[7][8] Later in the season, in February 1952, Hallebone was named in the state team for a non-Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania, which had first-class status.
[9] Aged 22 on debut at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), he came in sixth in Victoria's first innings, and scored 202 runs before being dismissed by Noel Diprose.
[10] His innings included a 343-run fifth-wicket partnership with Richard Maddocks (who scored 271), which remains a Victorian first-class record as of August 2015[update].
[17] Late in the season, Hallebone also scored 99 against the touring New Zealand team that was on its way back from a Test series in South Africa.
[20] Hallebone, who was 26 at the time of his last state game, finished his career with a first-class batting average of 41.10, having scored 1,192 runs.