BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	c †Langley b Noblet	6	-	-	-	-	-
George Thoms	b Manning	36	-	-	-	-	-
Neil Harvey	c Ridings b Thomas	1	-	-	-	-	-
Lindsay Hassett (c)	b Manning	23	-	-	-	-	-
John Chambers	c Hole b Manning	0	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Loxton	st †Langley b Hole	51	-	-	-	-	-
Doug Ring	c Favell b Hole	65	-	-	-	-	-
Ian Johnson	c Hole b Manning	5	-	-	-	-	-
Ian McDonald †	b Hole	54	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Hill	c Hole b Thomas	3	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Johnston	not out	3	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 2)	3
TOTAL	71.5 Ov (RR: 3.49, 291 Mins)	250
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-7, 3-63, 4-65, 5-68, 6-183, 7-183, 8-196, 9-208, 10-250

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Geff Noblet	21	2	62	1	2.21	-	-	-
Ramon Thomas	16	3	71	2	3.32	-	-	-
Jack Wilson	15	3	36	0	1.80	-	-	-
Jack Manning	14	4	39	4	2.08	-	-	-
Graeme Hole	5.5	0	39	3	5.20	-	-	-

South Australia 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Les Favell	b Hill	81	-	-	-	-	-
Neil Dansie	c Hassett b Loxton	12	-	-	-	-	-
Gil Langley †	b Hill	31	-	-	-	-	-
Lance Duldig	b Hill	32	-	-	-	-	-
Graeme Hole	c sub (MK Fitchett) b Johnson	111	-	-	-	-	-
Phil Ridings (c)	b Hill	12	-	-	-	-	-
Dean Trowse	b Hill	8	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Manning	lbw b Johnson	3	-	-	-	-	-
Ramon Thomas	lbw b Hill	2	-	-	-	-	-
Geff Noblet	not out	4	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Wilson	b Hill	0	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 2, lb 4)	6
TOTAL	78.3 Ov (RR: 3.85, 299 Mins)	302
Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-120, 3-125, 4-250, 5-274, 6-285, 7-288, 8-293, 9-302, 10-302

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bill Johnston	14	2	71	0	3.80	-	-	-
Sam Loxton	16	0	66	1	3.09	-	-	-
Doug Ring	11	3	56	0	3.81	-	-	-
Ian Johnson	15	1	52	2	2.60	-	-	-
Jack Hill	22.3	8	51	7	1.70	-	-	-

Victoria 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
George Thoms	run out (Manning/Thomas)	59	-	-	-	-	-
Ian Johnson	c †Langley b Noblet	12	-	-	-	-	-
Lindsay Hassett (c)	c Hole b Wilson	123	-	-	-	-	-
Neil Harvey	c Dansie b Wilson	46	-	-	-	-	-
John Chambers	lbw b Wilson	20	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Loxton	b Wilson	10	-	-	-	-	-
Doug Ring	c Dansie b Thomas	29	-	-	-	-	-
Colin McDonald	lbw b Thomas	23	-	-	-	-	-
Ian McDonald †	c Trowse b Wilson	9	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Hill	c Hole b Wilson	13	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Johnston	not out	9	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 6, lb 3)	9
TOTAL	95.3 Ov (RR: 3.79, 375 Mins)	362
Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-118, 3-191, 4-264, 5-275, 6-286, 7-330, 8-333, 9-345, 10-362

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Geff Noblet	21	4	41	1	1.46	-	-	-
Ramon Thomas	27	1	106	2	2.94	-	-	-
Graeme Hole	10	2	39	0	2.92	-	-	-
Jack Manning	14	2	62	0	3.32	-	-	-
Jack Wilson	21.3	3	98	6	3.43	-	-	-
Neil Dansie	2	0	7	0	2.62	-	-	-

South Australia 2nd Innings (T: 311 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Les Favell	b Loxton	9	-	-	-	-	-
Neil Dansie	b Johnston	0	-	-	-	-	-
Lance Duldig	c †IH McDonald b Loxton	0	-	-	-	-	-
Graeme Hole	not out	7	-	-	-	-	-
Phil Ridings (c)	not out	4	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(lb 4, w 4)	8
TOTAL	5.4 Ov (RR: 5.09, 31 Mins)	28/3
Did not bat: Gil Langley †, Dean Trowse, Jack Manning, Ramon Thomas, Geff Noblet, Jack Wilson
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-17, 3-20

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Bill Johnston	3	0	10	1	2.50	-	-	-	4	0
Sam Loxton	2.4	0	10	2	3.00	-	-	-	0	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Thu, 01 Jan - day 1 - South Aus 1st innings 28/1 (Les Favell 16*, Gil Langley 0*)

Fri, 02 Jan - day 2 - Victoria 2nd innings 25/1 (George Thoms 10*, Lindsay Hassett 2*)

Sat, 03 Jan - day 3 - Victoria 2nd innings 362

Sun, 04 Jan - rest day

Mon, 05 Jan - day 4 - South Aus 2nd innings 28/3 (5.4 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

General

MATCH DETAILS

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	South Australia, elected to field first
Series	Sheffield Shield
Season	1952/53
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	RG Hele Ronald Wright
Points	Victoria 1, South Australia 3

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South Aust Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
WA Johnston	3	0	10	1	2.5
SJE Loxton	2.4	0	10	2	3

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	8	Graeme Hole	Phil Ridings

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TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
SOA	7	4	0	3	29	1.206
NSW	7	2	1	4	18	1.253
VIC	7	3	2	2	17	1.129
WA	4	1	2	1	8	0.708
QLD	7	0	5	2	2	0.735