f16019 ss311	Victoria v South Australia
	Sheffield Shield 1937/38
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 31st December 1937, 1st, 3rd, 4th January 1938 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	South Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Victoria 3; South Australia 1
Umpires	AN Barlow, WJ Moore
Close of play day 1	South Australia (1) 287/9 (Ward 15*, Cotton 2*)
Close of play day 2	Victoria (1) 290/4 (Ledward 21*, Sievers 1*)
Close of play day 3	South Australia (2) 148/3 (Robinson 45*, Hamence 32*)

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South Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CL Badcock	c Pearson b Fleetwood-Smith	50
RS Whitington	c Rigg b Fleetwood-Smith	81
*DG Bradman	c Sievers b Gregory	54
RH Robinson	c Rigg b Fleetwood-Smith	12
RA Hamence	st Barnett b Fleetwood-Smith	8
MG Waite	c Pearson b Fleetwood-Smith	30
+CW Walker	c Pearson b Fleetwood-Smith	13
RG Williams	b Fleetwood-Smith	15
FA Ward	not out	26
CV Grimmett	c Pearson b Fleetwood-Smith	4
HNJ Cotton	c Ledward b Fleetwood-Smith	8
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 346 minutes, 91.3 overs)	304
Fall of wickets:
1-69 (Badcock), 2-149 (Bradman), 3-179 (Robinson), 4-204 (Whitington), 5-213 (Hamence), 6-241 (Waite), 7-258 (Walker), 8-271 (Williams), 9-279 (Grimmett), 10-304 (Cotton, 91.3 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCormick	16	1	60	0	-	1
Sievers	17	5	39	0	-	-
Pearson	17	3	41	0	-	1
Fleetwood-Smith	31.3	1	135	9	-	-
Gregory	10	1	26	1	-	-

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Victoria first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*KE Rigg	c Walker b Williams	118
IS Lee	c and b Grimmett	67
RG Gregory	st Walker b Grimmett	61
AL Hassett	lbw b Grimmett	17
JA Ledward	b Grimmett	29
MW Sievers	st Walker b Ward	1
FW Sides	c Whitington b Grimmett	47
WE Pearson	c and b Grimmett	13
+BA Barnett	not out	3
EL McCormick	lbw b Waite	0
LO Fleetwood-Smith	run out (Ward->Walker)	0
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 384 minutes, 100.6 overs)	364
Fall of wickets:
1-157 (Lee), 2-213 (Rigg), 3-245 (Hassett), 4-288 (Gregory), 5-290 (Sievers), 6-312 (Ledward), 7-360 (Pearson), 8-361 (Sides), 9-364 (McCormick), 10-364 (Fleetwood-Smith, 100.6 ov)

South Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotton	15	1	76	0	2	2
Williams	18	2	49	1	-	-
Grimmett	30.6	4	95	6	-	-
Waite	18	5	38	1	-	-
Ward	19	4	98	1	-	-

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South Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CL Badcock	b McCormick	0
RS Whitington	lbw b Fleetwood-Smith	29
*DG Bradman	c Sievers b Gregory	35
RH Robinson	run out (Pearson)	62
RA Hamence	c Hassett b McCormick	64
MG Waite	c Barnett b Gregory	51
+CW Walker	run out (Hassett->Barnett->Gregory)	25
RG Williams	st Barnett b Fleetwood-Smith	11
FA Ward	c Gregory b Fleetwood-Smith	9
CV Grimmett	c Barnett b Sievers	31
HNJ Cotton	not out	18
Extras	(13 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(all out, 359 minutes, 95.2 overs)	356
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Badcock), 2-63 (Whitington), 3-67 (Bradman), 4-194 (Robinson), 5-201 (Hamence), 6-242 (Walker), 7-254 (Williams), 8-278 (Ward), 9-321 (Waite), 10-356 (Grimmett, 95.2 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCormick	20	1	91	2	-	3
Sievers	18.2	4	45	1	-	1
Pearson	3	0	13	0	-	-
Fleetwood-Smith	37	3	137	3	1	-
Gregory	16	1	46	2	-	-
Ledward	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Victoria second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*KE Rigg	c Robinson b Williams	20
IS Lee	c Bradman b Grimmett	34
RG Gregory	c Hamence b Ward	11
JA Ledward	not out	58
+BA Barnett	lbw b Ward	17
MW Sievers	not out	0
AL Hassett	did not bat
FW Sides	did not bat
WE Pearson	did not bat
EL McCormick	did not bat
LO Fleetwood-Smith	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(4 wickets, 125 minutes, 33 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-33 (Rigg), 2-61 (Gregory), 3-73 (Lee), 4-139 (Barnett)

South Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotton	6	0	21	0	-	-
Williams	6	0	17	1	-	-
Ward	10	1	40	2	-	-
Grimmett	11	1	62	1	-	-

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Notes
--> HNJ Cotton (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> LO Fleetwood-Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed HNJ Cotton in the South Australia first innings (previous best was 8-79)
--> LO Fleetwood-Smith reached 200 wickets in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed RS Whitington, his 1st wicket in the South Australia second innings

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12th Men: EH Bromley (Vic) and BH Leak (SA)
Crowds: 19343, 15172, 24801, 6332. Total: 65,648. Receipts: 2878 pounds

 

 

 

 

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