f20352 ss463	New South Wales v South Australia
	Sheffield Shield 1953/54
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 19th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd February 1954 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	South Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	New South Wales won by 5 wickets
Points	New South Wales 5; South Australia 0
Umpires	HR Mackinnon, FH McLennan
Close of play day 1	New South Wales (1) 74/0 (Briggs 37*, Watson 37*)
Close of play day 2	New South Wales (1) 321/4 (O'Reilly 36*, Craig 33*)
Close of play day 3	South Australia (2) 173 all out

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South Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
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 and 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	(4 b, 9 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 242 minutes, 62.2 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Stevens), 2-14 (Hole), 3-95 (Trowse), 4-102 (Favell), 5-102 (Dansie), 6-121 (Langley), 7-192 (Ridings), 8-245 (Drennan), 9-253 (Horsnell), 10-255 (Watts, 62.2 ov)

New South Wales bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	12	2	45	0	-	-
Fagan	13	2	59	2	-	1
Benaud	16.2	4	70	4	-	-
Cotton	7	2	17	0	-	-
Simpson	10	1	38	4	-	-
O'Reilly	4	0	12	0	-	-

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New South Wales first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
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
RB Simpson	did not bat
EK Cotton	did not bat
AM Fagan	did not bat
*KR Miller	did not bat
+GS Trueman	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 325 minutes, 86.5 overs)	321
Fall of wickets:
1-161 (Watson), 2-216 (de Courcy), 3-246 (Benaud), 4-249 (Briggs)

South Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Drennan	16	0	61	3	-	-
Horsnell	16	0	79	0	-	-
Wilson	26.5	10	64	1	-	-
Watts	16	1	64	0	-	1
Dansie	9	1	30	0	-	-
Hole	2	0	10	0	-	-
Ridings	1	0	4	0	-	1

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South Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
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	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 192 minutes, 52.2 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Stevens), 2-66 (Favell), 3-78 (Trowse), 4-91 (Ridings), 5-142 (Hole), 6-146 (Langley), 7-154 (Dansie), 8-171 (Drennan), 9-171 (Horsnell), 10-173 (Wilson, 52.2 ov)

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

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New South Wales second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
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
RE Briggs	did not bat
WJ Watson	did not bat
ID Craig	did not bat
+GS Trueman	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(5 wickets, 135 minutes, 33 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Cotton), 2-20 (O'Reilly), 3-30 (Fagan), 4-67 (Miller), 5-84 (Benaud)

South Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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	-	-

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Notes
--> WJ Watson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WJ Watson made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> GS Trueman made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> GS Trueman made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CA Watts (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> CA Watts (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in First-Class matches
--> RE Briggs (1) passed his previous highest score of 121 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> RE Briggs (1) passed his previous highest score of 121 in First-Class matches
--> GB Hole (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> JH de Courcy (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> R Benaud achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Sheffield Shield matches in the South Australia second innings (previous best was 5-88)

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12th Men: AR Morris (NSW) and CJ Pinch (SA)
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