f15996	South Australia v Western Australia
	Other First-Class matches in Australia 1937/38
Venue	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide on 3rd, 4th, 6th December 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Western Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	South Australia won by 10 wickets
Umpires	RB Ridings, JD Scott
Close of play day 1	South Australia (1) 90/3 (Mueller 44*, Waite 1*)
Close of play day 2	Western Australia (2) 60/0 (Alexander 33*, Jeffreys 23*)

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Western Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FJ Alexander	run out (Hamence->Walker)	11
JA Jeffreys	b Waite	2
JA Shea	b Ridings	19
*WT Rowlands	c Walker b Scott	1
+OI Lovelock	lbw b Ridings	16
WF Buttsworth	c Ridings b Oswald	2
RJ Wilberforce	c Bradman b Oswald	1
GC Arthur	b Roberts	10
GA Gardiner	c Bradman b Scott	28
AG Zimbulis	run out (Bradman)	1
G Eyres	not out	3
Extras	(3 b, 3 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 169 minutes, 50.5 overs)	100
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-18, 3-20, 4-46, 5-49, 6-52, 7-55, 8-89, 9-93, 10-100 (50.5 ov)

South Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridings	9	2	22	2	-	3
Waite	5	1	5	1	-	-
Scott	16.5	9	19	2	-	-
Roberts	14	3	42	1	-	-
Oswald	6	3	6	2	-	-

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South Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+CW Walker	c Lovelock b Wilberforce	30
MECE Mueller	st Lovelock b Zimbulis	56
RA Hamence	c Lovelock b Eyres	13
BH Leak	st Lovelock b Zimbulis	1
MG Waite	b Zimbulis	21
*DG Bradman	c Wilberforce b Eyres	101
CL Badcock	c Shea b Wilberforce	12
PL Ridings	st Lovelock b Eyres	20
WM Roberts	lbw b Eyres	0
NH Oswald	c Lovelock b Eyres	6
JA Scott	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 321 minutes, 94.3 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-86, 3-89, 4-116, 5-137, 6-152, 7-233, 8-233, 9-259, 10-264 (94.3 ov)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Eyres	24.3	6	58	5	-	-
Gardiner	6	0	22	0	-	1
Rowlands	7	0	22	0	-	-
Wilberforce	25	6	60	2	-	-
Zimbulis	31	1	98	3	-	-
Alexander	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Western Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FJ Alexander	c Ridings b Oswald	44
JA Jeffreys	lbw b Ridings	27
JA Shea	st +sub b Oswald	26
RJ Wilberforce	b Oswald	3
+OI Lovelock	c Badcock b Waite	1
WF Buttsworth	c +sub b Waite	0
*WT Rowlands	c and b Roberts	24
GA Gardiner	not out	28
GC Arthur	c +sub b Roberts	4
AG Zimbulis	lbw b Roberts	11
G Eyres	b Roberts	2
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 273 minutes, 85 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-73, 2-79, 3-87, 4-92, 5-92, 6-121, 7-149, 8-157, 9-183, 10-185 (85 ov)

South Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridings	10	1	16	1	1	1
Waite	18	9	12	2	-	-
Scott	12	6	18	0	-	-
Oswald	30	4	89	3	-	-
Roberts	15	1	35	4	-	-

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South Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CL Badcock	not out	8
BH Leak	not out	13
+CW Walker	did not bat
MECE Mueller	did not bat
RA Hamence	did not bat
MG Waite	did not bat
*DG Bradman	did not bat
PL Ridings	did not bat
WM Roberts	did not bat
NH Oswald	did not bat
JA Scott	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(no wicket, 25 minutes, 8.2 overs)	22

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Eyres	4.2	1	11	0	-	-
Wilberforce	4	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MECE Mueller made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PL Ridings made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WM Roberts made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JA Scott made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WF Buttsworth made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RJ Wilberforce made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GC Arthur made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> OI Lovelock (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> GA Gardiner (1) equalled his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> JA Jeffreys (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> GA Gardiner (2) equalled his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> G Eyres achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the South Australia first innings (previous best was 3-98)
--> G Eyres achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the South Australia first innings
--> NH Oswald achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Western Australia second innings (previous best was 2-5)

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12th Men: MJ Doherty (SA) and GN Evans (WA)
Crowds: 1210, 3262, 500. Total: About 5000. Receipts: 120 pounds

 

 

 

 

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