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321-4d & 109-5 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batSAust
255 & 173 SAust flag
Overs: 33.0 RR: 3.30 vs spin: 2.14
vs seam: 2.61
 Overs: 52.2 RR: 3.31 vs spin: 2.43
vs seam: 2.30
Fri 19/02/54 New South Wales v South Australia, Sheffield Shield, Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
NEW SOUTH WALES WIN New South Wales won by 5 wickets
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South Australia - 1st Inns 255 (62.2; RR: 4.09)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
LE Favell b Benaud 71 0 0 0
GB Stevens b Fagan 4 0 0 0
GB Hole c Trueman b Fagan 0 0 0 0
DF Trowse c de Courcy b Benaud 18 0 0 0
PL Ridings c Trueman b Simpson 48 0 0 0
HN Dansie c Trueman b Benaud 0 0 0 0
GRA Langley c & b Simpson 5 0 0 0
CA Watts st Trueman b Benaud 76 0 0 0
J Drennan b Simpson 14 0 0 0
KG Horsnell b Simpson 5 0 0 0
JW Wilson not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 9lb, 0w, 1nb) 14  
TOTAL 255 all out (62.2 overs; RR: 4.09)

Fall of wickets

14-1 (GB Stevens 0.0 ov), 14-2 (GB Hole 0.0 ov), 95-3 (DF Trowse 0.0 ov), 102-4 (LE Favell 0.0 ov), 102-5 (HN Dansie 0.0 ov), 121-6 (GRA Langley 0.0 ov), 192-7 (PL Ridings 0.0 ov), 245-8 (J Drennan 0.0 ov), 253-9 (KG Horsnell 0.0 ov), 255-10 (CA Watts 62.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
KR Miller 12.0 2 45 0 3.75 0 0
AM Fagan 13.0 2 59 2 4.54 0 1
R Benaud 16.2 4 70 4 4.38 0 0
EK Cotton 7.0 2 17 0 2.43 0 0
RB Simpson 10.0 1 38 4 3.80 0 0
JW O'Reilly 4.0 0 12 0 3.00 0 0

New South Wales - 1st Inns 321-4 (86.5; RR: 3.70)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RE Briggs b Drennan 136 0 0 0
WJ Watson c Langley b Wilson 82 0 0 0
JH de Courcy c Stevens b Drennan 18 0 0 0
R Benaud lbw b Drennan 7 0 0 0
JW O'Reilly not out 36 0 0 0
ID Craig not out 33 0 0 0
RB Simpson  
EK Cotton  
AM Fagan  
KR Miller  
GS Trueman  
Extras (3b, 4lb, 0w, 2nb) 9  
TOTAL 321-4 (86.5 overs; RR: 3.70)

Fall of wickets

161-1 (WJ Watson 0.0 ov), 216-2 (JH de Courcy 0.0 ov), 246-3 (R Benaud 0.0 ov), 249-4 (RE Briggs 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
J Drennan 16.0 0 61 3 3.81 0 0
KG Horsnell 16.0 0 79 0 4.94 0 0
JW Wilson 26.5 10 64 1 2.46 0 0
CA Watts 16.0 1 64 0 4.00 0 1
HN Dansie 9.0 1 30 0 3.33 0 0
GB Hole 2.0 0 10 0 5.00 0 0
PL Ridings 1.0 0 4 0 4.00 0 1

South Australia - 2nd Inns 173 (52.2; RR: 3.31)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
LE Favell c Miller b Simpson 40 0 0 0
GB Stevens c de Courcy b Miller 5 0 0 0
DF Trowse c Simpson b Benaud 27 0 0 0
GB Hole c Trueman b Fagan 31 0 0 0
PL Ridings c Trueman b Benaud 6 0 0 0
HN Dansie c Briggs b Simpson 33 0 0 0
GRA Langley c Simpson b Fagan 4 0 0 0
CA Watts not out 14 0 0 0
J Drennan b Benaud 6 0 0 0
KG Horsnell b Benaud 0 0 0 0
JW Wilson c Watson b Benaud 1 0 0 0
Extras (3b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb) 6  
TOTAL 173 all out (52.2 overs; RR: 3.31)

Fall of wickets

17-1 (GB Stevens 0.0 ov), 66-2 (LE Favell 0.0 ov), 78-3 (DF Trowse 0.0 ov), 91-4 (PL Ridings 0.0 ov), 142-5 (GB Hole 0.0 ov), 146-6 (GRA Langley 0.0 ov), 154-7 (HN Dansie 0.0 ov), 171-8 (J Drennan 0.0 ov), 171-9 (KG Horsnell 0.0 ov), 173-10 (JW Wilson 52.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
KR Miller 4.0 0 18 1 4.50 0 0
AM Fagan 10.0 2 25 2 2.50 0 0
R Benaud 16.2 2 33 5 2.06 0 0
RB Simpson 20.0 2 83 2 4.15 0 0
JW O'Reilly 2.0 0 8 0 4.00 0 0

New South Wales - 2nd Inns 109-5 (33.0; RR: 3.30)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RB Simpson not out 42 0 0 0
EK Cotton lbw b Horsnell 12 0 0 0
JW O'Reilly c Ridings b Horsnell 0 0 0 0
AM Fagan c Langley b Horsnell 2 0 0 0
KR Miller c Dansie b Wilson 25 0 0 0
R Benaud c Stevens b Drennan 9 0 0 0
JH de Courcy not out 16 0 0 0
RE Briggs  
WJ Watson  
ID Craig  
GS Trueman  
Extras (1b, 2lb, 0w, 0nb) 3  
TOTAL 109-5 (33.0 overs; RR: 3.30)

Fall of wickets

20-1 (EK Cotton 0.0 ov), 20-2 (JW O'Reilly 0.0 ov), 30-3 (AM Fagan 0.0 ov), 67-4 (KR Miller 0.0 ov), 84-5 (R Benaud 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
J Drennan 9.0 0 27 1 3.00 0 0
KG Horsnell 9.0 0 34 3 3.78 0 0
HN Dansie 4.0 1 15 0 3.75 0 0
PL Ridings 1.0 0 5 0 5.00 0 0
JW Wilson 8.0 3 19 1 2.38 0 0
CA Watts 2.0 0 6 0 3.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

New South Wales v South Australia at Sydney, Sheffield Shield

Date

Friday February 19, 1954

Toss

South Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

1:00am UTC

Venue

Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Umpires

H Mackinnon, FH McLennan

New South Wales Team

Playing XI

KR Miller, R Benaud, ID Craig, JH de Courcy, WJ Watson, RB Simpson, RE Briggs, EK Cotton, AM Fagan, JW O'Reilly, GS Trueman

South Australia Team

Playing XI

GB Hole, GRA Langley, LE Favell, JW Wilson, GB Stevens, PL Ridings, HN Dansie, J Drennan, KG Horsnell, DF Trowse, CA Watts