f16061	Western Australia v Australian XI
	Other First-Class matches in Australia 1937/38
Venue	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on 18th, 19th, 21st March 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Western Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australian XI won by an innings and 126 runs
Umpires	FR Buttsworth, ET Tonkinson
Close of play day 1	Australian XI (1) 120/2 (Bradman 68*, McCabe 14*)
Close of play day 2	Western Australia (2) 60/6 (Alexander 18*, Zimbulis 0*)

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Western Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Jeffreys	lbw b O'Reilly	12
FJ Alexander	b Fleetwood-Smith	7
JA Shea	lbw b O'Reilly	0
*WT Rowlands	c O'Reilly b McCormick	22
KS Jeffreys	c Ward b Fleetwood-Smith	14
+OI Lovelock	c Bradman b McCormick	9
MO Bessen	b O'Reilly	39
AG Zimbulis	st Walker b Ward	33
GA Gardiner	b O'Reilly	0
G Eyres	b Ward	41
RA Halcombe	not out	2
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 182 minutes, 44.6 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-24, 3-24, 4-57, 5-76, 6-76, 7-142, 8-147, 9-156, 10-192 (44.6 ov)

Australian XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCormick	8	0	22	2	-	3
McCabe	3	1	3	0	-	-
Fleetwood-Smith	13	2	44	2	1	-
O'Reilly	14	2	65	4	-	1
Ward	6.6	0	45	2	-	-

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Australian XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WA Brown	c Rowlands b Eyres	1
CL Badcock	b Zimbulis	34
*DG Bradman	st Lovelock b Zimbulis	102
SJ McCabe	c Rowlands b Halcombe	122
AL Hassett	c JA Jeffreys b Zimbulis	29
AG Chipperfield	c Rowlands b Halcombe	42
+CW Walker	run out (Gardiner->Lovelock)	22
FA Ward	b Halcombe	11
WJ O'Reilly	not out	3
EL McCormick	c Rowlands b Gardiner	0
LO Fleetwood-Smith	st Lovelock b Gardiner	4
Extras	(10 b, 10 lb, 1 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 267 minutes, 68 overs)	391
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-68, 3-189, 4-296, 5-307, 6-342, 7-379, 8-386, 9-387, 10-391 (68 ov)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Eyres	21	3	87	1	-	-
Gardiner	9	0	51	2	-	-
Zimbulis	22	0	160	3	-	-
Halcombe	10	0	43	3	-	1
Rowlands	3	0	15	0	-	-
KS Jeffreys	3	0	14	0	-	-

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Western Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Jeffreys	b Ward	14
JA Shea	lbw b O'Reilly	17
FJ Alexander	c Badcock b Fleetwood-Smith	18
*WT Rowlands	lbw b O'Reilly	2
KS Jeffreys	st Walker b Ward	0
+OI Lovelock	b O'Reilly	1
MO Bessen	c Walker b Fleetwood-Smith	1
AG Zimbulis	c Brown b O'Reilly	1
GA Gardiner	not out	9
G Eyres	c Ward b O'Reilly	0
RA Halcombe	c Chipperfield b Fleetwood-Smith	0
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 99 minutes, 25.1 overs)	73
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-38, 3-41, 4-46, 5-47, 6-60, 7-61, 8-65, 9-69, 10-73 (25.1 ov)

Australian XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCormick	4	0	14	0	-	1
McCabe	3	1	9	0	-	-
Ward	7	0	23	2	-	-
O'Reilly	9	4	12	5	-	-
Fleetwood-Smith	2.1	0	5	3	-	-

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Notes
--> KS Jeffreys made his debut in First-Class matches
--> MO Bessen made his debut in First-Class matches
--> FJ Alexander made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MO Bessen made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GA Gardiner made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AG Zimbulis (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> DG Bradman (1) passed 18000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 80
--> SJ McCabe (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 116
--> FA Ward reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Western Australia second innings

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12th Men: LH Bandy (WA) and MG Waite (Aust)
Crowds: 10200, 15000, very few. Total: About 25,500. Receipts: 1630 pounds

 

 

 

 

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