 Upon returning to Australia , Johnston played in the 1948 – 49 Australian season , which was purely domestic with no visiting international teams . He took a total of 32 wickets at 31 @.@ 84 in nine matches . He saved his best performance for New South Wales . He took 3 / 47 and 5 / 62 and his wickets included future Test batsmen Jim Burke , Jimmy de Courcy and Jack Moroney , but was unable to stave off defeat . Apart from a 5 / 65 against Queensland he never took more than three wickets in an innings for the season . He also managed his highest first @-@ class score , recording 38 against South Australia . 
