f21226	Tasmania v Australian XI
	Other First-Class matches in Australia 1955/56
Venue	North Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Launceston on 17th, 19th, 20th March 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australian XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australian XI won by 229 runs
Umpires	JM Blakeney, RC Kitto
Close of play day 1	Tasmania (1) 77/6 (Shephard 17*, Schmidt 8*)
Close of play day 2	Australian XI (2) 249 all out

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Australian XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Rutherford	b Hird	1
JW Burke	c Garwood b Cowley	7
KD Mackay	b Hird	19
RN Harvey	b Hird	18
KR Miller	st Davidson b Cowley	40
R Benaud	c Cowley b Diprose	32
RR Lindwall	c Garwood b Diprose	0
AK Davidson	c Rodwell b Schmidt	38
*IWG Johnson	c Garwood b Schmidt	29
+GRA Langley	b Diprose	5
JW Wilson	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 196 minutes, 46.1 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-14, 3-37, 4-63, 5-117, 6-117, 7-121, 8-186, 9-192, 10-196 (46.1 ov)

Tasmania bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hird	15	0	53	3	-	-
Cowley	13	1	54	2	-	1
Diprose	12.1	0	47	3	-	-
Schmidt	6	0	36	2	-	-

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Tasmania first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE Garwood	c and b Benaud	21
KL Macdonald	lbw b Lindwall	5
+TR Davidson	b Lindwall	1
*EE Rodwell	b Lindwall	3
JM Maddox	c Langley b Benaud	17
BJ Hyland	st Langley b Benaud	4
AL Shephard	c Langley b Davidson	20
KE Schmidt	c Benaud b Lindwall	12
TJ Cowley	c Davidson b Wilson	18
W Hird	not out	10
NV Diprose	c Rutherford b Davidson	9
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 175 minutes, 44.1 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-15, 3-19, 4-41, 5-45, 6-62, 7-81, 8-100, 9-104, 10-123 (44.1 ov)

Australian XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	9	0	41	4	-	-
Davidson	9.1	4	18	2	-	-
Benaud	9	1	29	3	-	-
Wilson	17	8	32	1	-	-

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Australian XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Burke	b Schmidt	23
JW Rutherford	b Hird	7
KD Mackay	lbw b Cowley	8
KR Miller	c Hyland b Schmidt	46
R Benaud	c Shephard b Diprose	34
AK Davidson	c Schmidt b Cowley	67
RR Lindwall	b Hird	48
*IWG Johnson	run out (Hyland)	2
+GRA Langley	not out	0
JW Wilson	lbw b Cowley	3
RN Harvey	absent hurt
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 233 minutes, 61 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-36, 3-45, 4-123, 5-142, 6-243, 7-246, 8-246, 9-249 (61 ov)

Tasmania bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hird	14	1	54	2	-	-
Cowley	17	5	43	3	-	-
Diprose	17	1	43	1	-	-
Schmidt	13	1	98	2	-	-

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Tasmania second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE Garwood	st Langley b Johnson	27
KL Macdonald	c Rutherford b Lindwall	4
+TR Davidson	lbw b Davidson	1
*EE Rodwell	c Miller b Davidson	9
JM Maddox	c Langley b Davidson	14
BJ Hyland	b Johnson	9
AL Shephard	c Rutherford b Benaud	16
KE Schmidt	c Wilson b Benaud	2
TJ Cowley	b Davidson	0
W Hird	not out	8
NV Diprose	c and b Benaud	0
Extras	(2 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 165 minutes, 35.7 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-16, 3-34, 4-43, 5-57, 6-82, 7-84, 8-84, 9-90, 10-93 (35.7 ov)

Australian XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	5	0	18	1	-	-
Davidson	9	1	27	4	-	-
Wilson	10	9	2	0	-	-
Johnson	6	1	22	2	1	-
Benaud	5.7	1	21	3	-	-

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Notes
--> KL Macdonald made his debut in First-Class matches
--> KD Mackay (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> TJ Cowley reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Australian XI second innings

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12th Men: EBN Booth (Tas) and PJP Burge (Aust)
Crowds: 4640, 2200, 580. Total: 7,420. Receipts: 1,036 pounds

 

 

 

 

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