Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ian Lee	b Klose	36	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Tamblyn	c †Walker b Ward	38	-	-	-	-	-
Lindsay Hassett	st †Walker b Grimmett	92	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Miller	c Bradman b Burton	108	-	-	-	-	-
Ian Johnson	lbw b Waite	14	-	-	-	-	-
Percy Beames	c & b Burton	104	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Barnett (c)†	b Burton	7	-	-	-	-	-
Morris Sievers	lbw b Burton	16	-	-	-	-	-
Doug Ring	st †Walker b Grimmett	32	-	-	-	-	-
Barry Scott	c Waite b Burton	7	-	-	-	-	-
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith	not out	11	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 5, lb 5)	10
Total	114.2 Ov (RR: 4.15, 389 Mins)	475
Fall of wickets: 1-60, 2-225, 3-275, 4-277, 5-289, 6-313, 7-353, 8-440, 9-460, 10-475

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Garth Burton	20.2	0	99	5	3.66	-	-	-
Mervyn Waite	21	3	90	1	3.21	-	-	-
Clarrie Grimmett	33	2	136	2	3.09	-	-	-
Thomas Klose	21	3	42	1	1.50	-	-	-
Frank Ward	19	0	98	1	3.86	-	-	-

South Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Kenneth Ridings	c Johnson b Ring	56	-	-	-	-	-
Thomas Klose	b Scott	54	-	-	-	-	-
Donald Bradman (c)	c Johnson b Fleetwood-Smith	267	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Badcock	lbw b Ring	58	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Hamence	lbw b Fleetwood-Smith	20	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Whitington	c Ring b Scott	41	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Walker †	lbw b Scott	1	-	-	-	-	-
Mervyn Waite	c Hassett b Ring	64	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Ward	c & b Ring	26	-	-	-	-	-
Clarrie Grimmett	c Sievers b Ring	6	-	-	-	-	-
Garth Burton	not out	1	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 6, lb 9, w 1)	16
Total	119.4 Ov (RR: 5.10, 478 Mins)	610
Fall of wickets: 1-108, 2-122, 3-259, 4-330, 5-420, 6-430, 7-556, 8-596, 9-609, 10-610

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Barry Scott	25	0	135	3	4.05	-	-	-	1
Morris Sievers	29	1	120	0	3.10	-	-	-	0
Doug Ring	25.4	1	123	5	3.61	-	-	-	0
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith	27	0	156	2	4.33	-	-	-	0
Ian Johnson	13	0	60	0	3.46	-	-	-	0

Victoria 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ben Barnett (c)†	lbw b Klose	46	-	-	-	-	-
Morris Sievers	c Badcock b Grimmett	36	-	-	-	-	-
Lindsay Hassett	c & b Ward	66	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Miller	c Bradman b Klose	1	-	-	-	-	-
Ian Johnson	lbw b Klose	23	-	-	-	-	-
Percy Beames	b Burton	32	-	-	-	-	-
Ian Lee	c Grimmett b Ward	39	-	-	-	-	-
Doug Ring	not out	41	-	-	-	-	-
Barry Scott	b Grimmett	17	-	-	-	-	-
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith	st †Walker b Ward	4	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Tamblyn	absent hurt	-	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 5, lb 3)	8
Total	73.4 Ov (RR: 4.25, 262 Mins)	313
Fall of wickets: 1-74, 2-96, 3-102, 4-178, 5-178, 6-239, 7-261, 8-298, 9-313

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Garth Burton	11	1	44	1	3.00	-	-	-
Mervyn Waite	10	1	38	0	2.85	-	-	-
Clarrie Grimmett	21	2	78	2	2.78	-	-	-
Thomas Klose	17	4	43	3	1.89	-	-	-
Frank Ward	14.4	2	102	3	5.27	-	-	-

South Australia 2nd Innings (T: 179 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Kenneth Ridings	not out	29	-	-	-	-	-
Thomas Klose	lbw b Ring	15	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Hamence	not out	11	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 3, lb 1, nb 1)	5
Total	16 Ov (RR: 3.75, 57 Mins)	60/1
Did not bat: Donald Bradman (c), Jack Badcock, Richard Whitington, Charlie Walker †, Mervyn Waite, Frank Ward, Clarrie Grimmett, Garth Burton
Fall of wickets: 1-36

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Barry Scott	3	0	9	0	2.25	-	-	-	0
Morris Sievers	3	0	12	0	3.00	-	-	-	0
Ian Johnson	5	2	14	0	2.10	-	-	-	0
Doug Ring	4	1	13	1	2.43	-	-	-	1
Lindsay Hassett	1	0	7	0	5.25	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Fri, 29 Dec - day 1 - Victoria 1st innings 289/5 (Percy Beames 7*, Morris Sievers 0*)

Sat, 30 Dec - day 2 - South Aus 1st innings 213/2 (Donald Bradman 52*, Jack Badcock 41*)

Sun, 31 Dec - rest day

Mon, 01 Jan - day 3 - Victoria 2nd innings 10/0 (Ben Barnett 10*, Morris Sievers 0*)

Tue, 02 Jan - day 4 - South Aus 2nd innings 60/1 (16 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Victoria, elected to bat first
Series	Sheffield Shield
Season	1939/40
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Andrew Barlow WJ Craddock
Points	Victoria 1, South Australia 3

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South Aust Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RB Scott	3	0	9	0	2.25
MW Sievers	3	0	12	0	3
IWG Johnson	5	2	14	0	2.1
DT Ring	4	1	13	1	2.43 (1 nb)
AL Hassett	1	0	7	0	5.25

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	24	Ron Hamence	Kenneth Ridings

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Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
NSW	6	4	2	0	20	1.267
SOA	6	3	2	1	18	1.296
VIC	6	3	2	1	16	1.014
QLD	6	1	5	0	5	0.590