Lancashire Cricket Club

f17906	Lancashire v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1948
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 26th, 27th, 28th May 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	H Elliott, CN Woolley
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (1) 108/3 (GA Edrich 32, Cranston 5)

Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Barnes	c Cranston b Hilton	31
AR Morris	c EH Edrich b Pollard	22
*DG Bradman	b Hilton	11
IWG Johnson	lbw b Hilton	5
SJE Loxton	b Roberts	39
RN Harvey	b Roberts	36
RA Hamence	b Pollard	2
+RA Saggers	not out	22
RR Lindwall	c Lawton b Hilton	0
WA Johnston	b Pollard	24
ERH Toshack	b Roberts	4
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 69.4 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Morris), 2-58 (Bradman), 3-72 (Johnson), 4-75 (Barnes), 5-136 (Loxton), 6-145 (Hamence), 7-167 (Harvey), 8-170 (Lindwall), 9-195 (Johnston), 10-204 (Toshack, 69.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pollard	20	8	37	3	-	-
Lawton	9	4	21	0	-	-
Hilton	19	4	81	4	-	-
Roberts	21.4	4	57	3	-	-

Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	lbw b Toshack	33
W Place	c Lindwall b Toshack	24
GA Edrich	b Johnston	55
JT Ikin	lbw b Lindwall	7
*K Cranston	b Lindwall	14
+EH Edrich	b Johnston	5
A Wharton	c Johnston b Lindwall	24
R Pollard	c Hamence b Johnston	4
WB Roberts	st Saggers b Johnston	1
W Lawton	b Johnston	0
MJ Hilton	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 4 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 92.3 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-48 (Washbrook), 2-57 (Place), 3-91 (Ikin), 4-129 (Cranston), 5-144 (EH Edrich), 6-151 (GA Edrich), 7-161 (Pollard), 8-172 (Roberts), 9-180 (Lawton), 10-182 (Wharton, 92.3 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	19.3	6	44	3	-	-
Johnston	29	14	49	5	-	-
Toshack	28	8	40	2	-	-
Johnson	8	2	16	0	-	-
Loxton	8	1	18	0	-	-

Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Barnes	c Roberts b Cranston	31
AR Morris	c GA Edrich b Pollard	5
*DG Bradman	st EH Edrich b Hilton	43
SJE Loxton	run out	52
RN Harvey	not out	76
RA Hamence	not out	49
IWG Johnson	did not bat
+RA Saggers	did not bat
RR Lindwall	did not bat
WA Johnston	did not bat
ERH Toshack	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(4 wickets, 67 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-25 (Morris), 2-51 (Barnes), 3-125 (Bradman), 4-137 (Loxton)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pollard	12	2	48	1	-	-
Lawton	8	1	43	0	-	-
Cranston	9	1	40	1	-	-
Hilton	13	0	54	1	-	-
Roberts	14	3	35	0	-	-
Wharton	7	1	20	0	-	-
Ikin	4	0	16	0	-	-

Notes
--> W Lawton made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WA Johnston (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> K Cranston (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> MJ Hilton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed IWG Johnson in the Australians first innings (previous best was 1-26)