misc2540	British Empire XI v Royal Australian Air Force
	Royal Australian Air Force in British Isles 1945
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 12th May 1945 (1-day single innings match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	British Empire XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Royal Australian Air Force won by 6 wickets
Umpires	G Beet, AJB Fowler
Scorers	ERS Hoskin, W Mavins, BR Miles

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British Empire XI innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Halliday	st Sismey b Ellis	16
HP Crabtree	c Workman b Ellis	25
J Collinson	lbw b Ellis	1
PR Sunnucks	c Roper b Ellis	0
R Felton	b Ellis	6
RWV Robins	b Cristofani	10
+KC James	b Ellis	26
*R Smith	not out	24
CB Clarke	st Sismey b Cristofani	5
F Appleyard	lbw b Ellis	0
LB Thompson	lbw b Ellis	0
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 55.4 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-45, 3-45, 4-48, 5-55, 6-83, 7-106, 8-107, 9-118, 10-118 (55.4 ov)

Royal Australian Air Force bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roper	5	0	5	0	-	-
RG Williams	8	0	22	0	-	-
Cristofani	16	1	45	2	-	-
Ellis	14.4	6	21	8	-	-
Pettiford	8	0	13	0	-	-
Stocks	4	0	7	0	-	-

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Royal Australian Air Force innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Workman	c and b Smith	20
J Pettiford	c Sunnucks b Clarke	8
KR Miller	c James b Clarke	50
RM Stanford	c Smith b Thompson	29
EA Williams	b Smith	0
RG Williams	not out	51
DR Cristofani	b Appleyard	11
CNR Stocks	c Halliday b Appleyard	4
+SG Sismey	not out	4
*AW Roper	did not bat
RS Ellis	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb)	12
Total	(7 wickets, 73 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-73, 3-89, 4-90, 5-133, 6-153, 7-177

British Empire XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	9	1	12	1	-	-
Appleyard	19	8	36	2	-	-
Clarke	17	4	38	2	-	-
Smith	13	2	30	2	-	-
Robins	7	0	31	0	-	-
Halliday	5	1	9	0	-	-
Felton	3	0	21	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Royal Australian Air Force batted on after winning

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12,250 people paid to see this match, the proceeds going to charities.

 

 

 

 

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