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Sheffield Shield, 1953/54
New South Wales v South Australia
Sydney Cricket Ground
19,20,22,23 February 1954 (4-day match)

Result: New South Wales won by 5 wickets
Points: New South Wales 5, South Australia 0

Toss: South Australia
Umpires: H Mackinnon and FH McLennan
First-class Debuts: WJ Watson (New South Wales).

Balls per over: 8

Close of play:

  • Day 1: South Australia 255, New South Wales 74/0 (Briggs 37*, Watson 37*)
  • Day 2: New South Wales 321/4 (O'Reilly 36*, Craig 33*)
  • Day 3: New South Wales 321/4d, South Australia 173
    South Australia 1st innings
    LE Favell                                b Benaud              71
    GB Stevens                               b Fagan                4
    GB Hole               c Trueman          b Fagan                0
    DF Trowse             c de Courcy        b Benaud              18
    *PL Ridings           c Trueman          b Simpson             48
    HN Dansie             c Trueman          b Benaud               0
    +GRA Langley                         c & b Simpson              5
    CA Watts              st Trueman         b Benaud              76
    J Drennan                                b Simpson             14
    KG Horsnell                              b Simpson              5
    JW Wilson             not out                                   0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 9, nb 1)                        14
    Total                 (all out, 62.2 overs, 242 mins)         255
    
    FoW: 1-14, 2-14, 3-95, 4-102, 5-102,
         6-121, 7-192, 8-245, 9-253, 10-255.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Miller                      12      2     45      0
    Fagan                       13      2     59      2 (1nb)
    Benaud                      16.2    4     70      4
    Cotton                       7      2     17      0
    Simpson                     10      1     38      4
    O'Reilly                     4      0     12      0
    
    New South Wales 1st innings
    RE Briggs                                b Drennan            136
    WJ Watson             c Langley          b Wilson              82
    JH de Courcy          c Stevens          b Drennan             18
    R Benaud              lbw                b Drennan              7
    JW O'Reilly           not out                                  36
    ID Craig              not out                                  33
    Extras                (b 3, lb 4, nb 2)                         9
    Total                 (4 wickets dec, 86.5 overs, 325 mins)   321
    
    DNB: RB Simpson, EK Cotton, AM Fagan, *KR Miller, +GS Trueman.
    
    FoW: 1-161, 2-216, 3-246, 4-249.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Drennan                     16      0     61      3
    Horsnell                    16      0     79      0
    Wilson                      26.5   10     64      1
    Watts                       16      1     64      0 (1nb)
    Dansie                       9      1     30      0
    Hole                         2      0     10      0
    Ridings                      1      0      4      0 (1nb)
    
    South Australia 2nd innings
    LE Favell             c Miller           b Simpson             40
    GB Stevens            c de Courcy        b Miller               5
    DF Trowse             c Simpson          b Benaud              27
    GB Hole               c Trueman          b Fagan               31
    *PL Ridings           c Trueman          b Benaud               6
    HN Dansie             c Briggs           b Simpson             33
    +GRA Langley          c Simpson          b Fagan                4
    CA Watts              not out                                  14
    J Drennan                                b Benaud               6
    KG Horsnell                              b Benaud               0
    JW Wilson             c Watson           b Benaud               1
    Extras                (b 3, lb 3)                               6
    Total                 (all out, 52.2 overs, 192 mins)         173
    
    FoW: 1-17, 2-66, 3-78, 4-91, 5-142,
         6-146, 7-154, 8-171, 9-171, 10-173.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Miller                       4      0     18      1
    Fagan                       10      2     25      2
    Benaud                      16.2    2     33      5
    Simpson                     20      2     83      2
    O'Reilly                     2      0      8      0
    
    New South Wales 2nd innings (target: 108 runs)
    RB Simpson            not out                                  42
    EK Cotton             lbw                b Horsnell            12
    JW O'Reilly           c Ridings          b Horsnell             0
    AM Fagan              c Langley          b Horsnell             2
    *KR Miller            c Dansie           b Wilson              25
    R Benaud              c Stevens          b Drennan              9
    JH de Courcy          not out                                  16
    Extras                (b 1, lb 2)                               3
    Total                 (5 wickets, 33 overs, 135 mins)         109
    
    DNB: RE Briggs, WJ Watson, ID Craig, +GS Trueman.
    
    FoW: 1-20, 2-20, 3-30, 4-67, 5-84.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Drennan                      9      0     27      1
    Horsnell                     9      0     34      3
    Dansie                       4      1     15      0
    Ridings                      1      0      5      0
    Wilson                       8      3     19      1
    Watts                        2      0      6      0
    

    • 12th Men: AR Morris (NSW) and CJ Pinch (SA)
    • Crowds: 2854, 8094, 877, 666. Total: 12,491. Receipts: 856 pounds




  • Domestic Season Index

    Team Pages: New South Wales, South Australia.

    Ground Page: Sydney Cricket Ground

    South Australia Player Pages: LE Favell, GB Stevens, GB Hole, DF Trowse, PL Ridings, HN Dansie, GRA Langley, CA Watts, J Drennan, KG Horsnell, JW Wilson.

    New South Wales Player Pages: RE Briggs, WJ Watson, JH de Courcy, R Benaud, JW O'Reilly, ID Craig, RB Simpson, EK Cotton, AM Fagan, KR Miller, GS Trueman.

    Match Officials' Pages: H Mackinnon, FH McLennan.

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