misc2889	Tasmania v Australian XI
	Other matches in Australia 1947/48
Venue	North Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Launceston on 8th, 9th March 1948 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Tasmania won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australian XI won by an innings and 49 runs
Umpires	RJ Harrison, C Thomas
Close of play day 1	Australian XI (1) 223/4 (Loxton 48*, McCool 27*)

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Tasmania first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*ROG Morrisby	b Miller	10
RV Thomas	c Loxton b Toshack	20
WT Walmsley	lbw b Toshack	17
MR Thomas	lbw b Toshack	4
EE Rodwell	c Miller b McCool	22
AL Shephard	c Morris b Toshack	2
JFL Laver	b Johnston	16
CG Richardson	c Johnston b Toshack	18
NV Diprose	b Johnston	5
+LJ Alexander	run out	0
IT Clay	not out	3
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 39.2 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Morrisby), 2-43, 3-54, 4-60, 5-78, 6-84, 7-100, 8-112, 9-112, 10-123 (39.2 ov)

Australian XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	5	0	13	1	-	1
Johnston	10	2	28	2	-	-
McCool	11	1	49	1	-	-
Toshack	10.2	3	24	5	-	-
Loxton	3	1	3	0	-	-

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Australian XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WA Brown	c Walmsley b Diprose	66
AR Morris	c Morrisby b Walmsley	61
KR Miller	c Richardson b Laver	16
RN Harvey	c RV Thomas b Walmsley	1
SJE Loxton	c Alexander b Clay	54
CL McCool	b Clay	32
SG Barnes	c MR Thomas b Clay	11
*AL Hassett	c Rodwell b Clay	23
+RA Saggers	not out	6
ERH Toshack	c Alexander b Clay	0
WA Johnston	c Laver b Diprose	10
Extras	(8 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 61.6 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-127, 2-129, 3-130, 4-158, 5-233, 6-242, 7-254, 8-275, 9-275, 10-288 (61.6 ov)

Tasmania bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clay	15	0	63	5	-	-
Richardson	10	0	50	0	-	-
Diprose	14.6	0	56	2	-	-
Rodwell	3	0	12	0	-	-
Walmsley	13	0	68	2	-	-
Laver	6	2	31	1	-	-

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Tasmania second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*ROG Morrisby	run out	7
RV Thomas	lbw b Johnston	1
WT Walmsley	b Miller	4
MR Thomas	b Toshack	14
EE Rodwell	c Saggers b McCool	28
CG Richardson	c Brown b McCool	22
JFL Laver	b McCool	8
AL Shephard	c Saggers b Barnes	8
NV Diprose	not out	21
+LJ Alexander	b Barnes	0
IT Clay	c Miller b Barnes	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 30.2 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (RV Thomas), 2-12, 3-12, 4-41, 5-65, 6-81, 7-94, 8-104, 9-104, 10-116 (30.2 ov)

Australian XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	5	0	24	1	-	-
Johnston	3	0	7	1	-	-
McCool	12	0	42	3	-	-
Toshack	7	0	30	1	-	-
Loxton	2	0	9	0	-	-
Barnes	1.2	1	1	3	-	-

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