f21132 ss479	Western Australia v New South Wales
	Sheffield Shield 1955/56
Venue	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th December 1955 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	New South Wales won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Western Australia 1; New South Wales 3
Umpires	OTC Cooley, JP Robbins
Close of play day 1	Western Australia (1) 155/9 (Vernon 53*, Gorringe 9*)
Close of play day 2	New South Wales (1) 258/3 (Burke 102*, Miller 63*)
Close of play day 3	Western Australia (2) 96/3 (Sawle 53*, Buggins 24*)

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Western Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Rutherford	c Booth b Davidson	39
LM Sawle	b Benaud	24
+BL Buggins	c and 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	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 249 minutes, 58.1 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-56 (Sawle), 2-72 (Rutherford), 3-83 (Meuleman), 4-83 (Buggins), 5-87 (Pavy), 6-102 (Carmody), 7-113 (Slater), 8-116 (Strauss), 9-119 (Price), 10-174 (Gorringe, 58.1 ov)

New South Wales bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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	-	-

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New South Wales first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
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
WJ Saunders	did not bat
WPA Crawford	did not bat
+O Lambert	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	15
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 476 minutes, 113.4 overs)	452
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Benaud), 2-84 (Simpson), 3-154 (Craig), 4-369 (Miller), 5-431 (Burke), 6-452 (Philpott), 7-452 (Davidson, 113.4 ov)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Price	20.4	4	75	3	-	-
Gorringe	19	4	77	1	-	-
Slater	26	0	114	0	-	2
Strauss	28	6	80	2	-	-
Meuleman	11	0	47	1	-	-
Rutherford	9	0	44	0	-	-

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Western Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
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
RB Strauss	did not bat
RH Price	did not bat
HR Gorringe	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 6 nb)	11
Total	(5 wickets, 296 minutes, 71.2 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Rutherford), 2-31 (Meuleman), 3-46 (Vernon), 4-109 (Buggins), 5-222 (Carmody)

New South Wales bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Crawford	16.2	2	55	2	-	6
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	-	-

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Notes
--> MT Vernon made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> MT Vernon made his debut in First-Class matches
--> KN Slater made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> KN Slater made his debut in First-Class matches
--> L Pavy made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> L Pavy made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> RH Price made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RH Price made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> JW Burke (1) passed his previous highest score of 162 in First-Class matches
--> JW Burke (1) passed his previous highest score of 162 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> JW Burke (1) passed 2000 runs in Sheffield Shield matches when he reached 74
--> JW Burke (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 117
--> BC Booth (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> LM Sawle (2) passed his previous highest score of 35 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> LM Sawle (2) made his first century in Sheffield Shield matches
--> LM Sawle (2) passed his previous highest score of 35 in First-Class matches
--> LM Sawle (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> BL Buggins (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> BL Buggins (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> L Pavy retired hurt in the Western Australia second innings having scored 0 (team score 223/5)

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

 

 

 

 

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