Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sid Barnes	lbw b Sperry	78	140	128	9	0	55.71
Bill Brown	b Jackson	26	52	45	0	0	50.00
Keith Miller	not out	202	341	325	16	1	59.23
Donald Bradman (c)	c †Corrall b Etherington	81	112	112	6	0	72.32
Neil Harvey	lbw b Walsh	12	26	27	0	0	46.15
Ron Hamence	st †Corrall b Walsh	7	19	13	0	0	36.84
Sam Loxton	lbw b Jackson	4	18	9	0	0	22.22
Ian Johnson	c Lester b Jackson	6	20	14	0	0	30.00
Ron Saggers †	c Lester b Jackson	6	18	10	0	0	33.33
Doug Ring	run out	2	4	11	0	0	50.00
Bill Johnston	st †Corrall b Jackson	12	30	33	0	0	40.00
Extras	(b 10, nb 2)	12
Total	129.2 Ov (RR: 3.46)	448
Fall of wickets: 1-46 (Bill Brown), 2-157 (Sid Barnes), 3-316 (Donald Bradman), 4-344 (Neil Harvey), 5-373 (Ron Hamence), 6-393 (Sam Loxton), 8-407 (Ron Saggers), 9-411 (Doug Ring), 10-448 (Bill Johnston, 129.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
James Sperry	27	5	84	1	3.11	-	-	-	1
Maurice Etherington	26	2	94	1	3.61	-	-	-	0
Walter Cornock	3	0	13	0	4.33	-	-	-	0
Vic Jackson	37.2	3	91	5	2.43	-	-	-	0
Jack Walsh	29	0	125	2	4.31	-	-	-	0
Gerald Lester	7	0	29	0	4.14	-	-	-	1

Leicestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Les Berry (c)	b Loxton	1	6	6	0	0	16.66
Gerald Lester	c †Saggers b Ring	19	51	48	0	0	37.25
Francis Prentice	c Barnes b Johnson	22	92	94	0	0	23.91
Maurice Tompkin	lbw b Ring	15	34	19	2	0	44.11
Vic Jackson	c Brown b Johnson	17	59	38	2	0	28.81
Walter Cornock	run out	10	49	47	1	0	20.40
Thomas Chapman	c Loxton b Ring	4	13	10	1	0	30.76
Jack Walsh	c Loxton b Ring	33	31	24	4	1	106.45
Maurice Etherington	not out	0	4	9	0	0	0.00
Paddy Corrall †	run out	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
James Sperry	c Barnes b Ring	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 5)	9
Total	57.5 Ov (RR: 2.24)	130
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Les Berry, 1.3 ov), 2-34 (Gerald Lester, 15.3 ov), 3-56 (Maurice Tompkin, 23.3 ov), 4-74 (Francis Prentice, 38.6 ov), 5-79 (Vic Jackson, 40.6 ov), 6-90 (Thomas Chapman, 45.1 ov), 7-130 (Jack Walsh, 55.4 ov), 8-130 (Walter Cornock, 56.1 ov), 9-130 (Paddy Corrall, 57.2 ov), 10-130 (James Sperry, 57.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bill Johnston	6	0	15	0	2.50	-	-	-
Sam Loxton	6	1	11	1	1.83	-	-	-
Ian Johnson	23	9	50	2	2.17	-	-	-
Doug Ring	22.5	9	45	5	1.97	-	-	-

Leicestershire 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Les Berry (c)	c Miller b Johnson	20	63	65	0	0	31.74
Gerald Lester	c Ring b Johnson	40	115	93	4	0	34.78
Francis Prentice	c & b Johnson	3	32	28	0	0	9.37
Maurice Tompkin	c Johnston b Johnson	5	21	16	1	0	23.80
Vic Jackson	not out	31	114	108	3	0	27.19
Walter Cornock	b Johnson	6	11	9	1	0	54.54
Thomas Chapman	c †Saggers b Johnson	16	24	26	2	0	66.66
Jack Walsh	lbw b Johnston	1	9	6	0	0	11.11
Maurice Etherington	b Johnson	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
Paddy Corrall †	c Bradman b Miller	8	36	26	0	0	22.22
James Sperry	b Miller	13	16	15	0	0	81.25
Extras	(b 2, lb 1, w 1)	4
Total	74.1 Ov (RR: 1.98)	147
Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Les Berry, 24.1 ov), 2-66 (Gerald Lester, 34.5 ov), 3-77 (Francis Prentice, 34.6 ov), 4-77 (Maurice Tompkin, 40.5 ov), 5-83 (Walter Cornock, 44.5 ov), 6-113 (Thomas Chapman, 54.3 ov), 7-116 (Jack Walsh, 57.4 ov), 8-117 (Maurice Etherington, 58.5 ov), 9-131 (Paddy Corrall, 69.4 ov), 10-147 (James Sperry, 74.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bill Johnston	27	10	42	1	1.55	-	-	-
Sam Loxton	7	3	12	0	1.71	-	-	-
Doug Ring	11	2	26	0	2.36	-	-	-
Sid Barnes	4	0	11	0	2.75	-	-	-
Ian Johnson	21	8	42	7	2.00	-	-	-
Keith Miller	4.1	1	10	2	2.40	-	-	-

Close of Play

Sat, 01 May - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 407/8 (Keith Miller 175*, Doug Ring 0*)

Sun, 02 May - rest day

Mon, 03 May - day 2 - LEICS 2nd innings 113/5 (Vic Jackson 19*, Thomas Chapman 16*)

Tue, 04 May - day 3 - LEICS 2nd innings 147 (74.1 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Grace Road, Leicester
Toss	Australians, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of England
Season	1948
Match days	day (3-day match)
Umpires	Alec Skelding Claud Woolley

Australia tour of England News

721 all out... in a day

As great as the sum of their parts

Instant answers to T20 questions

LEICS Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
WA Johnston	27	10	42	1	1.55
SJE Loxton	7	3	12	0	1.71
DT Ring	11	2	26	0	2.36
SG Barnes	4	0	11	0	2.75
IWG Johnson	21	8	42	7	2
KR Miller	4.1	1	10	2	2.4

<1 / 3>