f16400 ss323	Victoria v South Australia
	Sheffield Shield 1938/39
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 30th, 31st December 1938, 2nd, 3rd January 1939 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Victoria won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Victoria 3; South Australia 1
Umpires	AN Barlow, GA Browne
Close of play day 1	Victoria (1) 363/7 (Hassett 151*, Ring 19*)
Close of play day 2	South Australia (1) 240/4 (Walker 4*, Ward 0*)
Close of play day 3	Victoria (2) 16/0 (Lee 6*, Barnett 8*)

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Victoria first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*KE Rigg	b Waite	7
IS Lee	c Walker b Scott	6
RG Gregory	st Walker b Ward	71
AL Hassett	not out	211
JA Ledward	c Scott b Waite	2
FW Sides	run out (PL Ridings)	44
+BA Barnett	lbw b Ward	50
MW Sievers	b Ward	1
DT Ring	c Hamence b Waite	51
EL McCormick	b PL Ridings	0
LO Fleetwood-Smith	b Ward	43
Extras	(6 lb, 7 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 415 minutes, 118.2 overs)	499
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Rigg), 2-23 (Lee), 3-129 (Gregory), 4-134 (Ledward), 5-219 (Sides), 6-312 (Barnett), 7-314 (Sievers), 8-426 (Ring), 9-427 (McCormick), 10-499 (Fleetwood-Smith, 118.2 ov)

South Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
PL Ridings	19.2	3	73	1	-	7
Waite	32	5	123	3	-	-
Scott	17	2	67	1	-	-
Grimmett	25	0	98	0	-	-
Ward	25	1	125	4	-	-

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South Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RS Whitington	lbw b Sievers	100
KL Ridings	c Lee b Sievers	27
*DG Bradman	c Hassett b Sievers	107
CL Badcock	c and b McCormick	1
+CW Walker	b Sievers	14
FA Ward	c Barnett b Sievers	62
RA Hamence	b Sievers	84
MG Waite	lbw b Ring	0
PL Ridings	c and b Ring	33
CV Grimmett	st Barnett b Ring	34
JA Scott	not out	4
Extras	(5 b, 15 lb, 2 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 538 minutes, 135.1 overs)	488
Fall of wickets:
1-70 (KL Ridings), 2-227 (Bradman), 3-230 (Badcock), 4-238 (Whitington), 5-263 (Walker), 6-379 (Ward), 7-380 (Waite), 8-424 (Hamence), 9-483 (PL Ridings), 10-488 (Grimmett, 135.1 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCormick	22	4	78	1	-	2
Sievers	43	11	95	6	-	-
Ring	31.1	2	116	3	-	-
Fleetwood-Smith	35	4	152	0	-	-
Gregory	4	0	25	0	-	-

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Victoria second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IS Lee	b Waite	51
+BA Barnett	lbw b Ward	54
RG Gregory	c sub (EH Bromley) b Ward	9
AL Hassett	st Walker b Ward	54
JA Ledward	c and b Ward	0
FW Sides	c Scott b PL Ridings	61
MW Sievers	not out	20
DT Ring	st Walker b Ward	19
EL McCormick	not out	1
*KE Rigg	did not bat
LO Fleetwood-Smith	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 255 minutes, 73 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-108 (Lee), 2-112 (Barnett), 3-135 (Gregory), 4-150 (Ledward), 5-195 (Hassett), 6-255 (Sides), 7-281 (Ring)

South Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
PL Ridings	9	0	37	1	-	5
Waite	24	6	63	1	-	-
Scott	13	1	43	0	1	-
Ward	27	4	126	5	-	-

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South Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RS Whitington	not out	27
KL Ridings	not out	18
*DG Bradman	did not bat
CL Badcock	did not bat
+CW Walker	did not bat
FA Ward	did not bat
RA Hamence	did not bat
MG Waite	did not bat
PL Ridings	did not bat
CV Grimmett	did not bat
JA Scott	did not bat
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(no wicket, 75 minutes, 21 overs)	50

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCormick	3	1	13	0	-	-
Sievers	3	0	9	0	-	-
Ring	6	1	8	0	-	-
Fleetwood-Smith	3	1	2	0	-	-
Gregory	4	3	3	0	-	-
Hassett	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PL Ridings made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> JA Ledward made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> JA Ledward made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AL Hassett (1) passed his previous highest score of 104 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> DT Ring (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> DT Ring (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in First-Class matches
--> DG Bradman (1) passed 21000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 63
--> FA Ward (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> FA Ward (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in First-Class matches
--> PL Ridings (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches
--> AL Hassett (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> MG Waite reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed JA Ledward, his 2nd wicket in the Victoria first innings
--> DT Ring achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed CV Grimmett in the South Australia first innings (previous best was 2-65)
--> DT Ring achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed CV Grimmett in the South Australia first innings (previous best was 2-65)

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12th Men: EH Bromley (Vic) and EJR Moyle (SA)
Crowds: 16706, 28637, 16542, 4843. Total: 66,728. Receipts: 2897 pounds

 

 

 

 

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