f21557 ss492	South Australia v Western Australia
	Sheffield Shield 1956/57
Venue	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide on 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th November 1956 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	South Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	South Australia 1; Western Australia 3
Umpires	JM Kierse, MJ McInnes
Close of play day 1	Western Australia (1) 6/0 (Sawle 5*, Buggins 1*)
Close of play day 2	Western Australia (1) 291/4 (Meuleman 110*, Edwards 5*)
Close of play day 3	South Australia (2) 130/2 (Stevens 42*, Pinch 27*)

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South Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Favell	c Buggins b Gaunt	33
CS Grant	b Strauss	6
GB Stevens	b Strauss	0
CJ Pinch	c Shepherd b Gaunt	46
GB Hole	c Preen b Strauss	89
*PL Ridings	b Strauss	5
+JR Ducker	not out	44
J Drennan	b Strauss	10
LR Weekley	b Strauss	0
DM Gregg	b Strauss	0
AA Bedford	b Preen	19
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 310 minutes, 70.3 overs)	261
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (Grant), 2-44 (Stevens), 3-44 (Favell), 4-141 (Pinch), 5-150 (Ridings), 6-211 (Hole), 7-226 (Drennan), 8-226 (Weekley), 9-226 (Gregg), 10-261 (Bedford, 70.3 ov)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gaunt	19	1	58	2	-	3
Gorringe	18	1	95	0	-	1
Strauss	18	3	59	7	-	-
Preen	14.3	5	32	1	-	-
Simpson	1	0	8	0	-	-

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Western Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LM Sawle	c and b Bedford	46
+BL Buggins	b Drennan	1
RB Simpson	lbw b Drennan	26
BK Shepherd	run out	94
*KD Meuleman	c Grant b Bedford	140
AR Edwards	b Gregg	46
MT Vernon	b Gregg	11
AT Preen	not out	11
RB Strauss	b Gregg	16
HR Gorringe	b Gregg	0
RA Gaunt	b Gregg	3
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 507 minutes, 124.4 overs)	406
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Buggins), 2-59 (Simpson), 3-91 (Sawle), 4-272 (Shepherd), 5-355 (Meuleman), 6-368 (Edwards), 7-374 (Vernon), 8-402 (Strauss), 9-402 (Gorringe), 10-406 (Gaunt, 124.4 ov)

South Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Drennan	23	1	84	2	-	-
Gregg	36.4	6	115	5	-	4
Bedford	37	8	108	2	-	-
Hole	11	3	23	0	-	-
Weekley	17	1	64	0	-	-

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South Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Favell	b Strauss	16
CS Grant	c Gorringe b Simpson	42
GB Stevens	not out	125
CJ Pinch	st Buggins b Meuleman	116
GB Hole	not out	18
*PL Ridings	did not bat
+JR Ducker	did not bat
J Drennan	did not bat
LR Weekley	did not bat
DM Gregg	did not bat
AA Bedford	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 nb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 379 minutes, 101 overs)	322
Fall of wickets:
1-24 (Favell), 2-83 (Grant), 3-301 (Pinch)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gaunt	18	6	53	0	-	3
Strauss	23	6	55	1	-	-
Gorringe	19	2	61	0	-	-
Preen	21	4	65	0	-	-
Simpson	11	2	38	1	-	-
Meuleman	7	0	32	1	-	-
Edwards	2	0	13	0	-	-

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Western Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LM Sawle	not out	39
+BL Buggins	not out	38
RB Simpson	did not bat
BK Shepherd	did not bat
*KD Meuleman	did not bat
AR Edwards	did not bat
MT Vernon	did not bat
AT Preen	did not bat
RB Strauss	did not bat
HR Gorringe	did not bat
RA Gaunt	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(no wicket, 105 minutes, 30 overs)	85

South Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gregg	7	2	16	0	-	-
Hole	5	1	10	0	-	-
Bedford	6	3	11	0	-	-
Weekley	5	1	15	0	-	-
Pinch	3	0	9	0	-	-
Ridings	2	0	9	0	-	1
Stevens	1	0	4	0	-	-
Favell	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CS Grant made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CS Grant made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> AA Bedford made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> AA Bedford made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GB Stevens (2) passed his previous highest score of 90 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> GB Stevens (2) made his first century in Sheffield Shield matches
--> GB Stevens (2) passed his previous highest score of 90 in First-Class matches
--> GB Stevens (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> CJ Pinch (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> LM Sawle (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> RB Simpson made his debut for Western Australia in First-Class matches
--> RB Simpson made his debut for Western Australia in Sheffield Shield matches
--> RB Strauss achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the South Australia first innings (previous best was 7-75)
--> RB Strauss achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed J Drennan in the South Australia first innings (previous best was 4-56)
--> RB Strauss achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Sheffield Shield matches in the South Australia first innings

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12th Men:D Harris (SA), DEHoare (WA) Umpires: JM Kierse and MJ McInnes
Crowds: 1932, 4160, 1420, 602. Total: 8,114. Receipts: 477 pounds

 

 

 

 

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