TestNo. 345MenScorecard

Australia v West Indies

Australia won by 1 wicket

31 December 1951 to 3 January 1952Melbourne

Australiawon by 1 wicket

216 & 260/997 ov

West Indies

272 & 20359.3 ov

Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it

Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.

West Indies innings

27275.3 ov

West Indies batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Kenneth Rickards	bowled	15	-	43	1	0	-
Jeffrey Stollmeyer	caught	7	-	22	0	0	-
Frank Worrell	bowled	108	-	247	7	0	-
Everton Weekes	caught	1	-	4	0	0	-
Gerry Gomez	caught	37	-	84	2	0	-
Robert Christiani	run out	37	-	106	3	0	-
John Goddard	bowled	21	-	50	1	0	-
Sammy Guillen	not out	22*	-	56	2	0	-
John Trim	run out	0	-	4	0	0	-
Sonny Ramadhin	caught	1	-	9	0	0	-
Alf Valentine	caught	14	-	20	2	0	-
Extras	b 2, lb 6, w 1	9
Total	all out, 75.3 overs (8-ball)	272

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280

1-16 Jeffrey Stollmeyer2-29 Kenneth Rickards3-30 Everton Weekes4-102 Gerry Gomez5-194 Robert Christiani6-221 Frank Worrell7-237 John Goddard8-242 John Trim9-248 Sonny Ramadhin10-272 Alf Valentine

Bowling to West Indies
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ray Lindwall	18	2	72	1	4.00
Keith Miller	19.3	1	60	5	3.10
Bill Johnston	20	1	59	2	2.95
Doug Ring	9	0	43	0	4.78
Ian Johnson	7	0	23	0	3.29
Graeme Hole	2	0	6	0	3.00

Australia innings

21673.3 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Jack Moroney	lbw	26	-	95	2	0	-
Arthur Morris	bowled	6	-	20	0	0	-
Lindsay Hassett	run out	15	-	70	1	0	-
Neil Harvey	caught	83	-	120	15	0	-
Keith Miller	bowled	47	-	159	5	0	-
Graeme Hole	bowled	2	-	4	0	0	-
Ray Lindwall	lbw	13	-	46	2	0	-
Ian Johnson	caught	1	-	21	0	0	-
Doug Ring	bowled	6	-	18	0	0	-
Gil Langley	not out	0*	-	14	0	0	-
Bill Johnston	bowled	1	-	4	0	0	-
Extras	b 12, lb 4	16
Total	all out, 73.3 overs (8-ball)	216

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280

1-17 Arthur Morris2-48 Lindsay Hassett3-49 Jack Moroney4-173 Neil Harvey5-176 Graeme Hole6-208 Keith Miller7-209 Ray Lindwall8-210 Ian Johnson9-215 Doug Ring10-216 Bill Johnston

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
John Trim	12	2	34	5	2.83
Gerry Gomez	13.3	7	25	1	1.87
Alf Valentine	23	8	50	1	2.17
Sonny Ramadhin	17	4	63	2	3.71
John Goddard	8	0	28	0	3.50

West Indies innings

20359.3 ov

West Indies batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Sammy Guillen	caught	0	3	2	0	0	0.0
Jeffrey Stollmeyer	lbw	54	-	124	4	0	-
John Goddard	lbw	0	2	2	0	0	0.0
Kenneth Rickards	lbw	22	-	67	0	0	-
Everton Weekes	lbw	2	-	10	0	0	-
Robert Christiani	bowled	33	-	65	2	0	-
Gerry Gomez	bowled	52	-	132	4	0	-
Frank Worrell	bowled	30	-	83	4	0	-
John Trim	run out	0	1	4	0	0	0.0
Sonny Ramadhin	run out	0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Alf Valentine	not out	1*	-	12	0	0	-
Extras	b 4, lb 5	9
Total	all out, 59.3 overs (8-ball)	203

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280

1-0 Sammy Guillen2-0 John Goddard3-53 Kenneth Rickards4-60 Everton Weekes5-97 Jeffrey Stollmeyer6-128 Robert Christiani7-190 Frank Worrell8-194 John Trim9-194 Sonny Ramadhin10-203 Gerry Gomez

Bowling to West Indies
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ray Lindwall	17	2	59	2	3.47
Keith Miller	16	1	49	2	3.06
Bill Johnston	14.3	2	51	3	3.55
Doug Ring	7	1	17	0	2.43
Ian Johnson	5	0	18	1	3.60

Australia innings chasing 260

260/997 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Jack Moroney	lbw	5	-	35	0	0	-
Arthur Morris	lbw	12	-	41	0	0	-
Lindsay Hassett	lbw	102	-	323	9	0	-
Neil Harvey	bowled	33	-	88	4	0	-
Keith Miller	hit wicket	2	-	10	0	0	-
Graeme Hole	caught	13	-	58	1	0	-
Ray Lindwall	caught	29	-	76	4	0	-
Ian Johnson	caught	6	-	33	0	0	-
Doug Ring	not out	32*	-	55	3	0	-
Gil Langley	lbw	1	-	14	0	0	-
Bill Johnston	not out	7*	-	35	0	0	-
Extras	b 14, lb 4	18
Total	9 wickets, 97 overs (8-ball)	260

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280

0-13 Jack Moroney1-27 Arthur Morris2-93 Neil Harvey3-106 Jack Moroney4-109 Keith Miller5-147 Graeme Hole6-192 Ray Lindwall7-218 Ian Johnson8-218 Lindsay Hassett9-222 Gil Langley

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
John Trim	10	3	25	0	2.50
Gerry Gomez	9	1	18	0	2.00
Alf Valentine	30	9	88	5	2.93
Sonny Ramadhin	39	15	93	3	2.38
Frank Worrell	9	1	18	1	2.00

Tests in December 1951

4 matches

TestScorecardIndia485/9d & 20883.1England456 & 55/236Match drawnBrabourne, 14 December TestScorecardAustralia82 & 25574.5West Indies105 & 233/473.5West Indies won by 6 wicketsAdelaide, 22 December TestScorecardEngland342 & 252/5d120India344 & 103/029Match drawnEden Gardens, 30 December TestScorecardWest Indies272 & 20359.3Australia216 & 260/997Australia won by 1 wicketMelbourne, 31 December

Match facts

Format: Test No. 345
Dates: 31 December 1951 to 3 January 1952
Ground: Melbourne
Result: Australia won by 1 wicket
Overs: 8 balls an over
In the database: Scorecard

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  "balls_per_over": 8,
  "innings": [{
    "team": "west-indies", "runs": 272,
    "batting": [{"player": "Frank Worrell", "dismissal": "bowled",
      "runs": 108, "balls": null, "minutes": 247, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Ray Lindwall", "overs": "18", "wickets": 1, ...}, ...]
  }, ...]
}

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Australia v West Indies

Previous meetingTest, West Indies won by 6 wickets, 22 December 1951 Next meetingTest, Australia won by 202 runs, 25 January 1952