f21147 ss483	Victoria v New South Wales
	Sheffield Shield 1955/56
Venue	St Kilda Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 24th, 26th, 27th, 28th December 1955 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Victoria won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Victoria 2; New South Wales 2
Umpires	RG Hele, RJJ Wright
Close of play day 1	New South Wales (1) 0/0 (Saunders 0*, Burke 0*)
Close of play day 2	New South Wales (1) 124/3 (Craig 42*, Lambert 2*)
Close of play day 3	No play

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Victoria first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	c Burke b Miller	6
JH Shaw	lbw b Miller	22
RN Harvey	c Lambert b Crawford	27
J Hallebone	c Lambert b Crawford	30
KHD Kendall	b Miller	8
SJE Loxton	c Crawford b Benaud	53
+LV Maddocks	c Saunders b Crawford	100
*IWG Johnson	c Crawford b Davidson	20
JC Hill	c Miller b Benaud	7
JF Power	c Saunders b Crawford	0
JN Edwards	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 300 minutes, 65 overs)	277
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (McDonald), 2-50 (Harvey), 3-60 (Shaw), 4-70 (Kendall), 5-110 (Hallebone), 6-196 (Loxton), 7-243 (Johnson), 8-276 (Hill), 9-276 (Power), 10-277 (Maddocks, 65 ov)

New South Wales bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Crawford	19	3	60	4	-	-
Miller	17	4	69	3	-	-
Booth	1	0	5	0	-	-
Davidson	14	2	56	1	-	-
Benaud	12	1	58	2	-	-
Simpson	2	0	26	0	-	-

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New South Wales first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Saunders	c Maddocks b Johnson	22
JW Burke	c Hill b Edwards	13
RB Simpson	lbw b Hill	43
ID Craig	not out	42
+O Lambert	not out	2
*KR Miller	did not bat
R Benaud	did not bat
PI Philpott	did not bat
BC Booth	did not bat
AK Davidson	did not bat
WPA Crawford	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(3 wickets, 164 minutes, 42 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-35 (Burke), 2-35 (Saunders), 3-122 (Simpson)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Power	9	1	36	0	-	-
Edwards	11	0	26	1	-	-
Johnson	14	4	33	1	-	1
Hill	6	0	22	1	-	-
Loxton	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> J Hallebone made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> J Hallebone made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> LV Maddocks (1) passed his previous highest score of 69 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> LV Maddocks (1) made his first century in Sheffield Shield matches
--> LV Maddocks (1) passed his previous highest score of 83 in First-Class matches
--> LV Maddocks (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> WPA Crawford reached 50 wickets in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed J Hallebone, his 2nd wicket in the Victoria first innings

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12th Men: RI Maddocks (Vic) and NC O'Neill (NSW)
Crowds: 10625, 9071, no play, no play. Total: 19,696. Receipts: 2,124 pounds

 

 

 

 

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