f12551	Australian XI v The Rest
	Other First-Class matches in Australia 1928/29
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 19th, 20th, 22nd October 1928 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	The Rest won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australian XI won by an innings and 43 runs
Umpires	J Richards, PE Smith
Close of play day 1	Australian XI (1) 90/1 (Ponsford 44*, Andrews 1*)
Close of play day 2	The Rest (2) 3/0 (Harris 3*, Jackson 0*)

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The Rest first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GW Harris	c Oxenham b Gregory	6
+LPD O'Connor	b Oxenham	31
A Jackson	c Oldfield b Oxenham	18
C Kelleway	run out (Hendry)	15
*VY Richardson	c Hendry b Gregory	5
DG Bradman	c Oldfield b Grimmett	14
FC Thompson	st Oldfield b Grimmett	5
OE Nothling	lbw b Grimmett	8
CO Nicholls	lbw b Oxenham	0
JD Scott	b Oxenham	0
H Ironmonger	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 183 minutes, 56.2 overs)	111
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-31, 3-66, 4-79, 5-86, 6-100, 7-108, 8-109, 9-109, 10-111 (56.2 ov)

Australian XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gregory	11	2	26	2	-	-
Blackie	17	8	21	0	-	1
Oxenham	17.2	9	28	4	-	-
Grimmett	11	3	29	3	-	-

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Australian XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Ponsford	c Jackson b Nicholls	79
HSTL Hendry	c Kelleway b Scott	45
TJE Andrews	c O'Connor b Nothling	44
AF Kippax	c and b Kelleway	34
RK Oxenham	c O'Connor b Scott	1
JW Scaife	b Kelleway	2
*WM Woodfull	lbw b Nothling	21
JM Gregory	st O'Connor b Bradman	38
CV Grimmett	c Nicholls b Kelleway	43
+WAS Oldfield	c O'Connor b Nicholls	58
DD Blackie	not out	18
Extras	(7 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 380 minutes, 93.1 overs)	398
Fall of wickets:
1-87, 2-143, 3-192, 4-206, 5-206, 6-211, 7-273, 8-275, 9-361, 10-398 (93.1 ov)

The Rest bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Scott	19	3	76	2	-	-
Ironmonger	22	4	76	0	-	-
Kelleway	18	2	72	3	-	1
Nicholls	15.1	0	72	2	-	-
Nothling	14	2	51	2	-	-
Bradman	5	0	36	1	-	-

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The Rest second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GW Harris	st Oldfield b Grimmett	51
A Jackson	c and b Grimmett	27
FC Thompson	c Oldfield b Grimmett	20
C Kelleway	lbw b Oxenham	26
*VY Richardson	b Oxenham	0
DG Bradman	b Oxenham	5
+LPD O'Connor	b Oxenham	0
OE Nothling	not out	62
CO Nicholls	st Oldfield b Grimmett	47
JD Scott	b Oxenham	1
H Ironmonger	b Oxenham	4
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 182 minutes, 56.2 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-85, 3-116, 4-124, 5-124, 6-124, 7-133, 8-199, 9-200, 10-244 (56.2 ov)

Australian XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gregory	9	1	34	0	-	-
Blackie	9	0	22	0	-	-
Oxenham	19.2	2	62	6	-	-
Grimmett	19	1	125	4	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> LPD O'Connor (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> JM Gregory reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the The Rest first innings

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12th Men: CB Willis (both teams)
Crowds: 7487, 9962, 2293. Total: 19,742. Receipts: 794 pounds

 

 

 

 

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