f21156 ss484	New South Wales v Queensland
	Sheffield Shield 1955/56
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 31st December 1955, 2nd, 3rd, 4th January 1956 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	New South Wales won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	New South Wales 1; Queensland 3
Umpires	JP Bowden, CE Wigzell
Close of play day 1	Queensland (1) 26/1 (Harvey 9*, Mackay 13*)
Close of play day 2	Queensland (1) 333/7 (Mackay 175*, Bratchford 9*)
Close of play day 3	New South Wales (2) 192/4 (Craig 70*, Benaud 12*)

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New South Wales first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Saunders	c Grout b RG Archer	21
JW Burke	c Grout b Lindwall	8
SJ Carroll	c Grout b Bratchford	22
ID Craig	c Grout b Bratchford	39
*KR Miller	c Grout b Bratchford	5
RB Simpson	c RG Archer b Mackay	25
R Benaud	c Lindwall b Bratchford	4
BC Booth	not out	53
AK Davidson	c Harvey b Lindwall	28
WPA Crawford	c Grout b Lindwall	9
+O Lambert	b Lindwall	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 263 minutes, 55.5 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Burke), 2-43 (Saunders), 3-55 (Carroll), 4-65 (Miller), 5-119 (Simpson), 6-126 (Benaud), 7-137 (Craig), 8-180 (Davidson), 9-220 (Crawford), 10-220 (Lambert, 55.5 ov)

Queensland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	15.5	1	53	4	-	-
RG Archer	13	2	58	1	-	-
Bratchford	14	3	54	4	-	-
Mackay	12	1	35	1	-	-
Lihou	1	0	14	0	-	-

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Queensland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CE Harvey	lbw b Benaud	20
+ATW Grout	lbw b Miller	4
KD Mackay	c Craig b Crawford	203
PJP Burge	c Simpson b Miller	39
RG Archer	b Miller	41
KA Archer	b Benaud	10
GR Reynolds	lbw b Burke	15
EA Toovey	c Benaud b Crawford	5
JD Bratchford	b Benaud	20
*RR Lindwall	b Crawford	43
J Lihou	not out	1
Extras	(17 b, 1 lb)	18
Total	(all out, 457 minutes, 114.1 overs)	419
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Grout), 2-50 (Harvey), 3-154 (Burge), 4-225 (RG Archer), 5-246 (KA Archer), 6-300 (Reynolds), 7-315 (Toovey), 8-345 (Bratchford), 9-412 (Mackay), 10-419 (Lindwall, 114.1 ov)

New South Wales bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Crawford	24.1	3	72	3	-	-
Miller	22	3	70	3	-	-
Davidson	30	5	108	0	-	-
Benaud	22	1	91	3	-	-
Burke	13	3	34	1	-	-
Simpson	3	0	26	0	-	-

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New South Wales second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Saunders	c Harvey b Mackay	30
JW Burke	lbw b Lindwall	11
SJ Carroll	c Burge b Bratchford	41
ID Craig	lbw b Mackay	145
RB Simpson	c Grout b KA Archer	20
R Benaud	c Grout b Lindwall	12
*KR Miller	retired hurt	59
BC Booth	c sub (BJ Flynn) b Lihou	46
AK Davidson	not out	32
WPA Crawford	not out	2
+O Lambert	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 434 minutes, 99.2 overs)	410
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Burke), 2-70 (Saunders), 3-116 (Carroll), 4-146 (Simpson), 5-193 (Benaud), 6-354 (Craig), 7-397 (Booth)

Queensland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	29	2	109	2	-	2
RG Archer	0.2	0	0	0	-	-
Bratchford	22	1	71	1	-	-
Mackay	19	2	54	2	-	-
Lihou	10	0	67	1	-	-
KA Archer	16	0	77	1	-	-
Toovey	2	0	18	0	-	-
Harvey	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Queensland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CE Harvey	c Lambert b Benaud	10
+ATW Grout	b Benaud	21
PJP Burge	c Benaud b Davidson	1
KD Mackay	not out	27
KA Archer	b Benaud	21
EA Toovey	not out	3
RG Archer	did not bat
GR Reynolds	did not bat
JD Bratchford	did not bat
*RR Lindwall	did not bat
J Lihou	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(4 wickets, 121 minutes, 39 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Harvey), 2-29 (Burge), 3-37 (Grout), 4-77 (KA Archer)

New South Wales bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Crawford	2	0	23	0	-	-
Davidson	11	3	38	1	-	-
Benaud	16	7	19	3	-	-
Burke	6	6	0	0	-	-
Simpson	4	2	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> KR Miller made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> EA Toovey made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> EA Toovey made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> BC Booth (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> KD Mackay (1) passed 4000 runs in Sheffield Shield matches when he reached 189
--> SJ Carroll (2) passed 1000 runs in Sheffield Shield matches when he reached 26
--> ID Craig (2) passed his previous highest score of 93 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> ID Craig (2) made his first century in Sheffield Shield matches
--> ID Craig (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 97
--> ATW Grout (2) passed 1000 runs in Sheffield Shield matches when he reached 15
--> JD Bratchford equalled his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the New South Wales first innings
--> JD Bratchford reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed ID Craig, his 4th wicket in the New South Wales first innings
--> JD Bratchford equalled his best innings bowling analysis in Sheffield Shield matches in the New South Wales first innings
--> JW Burke reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed GR Reynolds, his 1st wicket in the Queensland first innings
--> KR Miller retired hurt in the New South Wales second innings having scored 59 (team score 308/5)

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12th Men: NC O'Neill (NSW) and BJ Flynn (Qld)
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