f19927	Tasmania Combined XI v Australian XI
	Other First-Class matches in Australia 1952/53
Venue	North Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Launceston on 12th, 13th, 14th March 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australian XI won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australian XI won by 10 wickets
Umpires	JM Blakeney, JJ Guy
Close of play day 1	Australian XI (1) 93/0 (McDonald 63*, Morris 23*)
Close of play day 2	Tasmania Combined XI (2) 19/2 (Stokes 13*, Davidson 0*)

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Tasmania Combined XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KR Miller	c Hole b Davidson	52
EE Rodwell	c Hole b Benaud	27
RN Harvey	b Davidson	49
*TR Davidson	c Langley b Davidson	6
ID Craig	c Davidson b Benaud	72
RG Stokes	c Langley b Johnston	14
D Tallon	c Hole b Benaud	16
+B Brownlow	c Morris b Benaud	1
DT Ring	c Hole b Benaud	6
TJ Cowley	lbw b Archer	12
W Hird	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 225 minutes, 53.2 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-102, 3-130, 4-139, 5-170, 6-210, 7-212, 8-220, 9-258, 10-262 (53.2 ov)

Australian XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnston	12	2	47	1	-	-
Archer	9.2	0	50	1	-	1
Davidson	11	0	45	3	-	-
Benaud	15	2	87	5	-	-
Hill	6	1	27	0	-	-

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Australian XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	c Davidson b Hird	70
AR Morris	b Hird	34
*AL Hassett	c Cowley b Hird	26
GB Hole	b Cowley	10
JH de Courcy	b Hird	11
R Benaud	not out	167
RG Archer	b Hird	0
AK Davidson	b Cowley	90
+GRA Langley	b Cowley	22
JC Hill	c Miller b Hird	20
WA Johnston	b Rodwell	9
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 303 minutes, 72.7 overs)	469
Fall of wickets:
1-107, 2-115, 3-132, 4-151, 5-158, 6-158, 7-325, 8-387, 9-418, 10-469 (72.7 ov)

Tasmania Combined XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hird	26	3	122	6	-	-
Cowley	25	0	108	3	-	-
Ring	13	1	111	0	-	-
Tallon	2	0	31	0	-	-
Harvey	4	0	44	0	-	-
Craig	2	0	37	0	-	-
Rodwell	0.7	0	6	1	-	-

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Tasmania Combined XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EE Rodwell	c Langley b Johnston	2
DT Ring	b Johnston	4
RG Stokes	run out (Benaud->Langley)	30
*TR Davidson	run out (Archer->Benaud)	12
RN Harvey	c and b Benaud	81
KR Miller	c Hassett b Benaud	13
ID Craig	c and b Hill	7
D Tallon	c Hassett b Hill	5
TJ Cowley	c Hole b Hill	58
W Hird	lbw b Johnston	24
+B Brownlow	not out	1
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 252 minutes, 57.2 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-18, 3-48, 4-55, 5-106, 6-129, 7-143, 8-168, 9-241, 10-245 (57.2 ov)

Australian XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnston	15.2	3	49	3	-	-
Archer	6	0	22	0	-	-
Benaud	12	1	50	2	-	-
Hill	15	2	58	3	-	-
Morris	2	0	14	0	-	-
Hole	4	1	22	0	-	-
Hassett	3	0	22	0	-	-

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Australian XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	not out	30
AR Morris	not out	11
*AL Hassett	did not bat
GB Hole	did not bat
JH de Courcy	did not bat
R Benaud	did not bat
RG Archer	did not bat
AK Davidson	did not bat
+GRA Langley	did not bat
JC Hill	did not bat
WA Johnston	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 27 minutes, 4.2 overs)	41

Tasmania Combined XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hird	2	0	19	0	-	-
Cowley	2	0	17	0	-	-
Tallon	0.2	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AL Hassett (1) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> R Benaud (1) passed his previous highest score of 117 in First-Class matches
--> AK Davidson (1) passed his previous highest score of 87 in First-Class matches
--> TJ Cowley (2) passed his previous highest score of 51 in First-Class matches
--> W Hird (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> R Benaud achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Tasmania Combined XI first innings (previous best was 4-90)
--> R Benaud achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Tasmania Combined XI first innings
--> W Hird achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Australian XI first innings (previous best was 4-154)
--> W Hird achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Australian XI first innings

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12th Men: JM Maddox (Comb XI) and RR Lindwall (Aust XI)
Crowds: 3241, 3168, 5847. Total: 12,256. Receipts: 1648 pounds

 

 

 

 

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