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Sheffield Shield, 1955/56
Western Australia v New South Wales
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
9,10,12,13 December 1955 (4-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Points: New South Wales 3, Western Australia 1

Toss: New South Wales
Umpires: OTC Cooley and JP Robbins
First-class Debuts: KN Slater, MT Vernon (Western Australia).

Balls per over: 8

Close of play:

  • Day 1: Western Australia 155/9 (Vernon 53*, Gorringe 9*)
  • Day 2: Western Australia 174, New South Wales 258/3 (Burke 102*, Miller 63*)
  • Day 3: New South Wales 452/7d, Western Australia 96/3 (Sawle 53*, Buggins 24*)
    Western Australia 1st innings
    JW Rutherford         c Booth            b Davidson            39
    LM Sawle                                 b Benaud              24
    +BL Buggins                          c & b Benaud              10
    KD Meuleman           c Burke            b Philpott             9
    *DK Carmody           c Burke            b Crawford             3
    L Pavy                c Davidson         b Crawford             4
    MT Vernon             not out                                  69
    KN Slater             c Davidson         b Benaud               1
    RB Strauss            st Lambert         b Benaud               1
    RH Price                                 b Crawford             0
    HR Gorringe           c Lambert          b Davidson            12
    Extras                (b 1, lb 1)                               2
    Total                 (all out, 58.1 overs, 249 mins)         174
    
    FoW: 1-56, 2-72, 3-83, 4-83, 5-87,
         6-102, 7-113, 8-116, 9-119, 10-174.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Crawford                    16      1     67      3
    Miller                       3      1      5      0
    Benaud                      26     10     49      4
    Davidson                    12.1    1     50      2
    Philpott                     1      0      1      1
    
    New South Wales 1st innings
    JW Burke              c Rutherford       b Meuleman           189
    R Benaud              c Buggins          b Gorringe             3
    RB Simpson            lbw                b Strauss             36
    ID Craig                                 b Price               40
    *KR Miller            lbw                b Strauss            128
    BC Booth              not out                                  34
    PI Philpott           lbw                b Price                7
    AK Davidson                              b Price                0
    Extras                (b 10, lb 3, nb 2)                       15
    Total                 (7 wickets dec, 113.4 overs, 476 mins)  452
    
    DNB: WJ Saunders, WPA Crawford, +O Lambert.
    
    FoW: 1-5, 2-84, 3-154, 4-369, 5-431, 6-452, 7-452.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Price                       20.4    4     75      3
    Gorringe                    19      4     77      1
    Slater                      26      0    114      0 (2nb)
    Strauss                     28      6     80      2
    Meuleman                    11      0     47      1
    Rutherford                   9      0     44      0
    
    Western Australia 2nd innings
    LM Sawle              not out                                 109
    JW Rutherford                            b Crawford             8
    KD Meuleman           lbw                b Davidson             0
    MT Vernon                                b Davidson             5
    +BL Buggins           lbw                b Crawford            36
    *DK Carmody           lbw                b Miller              58
    L Pavy                retired hurt                              0
    KN Slater             not out                                   0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 4, nb 6)                        11
    Total                 (5 wickets, 71.2 overs, 296 mins)       227
    
    DNB: RB Strauss, RH Price, HR Gorringe.
    
    FoW: 1-28, 2-31, 3-46, 4-109, 5-222.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Crawford                    16.2    2     55      2 (6nb)
    Davidson                    10      1     50      2
    Benaud                      15      5     27      0
    Philpott                     9      2     32      0
    Simpson                      6      1     28      0
    Miller                      12      3     20      1
    Burke                        3      1      4      0
    

    • 12th Men: BK Shepherd (WA) and NC O'Neill (NSW)
    • Crowds: 2600, 9721, 2505, 463. Total: 15,289. Receipts: 1,672 pounds




  • Domestic Season Index

    Team Pages: Western Australia, New South Wales.

    Ground Page: W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth

    Western Australia Player Pages: JW Rutherford, LM Sawle, BL Buggins, KD Meuleman, DK Carmody, L Pavy, MT Vernon, KN Slater, RB Strauss, RH Price, HR Gorringe.

    New South Wales Player Pages: JW Burke, R Benaud, RB Simpson, ID Craig, KR Miller, BC Booth, PI Philpott, AK Davidson, WJ Saunders, WPA Crawford, O Lambert.

    Match Officials' Pages: OTC Cooley, JP Robbins.

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