f21139 ss481	Western Australia v Queensland
	Sheffield Shield 1955/56
Venue	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on 16th, 17th, 19th, 20th December 1955 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Western Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Western Australia 3; Queensland 1
Umpires	OTC Cooley, AE Mackley
Close of play day 1	Western Australia (1) 219/3 (Rutherford 111*, Vernon 13*)
Close of play day 2	Queensland (1) 142/6 (RG Archer 30*, Bratchford 15*)
Close of play day 3	Western Australia (2) 99/6 (Shepherd 17*, Carmody 8*)

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Western Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Rutherford	c Burge b RG Archer	125
LM Sawle	b Lindwall	17
+BL Buggins	c and b Bratchford	47
KD Meuleman	run out	23
MT Vernon	lbw b Lindwall	18
*DK Carmody	lbw b RG Archer	4
BK Shepherd	lbw b Lindwall	2
KN Slater	lbw b RG Archer	16
HR Gorringe	c Burge b RG Archer	7
AT Preen	not out	11
RA Gaunt	c KA Archer b RG Archer	8
Extras	(7 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 471 minutes, 109.6 overs)	287
Fall of wickets:
1-35 (Sawle), 2-149 (Buggins), 3-192 (Meuleman), 4-229 (Vernon), 5-234 (Carmody), 6-243 (Shepherd), 7-245 (Rutherford), 8-258 (Gorringe), 9-273 (Slater), 10-287 (Gaunt, 109.6 ov)

Queensland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	24	4	56	3	-	-
RG Archer	29.6	6	67	5	-	1
Lihou	14	2	33	0	-	-
Bratchford	24	4	56	1	-	1
Flynn	7	0	45	0	-	-
Mackay	11	3	21	0	-	-

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Queensland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CE Harvey	b Gaunt	8
+ATW Grout	c Carmody b Gorringe	2
KD Mackay	b Preen	22
PJP Burge	lbw b Preen	34
KA Archer	c sub (BA Rigg) b Gorringe	13
RG Archer	c Gorringe b Meuleman	43
GR Reynolds	c Meuleman b Preen	5
JD Bratchford	c Rutherford b Gaunt	15
*RR Lindwall	not out	64
BJ Flynn	c Gaunt b Gorringe	36
J Lihou	b Gaunt	3
Extras	(15 b, 3 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 294 minutes, 66.2 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Grout), 2-10 (Harvey), 3-64 (Mackay), 4-75 (Burge), 5-92 (KA Archer), 6-103 (Reynolds), 7-143 (Bratchford), 8-193 (RG Archer), 9-256 (Flynn), 10-263 (Lihou, 66.2 ov)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gaunt	19.2	2	92	3	-	3
Gorringe	18	3	47	3	-	-
Slater	3	0	13	0	-	-
Meuleman	7	1	23	1	-	-
Preen	17	3	53	3	-	-
Shepherd	2	0	17	0	-	-

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Western Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LM Sawle	b Lindwall	5
JW Rutherford	c Grout b Lindwall	0
+BL Buggins	c Burge b RG Archer	11
MT Vernon	c and b Lihou	43
KD Meuleman	b RG Archer	15
BK Shepherd	not out	103
AT Preen	b Lihou	0
*DK Carmody	c Lihou b Mackay	78
KN Slater	c Grout b Bratchford	7
HR Gorringe	not out	4
RA Gaunt	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 393 minutes, 90 overs)	268
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Rutherford), 2-8 (Sawle), 3-21 (Buggins), 4-44 (Meuleman), 5-87 (Vernon), 6-87 (Preen), 7-243 (Carmody), 8-259 (Slater)

Queensland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	18	1	64	2	-	-
RG Archer	20	4	58	2	-	-
Bratchford	19	2	31	1	-	-
Lihou	16	2	52	2	-	-
Mackay	13	1	35	1	-	-
Flynn	4	0	26	0	-	-

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Queensland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CE Harvey	not out	70
+ATW Grout	not out	64
KD Mackay	did not bat
PJP Burge	did not bat
KA Archer	did not bat
RG Archer	did not bat
GR Reynolds	did not bat
JD Bratchford	did not bat
*RR Lindwall	did not bat
BJ Flynn	did not bat
J Lihou	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(no wicket, 123 minutes, 32 overs)	138

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gaunt	6	1	30	0	-	2
Gorringe	4	0	17	0	-	-
Preen	5	0	18	0	-	-
Meuleman	4	0	21	0	-	-
Slater	9	2	37	0	1	-
Rutherford	4	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BK Shepherd made his debut in First-Class matches
--> BK Shepherd made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> RA Gaunt made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> RA Gaunt made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GR Reynolds made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GR Reynolds made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> BJ Flynn made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BJ Flynn made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> JW Rutherford (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 109
--> BL Buggins (1) passed his previous highest score of 36 in First-Class matches
--> BL Buggins (1) passed his previous highest score of 36 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> RG Archer (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> BK Shepherd (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> BK Shepherd (2) made his first century in Sheffield Shield matches
--> CE Harvey (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> AT Preen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Queensland first innings (previous best was 3-72)
--> AT Preen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Sheffield Shield matches in the Queensland first innings (previous best was 3-72)
--> RR Lindwall reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed JW Rutherford, his 1st wicket in the Western Australia second innings

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12th Men: BA Rigg (WA) and EA Toovey (Qld)
Crowds: 2476, 5498, 1907, 900. Total: 10,781. Receipts: 1,174 pounds

 

 

 

 

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