f21240	Worcestershire v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1956
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 2nd, 3rd, 4th May 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	D Davies, DE Davies
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 135/1 (McDonald 85*, Mackay 40*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 2/0 (Kenyon 2*, PE Richardson 0*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	b Lindwall	21
*PE Richardson	c Craig b Crawford	15
LF Outschoorn	c Mackay b Johnson	2
G Dews	b Lindwall	31
DW Richardson	lbw b Davidson	9
MJ Horton	st Maddocks b Benaud	0
RO Jenkins	c Maddocks b Crawford	3
+R Booth	lbw b Lindwall	0
R Berry	c Maddocks b Benaud	0
GH Chesterton	not out	4
JA Flavell	b Crawford	4
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 52.1 overs)	90
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-37, 3-41, 4-64, 5-73, 6-79, 7-79, 8-80, 9-86, 10-90 (52.1 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	15	6	22	3	-	-
Crawford	11.1	0	36	3	-	-
Johnson	7	6	3	1	-	-
Davidson	6	4	12	1	-	-
Benaud	13	8	16	2	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	c Dews b Flavell	86			14	-
JW Burke	b Chesterton	4
KD Mackay	c Dews b Chesterton	55
RN Harvey	c Booth b Flavell	2
ID Craig	c DW Richardson b Flavell	6
+LV Maddocks	c Dews b Chesterton	56
R Benaud	b Flavell	160		195	22	3
RR Lindwall	c Flavell b Jenkins	10
*IWG Johnson	c DW Richardson b Chesterton	44
WPA Crawford	not out	5
AK Davidson	absent hurt
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	10
Total	(all out, 134.5 overs)	438
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-137, 3-145, 4-156, 5-166, 6-292, 7-317, 8-429, 9-438 (134.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flavell	31.5	9	115	4	-	-
Chesterton	56	18	131	4	-	-
Jenkins	12	3	51	1	-	-
Horton	16	5	43	0	-	-
Berry	19	2	88	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	lbw b Lindwall	3
*PE Richardson	not out	130
LF Outschoorn	c sub b Crawford	4
G Dews	c sub b Benaud	22
DW Richardson	c and b Crawford	17
MJ Horton	c sub b Johnson	5
RO Jenkins	c Crawford b Lindwall	28
+R Booth	c Burke b Benaud	12
R Berry	lbw b Johnson	1
GH Chesterton	b Johnson	0
JA Flavell	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	9
Total	(9 wickets, 98 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-9, 3-53, 4-92, 5-99, 6-185, 7-209, 8-221, 9-231

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	22	2	52	2	-	-
Crawford	25	7	57	2	-	-
Johnson	18	11	15	3	-	-
Benaud	28	7	89	2	-	-
Burke	5	2	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> R Booth made his debut for Worcestershire in First-Class matches
--> LV Maddocks made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> WPA Crawford made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> KD Mackay made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> JW Burke made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> R Benaud reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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