f20343 ss461	New South Wales v Western Australia
	Sheffield Shield 1953/54
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 6th, 8th, 9th February 1954 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Western Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	New South Wales won by 6 wickets
Points	New South Wales 5; Western Australia 0
Umpires	HR Mackinnon, CE Wigzell
Close of play day 1	New South Wales (1) 11/3 (Benaud 1*)
Close of play day 2	Western Australia (2) 99/6 (Foley 14*, Price 6*)

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Western Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DK Carmody	c Trueman b Fagan	29
JW Rutherford	c Simpson b O'Reilly	55
BA Rigg	b Benaud	17
PCD McCarthy	lbw b Benaud	98
AS Byfield	b Cotton	36
MH Foley	run out (Lindwall->Trueman)	2
+JKE Munro	b Benaud	0
RB Strauss	lbw b Benaud	17
RH Price	b Lindwall	18
HR Gorringe	b O'Reilly	2
AT Preen	not out	5
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 299 minutes, 74.6 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-60 (Carmody), 2-87 (Rigg), 3-145 (Rutherford), 4-228 (Byfield), 5-233 (Foley), 6-241 (Munro), 7-248 (McCarthy), 8-261 (Strauss), 9-270 (Gorringe), 10-283 (Price, 74.6 ov)

New South Wales bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	13.6	1	40	1	-	-
Fagan	14	3	52	1	-	-
Cotton	12	2	26	1	-	-
Benaud	17	2	95	4	-	-
O'Reilly	11	2	29	2	-	-
Simpson	2	0	17	0	-	-
Miller	5	0	20	0	-	-

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New South Wales first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE Briggs	c Carmody b Price	2
R Benaud	c Byfield b Strauss	112
+GS Trueman	b Price	6
EK Cotton	c Rigg b Gorringe	0
ID Craig	c Munro b Gorringe	24
*KR Miller	c Preen b Gorringe	76
JH de Courcy	b Strauss	0
RB Simpson	lbw b Preen	25
JW O'Reilly	not out	41
AM Fagan	b Gorringe	0
RR Lindwall	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 233 minutes, 52.5 overs)	297
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Briggs), 2-10 (Trueman), 3-11 (Cotton), 4-81 (Craig), 5-140 (de Courcy), 6-215 (Benaud), 7-221 (Simpson), 8-297 (Miller), 9-297 (Fagan, 52.5 ov)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Price	12	2	60	2	-	3
Gorringe	13.5	0	65	4	-	1
Strauss	12	0	72	2	1	-
Rigg	2	0	24	0	-	-
Preen	7	1	39	1	-	-
Rutherford	6	0	26	0	-	-

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Western Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DK Carmody	b Simpson	48
JW Rutherford	b Fagan	6
BA Rigg	c Fagan b Benaud	18
AS Byfield	c de Courcy b Benaud	5
MH Foley	lbw b Benaud	43
+JKE Munro	b Simpson	2
RB Strauss	b Simpson	0
RH Price	b Lindwall	8
PCD McCarthy	c Benaud b Simpson	32
HR Gorringe	b Simpson	10
AT Preen	not out	3
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 195 minutes, 48.7 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Rutherford), 2-68 (Rigg), 3-76 (Byfield), 4-83 (Carmody), 5-88 (Munro), 6-88 (Strauss), 7-124 (Price), 8-146 (Foley), 9-170 (Gorringe), 10-181 (McCarthy, 48.7 ov)

New South Wales bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	13	1	48	1	-	-
Fagan	6	1	22	1	-	-
Benaud	20	4	68	3	-	-
Simpson	9.7	1	37	5	-	-

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New South Wales second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE Briggs	b Preen	30
R Benaud	b Rigg	59
EK Cotton	not out	49
ID Craig	b Byfield	18
RB Simpson	c Munro b Byfield	6
JW O'Reilly	not out	0
+GS Trueman	did not bat
*KR Miller	did not bat
JH de Courcy	did not bat
AM Fagan	did not bat
RR Lindwall	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(4 wickets, 129 minutes, 31.7 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-61 (Briggs), 2-101 (Benaud), 3-148 (Craig), 4-160 (Simpson)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Price	9	0	42	0	-	1
Gorringe	5	0	32	0	-	-
Strauss	3	0	9	0	-	-
Preen	5	0	18	1	-	-
Rigg	4	0	31	1	-	-
Rutherford	2	0	10	0	-	-
Byfield	2	0	8	2	-	-
Carmody	1.7	0	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> MH Foley made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> MH Foley made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JW O'Reilly made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> JW O'Reilly made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PCD McCarthy made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> PCD McCarthy (1) passed his previous highest score of 88 in First-Class matches
--> PCD McCarthy (1) passed his previous highest score of 88 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> R Benaud (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> KR Miller (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 53
--> EK Cotton (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> EK Cotton (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> R Benaud reached 50 wickets in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed BA Rigg, his 1st wicket in the Western Australia first innings
--> RB Simpson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed RB Strauss in the Western Australia second innings (previous best was 2-77)
--> RB Simpson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Western Australia second innings
--> R Benaud reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed AS Byfield, his 2nd wicket in the Western Australia second innings
--> RB Simpson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed RB Strauss in the Western Australia second innings (previous best was 2-77)
--> RB Simpson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Sheffield Shield matches in the Western Australia second innings
--> KR Miller retired hurt in the New South Wales first innings having scored 40 (team score 140/4) - he returned when the score was 215/6

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12th Men: WJ Watson (NSW) and RB Sarre (WA)
Crowds: 4676, 3133, 352. Total: 8,161. Receipts: 568 pounds

 

 

 

 

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