f16986	Ceylon v Australian Services
	Australian Services in India, Ceylon and Australia 1945/46
Venue	Colombo Oval, Colombo on 14th, 15th December 1945 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australian Services won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australian Services won by an innings and 44 runs
Umpires	DS de Soysa, HEW de Zylva
Close of play day 1	Ceylon (1) 24/3 (Sathasivam 0*, Selvadurai 4*)

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Australian Services first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Workman	b Selvadurai	18
J Pettiford	b Spittel	16
RM Stanford	c McCarthy b de Kretser	20
KR Miller	b Jayawickreme	132		172	12	-
*AL Hassett	b Heyn	57		110	4	-
CG Pepper	c Navaratne b de Kretser	15
DR Cristofani	c de Saram b Heyn	28
+SG Sismey	lbw b Spittel	3
CFT Price	c Spittel b Selvadurai	10
AW Roper	c Spittel b de Kretser	0
RS Ellis	not out	0
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 98.4 overs)	306
Fall of wickets:
1-34 (Pettiford), 2-34 (Workman), 3-126 (Stanford), 4-247 (Miller), 5-261 (Hassett), 6-276 (Pepper), 7-294 (Cristofani), 8-297 (Sismey), 9-304 (Roper), 10-306 (Price, 98.4 ov)

Ceylon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvadurai	18.4	1	58	2	-	-
Spittel	21	4	71	2	-	-
Heyn	21	3	42	2	-	-
Jayawickreme	12	2	39	1	-	-
de Kretser	26	2	89	3	-	-

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Ceylon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Fernando	c Ellis b Roper	12
FC de Saram	c Sismey b Roper	3
HS Roberts	c Price b Pepper	5
M Sathasivam	c Cristofani b Miller	10
AJND Selvadurai	lbw b Ellis	16
*SS Jayawickreme	b Ellis	31
PCD McCarthy	b Ellis	0
BR Heyn	c Cristofani b Ellis	0
GM Spittel	run out	1
+B Navaratne	not out	12
RL de Kretser	c Price b Ellis	9
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 42 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (de Saram), 2-20 (Fernando), 3-20 (Roberts), 4-34 (Sathasivam), 5-64 (Selvadurai), 6-76 (McCarthy), 7-76 (Heyn), 8-81 (Jayawickreme), 9-82 (Spittel), 10-103 (de Kretser, 42 ov)

Australian Services bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	10	2	23	1	-	-
Roper	10	3	9	2	-	-
Pepper	12	2	36	1	-	-
Cristofani	3	0	6	0	-	-
Ellis	7	1	25	5	-	-

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Ceylon second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Fernando	b Miller	0
FC de Saram	b Pepper	23
HS Roberts	c Roper b Hassett	13
M Sathasivam	c Miller b Hassett	4
*SS Jayawickreme	b Pepper	23
GM Spittel	c Hassett b Ellis	6
PCD McCarthy	st Sismey b Ellis	12
BR Heyn	lbw b Ellis	50			8	-
AJND Selvadurai	b Pepper	23
+B Navaratne	not out	1
RL de Kretser	st Sismey b Pepper	0
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 50.3 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Fernando), 2-21 (Roberts), 3-29 (Sathasivam), 4-64 (Jayawickreme), 5-69 (de Saram), 6-77 (Spittel), 7-88 (McCarthy), 8-151 (Heyn), 9-159 (Selvadurai), 10-159 (de Kretser, 50.3 ov)

Australian Services bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	7	2	14	1	-	-
Hassett	10	4	10	2	-	-
Price	4	0	21	0	-	-
Pepper	7.3	1	46	4	-	-
Ellis	14	3	32	3	-	-
Pettiford	5	1	20	0	-	-
Cristofani	3	0	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> R Fernando made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AJND Selvadurai made his debut in First-Class matches
--> R Fernando made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HS Roberts made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AJND Selvadurai made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SS Jayawickreme (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> BR Heyn (2) passed his previous highest score of 42 in First-Class matches
--> RS Ellis made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> RM Stanford made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> JA Workman made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> DR Cristofani made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> CG Pepper made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> J Pettiford made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> AW Roper made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> SG Sismey made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> CFT Price made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> AL Hassett made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> KR Miller made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> RS Ellis reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed SS Jayawickreme, his 4th wicket in the Ceylon first innings

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