f21560 ss493	Victoria v Western Australia
	Sheffield Shield 1956/57
Venue	St Kilda Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th November 1956 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Victoria won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Western Australia won by 4 wickets
Points	Victoria 0; Western Australia 5
Umpires	WJ Smyth, JH Ward
Close of play day 1	Western Australia (1) 66/6 (Meuleman 16*)
Close of play day 2	Victoria (2) 104/4 (Shaw 38*, Loxton 16*)
Close of play day 3	Western Australia (2) 122/5 (Meuleman 9*, Edwards 2*)

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Victoria first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WM Lawry	c Rigg b Strauss	5
J Cosgrave	c Buggins b Strauss	3
JH Shaw	b Gaunt	2
KHD Kendall	b Strauss	17
RI Maddocks	c Sawle b Hoare	5
*SJE Loxton	b Strauss	1
WA Dick	c and b Hoare	20
+LJ Botham	c Buggins b Preen	21
LF Kline	c Edwards b Hoare	11
I Meckiff	not out	19
JL Salmon	b Hoare	26
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 182 minutes, 40.3 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Cosgrave), 2-10 (Shaw), 3-14 (Lawry), 4-32 (Maddocks), 5-33 (Loxton), 6-34 (Kendall), 7-72 (Dick), 8-77 (Botham), 9-99 (Kline), 10-131 (Salmon, 40.3 ov)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gaunt	9	2	19	1	-	-
Strauss	14	3	38	4	-	-
Hoare	11.3	1	43	4	-	1
Preen	6	1	30	1	-	-

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Western Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LM Sawle	c Shaw b Salmon	0
+BL Buggins	run out (Meckiff)	15
RB Simpson	c Maddocks b Meckiff	0
BK Shepherd	c Salmon b Meckiff	8
*KD Meuleman	c Kendall b Meckiff	65
AR Edwards	c Shaw b Dick	15
BA Rigg	c and b Kline	7
AT Preen	lbw b Kline	4
RB Strauss	c Salmon b Kline	4
DE Hoare	not out	32
RA Gaunt	run out (Loxton)	7
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 272 minutes, 66.7 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Sawle), 2-7 (Simpson), 3-23 (Shepherd), 4-26 (Buggins), 5-53 (Edwards), 6-66 (Rigg), 7-74 (Preen), 8-84 (Strauss), 9-151 (Meuleman), 10-165 (Gaunt, 66.7 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Salmon	15	5	19	1	-	1
Meckiff	18.7	3	44	3	-	-
Loxton	5	3	11	0	-	-
Kline	21	6	62	3	-	-
Dick	7	0	21	1	-	-

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Victoria second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WM Lawry	b Strauss	1
J Cosgrave	c Rigg b Gaunt	4
JH Shaw	c Gaunt b Hoare	82
KHD Kendall	c Buggins b Hoare	10
RI Maddocks	run out (Meuleman)	31
*SJE Loxton	c Rigg b Gaunt	30
WA Dick	b Strauss	34
LF Kline	c Simpson b Strauss	2
I Meckiff	b Strauss	11
JL Salmon	b Strauss	9
+LJ Botham	not out	4
Extras	(16 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	24
Total	(all out, 321 minutes, 71.7 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Lawry), 2-9 (Cosgrave), 3-35 (Kendall), 4-76 (Maddocks), 5-142 (Loxton), 6-208 (Dick), 7-218 (Kline), 8-224 (Shaw), 9-229 (Meckiff), 10-242 (Salmon, 71.7 ov)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gaunt	13	1	50	2	1	1
Strauss	22.7	8	47	5	-	-
Hoare	21	3	83	2	-	1
Preen	13	2	34	0	-	-
Meuleman	2	0	4	0	-	-

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Western Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LM Sawle	lbw b Kline	49
+BL Buggins	b Salmon	2
RB Simpson	c Shaw b Dick	40
BK Shepherd	c Kendall b Kline	19
*KD Meuleman	b Kline	10
AT Preen	lbw b Kline	0
AR Edwards	not out	43
BA Rigg	not out	42
RB Strauss	did not bat
DE Hoare	did not bat
RA Gaunt	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(6 wickets, 279 minutes, 80.1 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Buggins), 2-67 (Simpson), 3-110 (Shepherd), 4-115 (Sawle), 5-115 (Preen), 6-124 (Meuleman)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meckiff	11	1	40	0	-	-
Salmon	4	0	15	1	-	-
Kline	27.1	5	79	4	-	-
Dick	34	10	61	1	-	-
Loxton	4	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> J Cosgrave made his debut in First-Class matches
--> J Cosgrave made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> LJ Botham made his debut in First-Class matches
--> LJ Botham made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> I Meckiff made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> I Meckiff made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JL Salmon made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> DE Hoare made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> JH Shaw (2) equalled his previous highest score of 82 in First-Class matches
--> JH Shaw (2) equalled his previous highest score of 82 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> WA Dick (2) passed his previous highest score of 27 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> BA Rigg (2) passed his previous highest score of 34 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> LF Kline achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Western Australia first innings (previous best was 3-65)
--> LF Kline achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Sheffield Shield matches in the Western Australia first innings (previous best was 3-65)
--> RB Strauss reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed JL Salmon, his 5th wicket in the Victoria second innings
--> LF Kline achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed KD Meuleman in the Western Australia second innings (previous best was 3-62)
--> LF Kline achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed KD Meuleman in the Western Australia second innings (previous best was 3-62)

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12th Men: IR Huntington (Vic) and HR Gorringe (WA)
Crowds: 1134, 3483, 1630, 300. Total: about 6,547. Receipts: 884 pounds

 

 

 

 

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