	21	-	-
ADW Watt	not out	1	4	5	-	-
MU Herbert	did not bat
CW Langdon	did not bat
+GT Kessey	did not bat
TE O'Dwyer	did not bat
CW Puckett	did not bat
KR Cumming	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(3 wickets, 65 minutes, 18 overs)	62
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Carmody), 2-43 (Outridge), 3-60 (Rigg)

Australian XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	3	0	12	1	-	-
Johnston	4	0	14	0	-	-
Johnson	6	2	9	1	-	-
McCool	5	0	20	1	-	-

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Notes
--> KR Cumming made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AR Edwards (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> CW Langdon (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in First-Class matches
--> CW Langdon (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> BA Rigg (1) passed his previous highest score of 54 in First-Class matches
--> AR Morris (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 108
--> RN Harvey (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> KR Miller reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed DK Carmody, his 1st wicket in the Western Australia second innings
--> BA Rigg retired hurt in the Western Australia first innings having scored 5 (team score 149/5) - he returned when the score was 228/7

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12th Men: AW Dick (WA) and SJE Loxton (Aust)
Crowds: 14500, 13200, 2800. Total: 30,500. Receipts: 3,551 pounds

 

 

 

 

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