f21229	Western Australia v Australian XI
	Other First-Class matches in Australia 1955/56
Venue	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on 28th, 29th, 31st March 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australian XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	OTC Cooley, AE Mackley
Close of play day 1	Australian XI (1) 185 all out
Close of play day 2	Western Australia (1) 177/5 (Edwards 7*, Rigg 0*)

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Australian XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Rutherford	c Shepherd b Hoare	15
CC McDonald	c Hoare b Preen	49
KD Mackay	c Buggins b Preen	11
RN Harvey	c Edwards b Strauss	2
JW Burke	c Rigg b Hoare	5
ID Craig	b Strauss	32
RG Archer	c Sawle b Strauss	18
AK Davidson	lbw b Hoare	0
+LV Maddocks	c Sawle b Gaunt	11
RR Lindwall	c Buggins b Hoare	26
*IWG Johnson	not out	11
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	5
Total	(all out, 297 minutes, 64.5 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-75, 3-76, 4-82, 5-88, 6-127, 7-136, 8-138, 9-162, 10-185 (64.5 ov)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gaunt	15	0	82	1	1	1
Strauss	23	6	39	3	1	-
Hoare	12.5	1	30	4	-	-
Preen	13	3	23	2	1	-
Rigg	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Western Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LM Sawle	c Maddocks b Davidson	26
+BL Buggins	run out (Harvey)	0
MT Vernon	c Archer b Davidson	11
*KD Meuleman	c Maddocks b Johnson	72
BK Shepherd	c Burke b Lindwall	49
AR Edwards	st Maddocks b Johnson	69
BA Rigg	c Rutherford b Davidson	3
AT Preen	c Rutherford b Archer	10
RB Strauss	b Johnson	9
DE Hoare	b Davidson	2
RA Gaunt	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 406 minutes, 92.5 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-35, 3-66, 4-170, 5-172, 6-191, 7-230, 8-252, 9-267, 10-267 (92.5 ov)

Australian XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	19	1	68	1	-	2
Archer	19	5	41	1	-	-
Davidson	19.5	2	78	4	-	-
Johnson	27	13	39	3	-	-
Burke	5	2	14	0	-	-
Rutherford	1	1	0	0	-	-
Mackay	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Australian XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Burke	lbw b Gaunt	4
JW Rutherford	lbw b Preen	53
KD Mackay	c Sawle b Strauss	42
RN Harvey	b Strauss	21
CC McDonald	not out	37
ID Craig	b Gaunt	38
RG Archer	did not bat
AK Davidson	did not bat
+LV Maddocks	did not bat
RR Lindwall	did not bat
*IWG Johnson	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 nb)	3
Total	(5 wickets, 180 minutes, 41.4 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-70, 3-91, 4-145, 5-198 (41.4 ov)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Strauss	13	3	30	2	-	-
Gaunt	6.4	1	37	2	-	1
Hoare	6	2	20	0	-	-
Preen	9	1	40	1	-	-
Rigg	6	0	57	0	-	-
Edwards	1	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DE Hoare made his debut in First-Class matches

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12th Men: KN Slater (WA) and PJP Burge (Aust)
Crowds: 6100, 5500, 11500. Total: 23,100. Receipts: 2,865 pounds

 

 

 

 

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