History of Australian cricket from 1945-46 to 1960

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This article describes the history of Australian cricket from the 1945-46 season until 1960.

Notable Australian players during this period include Don Bradman, Arthur Morris, Ray Lindwall, Keith Miller, Neil Harvey, Alan Davidson and Richie Benaud.

Contents 1 Domestic cricket 1.1 Sheffield Shield winners 2 International tours of Australia 2.1 England 1946-47 2.2 India 1947-48 2.3 England 1950-51 2.4 West Indies 1951-52 2.5 South Africa 1952-53 2.6 New Zealand 1953-54 2.7 England 1954-55 2.8 England 1958-59 3 References 4 External sources 5 Further reading

[edit] Domestic cricket

Western Australia surprised everyone by winning the Sheffield Shield in the team's debut season 1947-48. But for the rest of this period and until the mid-1960s, domestic Australian cricket was dominated by New South Wales.

[edit] Sheffield Shield winners

• 1945-46 – not contested
• 1946-47 – Victoria
• 1947-48 – Western Australia
• 1948-49 – New South Wales
• 1949-50 – New South Wales
• 1950-51 – Victoria
• 1951-52 – New South Wales
• 1952-53 – South Australia
• 1953-54 – New South Wales
• 1954-55 – New South Wales
• 1955-56 – New South Wales
• 1956-57 – New South Wales
• 1957-58 – New South Wales
• 1958-59 – New South Wales
• 1959-60 – New South Wales

[edit] International tours of Australia

[edit] England 1946-47

For more information about this tour, see : English cricket team in Australia in 1946-47

[edit] India 1947-48

For more information about this tour, see : Indian cricket team in Australia in 1947-48

[edit] England 1950-51

For more information about this tour, see : English cricket team in Australia in 1950-51

[edit] West Indies 1951-52

For more information about this tour, see : West Indian cricket team in Australia in 1951-52

[edit] South Africa 1952-53

For more information about this tour, see : South African cricket team in Australia in 1952-53

[edit] New Zealand 1953-54

The New Zealand national team toured Australia in March 1954 and played three first-class matches including its first-ever meeting with Western Australia at the WACA Ground in Perth.

New Zealand defeated Western Australia by 184 runs and then South Australia by 8 wickets. They drew with Victoria to complete their most successful tour of Australia to date. Bert Sutcliffe was their most outstanding player, scoring a century in each of the three games while John Reid made 160 and 64 to help Sutcliffe save the game against Victoria.

See : CricketArchive tour itinerary

[edit] England 1954-55

For more information about this tour, see : English cricket team in Australia in 1954-55

[edit] England 1958-59

For more information about this tour, see : English cricket team in Australia in 1958-59

[edit] References

[edit] External sources

• CricketArchive — itinerary of Australian cricket

[edit] Further reading

• Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
• Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993

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