f21576 ss498	Western Australia v New South Wales
	Sheffield Shield 1956/57
Venue	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on 8th, 10th, 11th, 12th December 1956 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Western Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	New South Wales won by an innings and 31 runs
Points	Western Australia 0; New South Wales 5
Umpires	OTC Cooley, AE Mackley
Close of play day 1	Western Australia (1) 266/5 (Edwards 30*, Preen 3*)
Close of play day 2	New South Wales (1) 218/3 (Craig 91*, Watson 49*)
Close of play day 3	Western Australia (2) 35/1 (Rutherford 20*, Simpson 7*)

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Western Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Rutherford	b Martin	18
LM Sawle	c Watson b Davidson	85
RB Simpson	lbw b Benaud	97
BK Shepherd	run out (O'Neill)	4
*KD Meuleman	c Davidson b Treanor	18
AR Edwards	c Lambert b Davidson	55
AT Preen	b Davidson	7
+BL Buggins	run out (Martin)	2
RB Strauss	c Benaud b Davidson	3
DE Hoare	st Lambert b Benaud	1
RA Gaunt	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 386 minutes, 92.6 overs)	301
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Rutherford), 2-177 (Simpson), 3-184 (Shepherd), 4-221 (Meuleman), 5-256 (Sawle), 6-270 (Preen), 7-275 (Buggins), 8-282 (Strauss), 9-287 (Hoare), 10-301 (Edwards, 92.6 ov)

New South Wales bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wyatt	12	1	53	0	-	-
Davidson	23.6	4	69	4	-	-
Martin	15	1	52	1	1	-
Benaud	32	9	72	2	-	-
Treanor	10	2	44	1	-	-

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New South Wales first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Burke	c Buggins b Strauss	2
SJ Carroll	c Buggins b Gaunt	10
NCL O'Neill	lbw b Strauss	63
*ID Craig	c Simpson b Gaunt	155
WJ Watson	c Sawle b Strauss	206
R Benaud	c Shepherd b Hoare	25
JW Martin	b Preen	23
AK Davidson	lbw b Strauss	19
JC Treanor	b Preen	11
+O Lambert	not out	3
AE Wyatt	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb, 3 nb)	13
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 520 minutes, 121.6 overs)	530
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Burke), 2-14 (Carroll), 3-119 (O'Neill), 4-383 (Craig), 5-432 (Benaud), 6-487 (Martin), 7-505 (Watson), 8-516 (Davidson), 9-530 (Treanor, 121.6 ov)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gaunt	21	1	114	2	-	2
Strauss	35	10	101	4	-	-
Hoare	15	0	91	1	-	1
Preen	26.6	4	99	2	-	-
Meuleman	4	0	29	0	-	-
Rutherford	12	2	44	0	-	-
Simpson	8	0	39	0	-	-

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Western Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Rutherford	c Lambert b Martin	33
LM Sawle	c Carroll b Davidson	7
RB Simpson	c O'Neill b Benaud	26
*KD Meuleman	c and b Martin	3
BK Shepherd	c Watson b Benaud	20
AR Edwards	b Benaud	30
AT Preen	c and b Benaud	26
+BL Buggins	c Martin b Treanor	0
RB Strauss	retired hurt	2
DE Hoare	not out	18
RA Gaunt	b Wyatt	25
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 270 minutes, 70.4 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Sawle), 2-68 (Rutherford), 3-68 (Simpson), 4-94 (Meuleman), 5-94 (Shepherd), 6-149 (Preen), 7-150 (Buggins), 8-154 (Edwards), 9-198 (Gaunt, 70.4 ov)

New South Wales bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wyatt	7.4	1	22	1	-	-
Davidson	10	3	23	1	-	-
Burke	1	0	1	0	-	-
Martin	10	2	45	2	-	-
Benaud	28	6	75	4	-	-
Treanor	14	5	24	1	-	-

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Notes
--> AE Wyatt made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> AE Wyatt made his debut in First-Class matches
--> NCL O'Neill (1) equalled his previous highest score of 63 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> NCL O'Neill (1) equalled his previous highest score of 63 in First-Class matches
--> ID Craig (1) passed his previous highest score of 145 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> ID Craig (1) passed 1000 runs in Sheffield Shield matches when he reached 85
--> WJ Watson (1) passed his previous highest score of 109 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> WJ Watson (1) passed his previous highest score of 155 in First-Class matches
--> WJ Watson (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 125
--> JW Rutherford (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> RA Gaunt (2) passed his previous highest score of 15 in First-Class matches
--> RA Gaunt (2) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> RB Strauss retired hurt in the Western Australia second innings having scored 2 (team score 154/7) (pulled leg muscle while running )

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12th Men: KN Slater (WA) and RM Harvey (NSW)
Crowds: 8274, 3300, 1600, 700. Total: 13,874. Receipts: 1,474 pounds

 

 

 

 

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