Queensland Cricket Archive

f16005 ss308	Victoria v Queensland
	Sheffield Shield 1937/38
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 17th, 18th, 20th, 21st December 1937 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Victoria won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Victoria won by an innings and 99 runs
Points	Victoria 5; Queensland 0
Umpires	AN Barlow, WJ Moore
Close of play day 1	Victoria (1) 40/0 (Rigg 18, Lee 20)
Close of play day 2	Victoria (1) 302/4 (Hassett 63, Sides 0)
Close of play day 3	Queensland (1) 150 all out

Victoria first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*KE Rigg	c Rogers b Wyeth	18
IS Lee	c Brown b Wyeth	122
RG Gregory	st Tallon b Govan	71
AL Hassett	c Tallon b Loxton	90
JA Ledward	c Brown b Govan	18
FW Sides	run out (Govan->Baker->Loxton)	61
WE Pearson	not out	63
MW Sievers	not out	5
+BA Barnett	did not bat
EL McCormick	did not bat
LO Fleetwood-Smith	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 455 minutes, 114.4 overs)	461
Fall of wickets:
1-40 (Rigg), 2-167 (Gregory), 3-255 (Lee), 4-299 (Ledward), 5-380 (Hassett), 6-418 (Sides)

Queensland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dixon	30.4	2	125	0	-	2
Loxton	17	0	73	1	1	-
Wyeth	43	8	121	2	-	-
Govan	18	1	92	2	-	-
Baker	5	0	33	0	-	-
Allen	1	0	4	0	-	-

Queensland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WA Brown	lbw b Fleetwood-Smith	19
CC Loxton	b McCormick	2
J Coats	c Sievers b Fleetwood-Smith	21
RE Rogers	lbw b Fleetwood-Smith	3
+D Tallon	c Sievers b McCormick	12
T Allen	b McCormick	6
GG Baker	lbw b Pearson	47
HJH Mahoney	lbw b Sievers	8
ERH Wyeth	not out	20
JM Govan	st Barnett b Fleetwood-Smith	1
PL Dixon	b Fleetwood-Smith	0
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 4 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 190 minutes, 49.1 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Loxton), 2-31 (Brown), 3-37 (Rogers), 4-54 (Coats), 5-69 (Allen), 6-72 (Tallon), 7-93 (Mahoney), 8-140 (Baker), 9-150 (Govan), 10-150 (Dixon, 49.1 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCormick	7	1	19	3	-	2
Sievers	12	1	24	1	-	2
Pearson	6	1	10	1	-	-
Fleetwood-Smith	17.1	1	60	5	-	-
Gregory	7	1	26	0	-	-

Queensland second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WA Brown	b Sievers	12
CC Loxton	run out (McCormick->Barnett)	25
J Coats	b Fleetwood-Smith	46
RE Rogers	c McCormick b Fleetwood-Smith	2
+D Tallon	run out (Pearson->Fleetwood-Smith)	31
T Allen	b Sievers	7
GG Baker	c Sievers b Gregory	43
HJH Mahoney	lbw b Fleetwood-Smith	4
ERH Wyeth	b Sievers	0
JM Govan	not out	24
PL Dixon	lbw b McCormick	7
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 238 minutes, 61.4 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Brown), 2-90 (Coats), 3-92 (Rogers), 4-113 (Loxton), 5-128 (Allen), 6-132 (Tallon), 7-140 (Mahoney), 8-150 (Wyeth), 9-194 (Baker), 10-212 (Dixon, 61.4 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCormick	11.4	1	40	1	-	1
Sievers	18	4	40	3	-	3
Gregory	6	1	19	1	1	-
Fleetwood-Smith	25	1	101	3	-	-
Pearson	1	0	1	0	-	-

Notes
--> IS Lee (1) passed his previous highest score of 109 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> AL Hassett (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 84
--> CC Loxton made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> J Coats made his debut in first-class matches
--> J Coats made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> JM Govan (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in first-class matches
--> ERH Wyeth reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed IS Lee, his 2nd wicket in the Victoria first innings
--> MW Sievers reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed ERH Wyeth, his 3rd wicket in the Queensland second innings

12th Men: EH Bromley (both sides)
Crowds: 1458, 3412, 2126, 1007. Total: 8003. Receipts: 201 pounds