f24092 ss599	Victoria v New South Wales
	Sheffield Shield 1961/62
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 23rd, 26th, 27th, 28th December 1961 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	New South Wales won the toss and decided to bat
Result	New South Wales won by 174 runs
Points	Victoria 0; New South Wales 10
Umpires	WJ Smyth, IM Stuart
Close of play day 1	New South Wales (1) 398/8 (Thomas 119*)
Close of play day 2	New South Wales (2) 23/1 (Simpson 13*, Misson 9*)
Close of play day 3	Victoria (2) 111/4 (Lawry 57*)

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New South Wales first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Simpson	c Jordon b Gaunt	7
ID Craig	c Kline b Kirby	52
RN Harvey	c Jordon b Gaunt	24
NCL O'Neill	c Crompton b Kirby	27
BC Booth	c Jordon b Meckiff	10
G Thomas	not out	119
AK Davidson	b Meckiff	11
*R Benaud	c Kirby b Cowper	140
JW Martin	lbw b Cowper	1
FM Misson	did not bat
+DA Ford	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 332 minutes, 76.7 overs)	398
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Simpson), 2-45 (Harvey), 3-99 (O'Neill), 4-120 (Craig), 5-120 (Booth), 6-141 (Davidson), 7-396 (Benaud), 8-398 (Martin, 76.7 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meckiff	21	3	93	2	1	-
Gaunt	16	2	64	2	-	-
Huntington	5	1	25	0	-	-
Kirby	18	1	111	2	-	-
Kline	12	1	68	0	-	-
Crompton	2	0	6	0	-	-
Cowper	2.7	0	24	2	-	-

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Victoria first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WM Lawry	b Simpson	65
RW Furlong	c Davidson b Misson	11
J Potter	run out (Davidson->Ford)	6
RM Cowper	b Davidson	18
CN Crompton	run out (Misson->Thomas)	58
IR Huntington	b Simpson	45
+RC Jordon	lbw b Benaud	8
KW Kirby	b Benaud	0
LF Kline	c Booth b Simpson	3
I Meckiff	not out	0
RA Gaunt	c and b Simpson	0
Extras	(15 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 286 minutes, 70.3 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-34 (Furlong), 2-55 (Potter), 3-84 (Cowper), 4-124 (Lawry), 5-196 (Crompton), 6-214 (Jordon), 7-214 (Kirby), 8-223 (Kline), 9-236 (Huntington), 10-236 (Gaunt, 70.3 ov)

New South Wales bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davidson	9	4	13	1	1	-
Misson	8	0	37	1	-	-
Martin	18	3	65	0	-	-
Benaud	17	6	32	2	-	-
Simpson	18.3	0	67	4	-	-

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New South Wales second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ID Craig	run out (Kirby)	0
RB Simpson	not out	110
FM Misson	c Kline b Gaunt	34
RN Harvey	lbw b Gaunt	21
NCL O'Neill	c and b Kirby	43
BC Booth	c Cowper b Kline	42
G Thomas	did not bat
AK Davidson	did not bat
*R Benaud	did not bat
JW Martin	did not bat
+DA Ford	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 227 minutes, 56.4 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Craig), 2-72 (Misson), 3-96 (Harvey), 4-167 (O'Neill), 5-254 (Booth, 56.4 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meckiff	10	1	43	0	1	-
Gaunt	11	1	42	2	-	-
Kline	13.4	1	55	1	-	-
Kirby	14	1	62	1	-	-
Huntington	3	0	13	0	-	-
Cowper	5	0	35	0	-	-

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Victoria second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WM Lawry	c Simpson b Martin	113
RW Furlong	b Davidson	1
J Potter	run out (Benaud)	35
RM Cowper	b Davidson	0
IR Huntington	b Davidson	3
+RC Jordon	c Simpson b Benaud	22
KW Kirby	c Harvey b Benaud	17
LF Kline	b Martin	12
I Meckiff	c Benaud b Martin	6
RA Gaunt	not out	4
CN Crompton	absent hurt
Extras	(25 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	29
Total	(all out, 282 minutes, 70.7 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Furlong), 2-99 (Potter), 3-105 (Cowper), 4-111 (Huntington), 5-163 (Jordon), 6-185 (Kirby), 7-207 (Kline), 8-227 (Meckiff), 9-242 (Lawry, 70.7 ov)

New South Wales bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davidson	13	4	26	3	-	-
Misson	6	1	20	0	-	1
Martin	15.7	2	75	3	1	-
Benaud	22	6	60	2	-	-
Simpson	14	1	32	0	-	-

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Notes
--> G Thomas (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> WM Lawry (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 47
--> J Potter (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> LF Kline (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> RB Simpson reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed WM Lawry, his 1st wicket in the Victoria first innings
--> R Benaud reached 200 wickets in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed RC Jordon, his 1st wicket in the Victoria second innings
--> AK Davidson reached 200 wickets in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed RM Cowper, his 2nd wicket in the Victoria second innings

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12th Men: KH Eastwood (Vic) and RG Flockton (NSW)
Crowds: 13667, 14136, 7012, 1655. Total: 36,470. Receipts: 4,816 pounds

 

 

 

 

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