f21157 ss485	Victoria v South Australia
	Sheffield Shield 1955/56
Venue	St Kilda Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 31st December 1955, 2nd, 3rd, 4th January 1956 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	South Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Victoria 3; South Australia 1
Umpires	RG Hele, JH Ward
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	No play
Close of play day 3	Victoria (1) 5/0 (McDonald 3*, Shaw 2*)

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South Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Favell	c and b Hill	37
JC Lill	c LV Maddocks b Hill	23
CJ Pinch	c Hill b Loxton	28
TPM Colley	c McDonald b Hill	0
GB Hole	c LV Maddocks b Loxton	36
*PL Ridings	c LV Maddocks b Power	34
+GRA Langley	b Loxton	0
RC Roxby	c Shaw b Loxton	9
J Drennan	not out	16
DM Gregg	c Harvey b Power	3
JW Wilson	not out	1
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 272 minutes, 68 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-45 (Lill), 2-72 (Favell), 3-81 (Colley), 4-115 (Pinch), 5-144 (Hole), 6-144 (Langley), 7-162 (Roxby), 8-180 (Ridings), 9-186 (Gregg)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Power	9	0	39	2	-	-
Edwards	17	3	38	0	-	-
Hill	18	4	48	3	-	2
Johnson	10	1	27	0	-	-
Loxton	14	2	35	4	-	-

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Victoria first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	not out	131
JH Shaw	c Pinch b Drennan	6
RN Harvey	b Gregg	3
KHD Kendall	b Gregg	28
RI Maddocks	c and b Roxby	30
SJE Loxton	b Drennan	2
+LV Maddocks	c Gregg b Wilson	14
*IWG Johnson	c Gregg b Wilson	20
JC Hill	c Lill b Wilson	7
JF Power	c Hole b Wilson	0
JN Edwards	not out	2
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(9 wickets, 299 minutes, 67.4 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Shaw), 2-32 (Harvey), 3-68 (Kendall), 4-122 (RI Maddocks), 5-133 (Loxton), 6-164 (LV Maddocks), 7-205 (Johnson), 8-245 (Hill), 9-245 (Power)

South Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Drennan	20	1	82	2	-	-
Gregg	20	2	57	2	-	-
Wilson	16.4	1	63	4	-	-
Roxby	7	1	21	1	-	-
Hole	4	0	20	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TPM Colley made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TPM Colley made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> PL Ridings (1) passed 4000 runs in Sheffield Shield matches when he reached 14

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12th Men: IR Huntington (Vic) and GB Stevens (SA)
Crowds: no play, no play, 6070, 5527. Total: 11,597. Receipts: 1,066 pounds

 

 

 

 

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