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297-9d & 168-4 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batWAust
283 & 181 WAust flag
Overs: 31.7 RR: 5.22 vs spin: 5.13
vs seam: 3.51
 Overs: 48.7 RR: 3.68 vs spin: 2.64
vs seam: 2.76
Sat 06/02/54 New South Wales v Western Australia, Sheffield Shield, Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
NEW SOUTH WALES WIN New South Wales won by 6 wickets
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Western Australia - 1st Inns 283 (74.6; RR: 3.77)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
DK Carmody c Trueman b Fagan 29 0 0 0
JW Rutherford c Simpson b O'Reilly 55 0 0 0
BA Rigg b Benaud 17 0 0 0
PCD McCarthy lbw b Benaud 98 0 0 0
AS Byfield b Cotton 36 0 0 0
MH Foley run out 2 0 0 0
JKE Munro b Benaud 0 0 0 0
RB Strauss lbw b Benaud 17 0 0 0
RH Price b Lindwall 18 0 0 0
HR Gorringe b O'Reilly 2 0 0 0
AT Preen not out 5 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 0lb, 0w, 0nb) 4  
TOTAL 283 all out (74.6 overs; RR: 3.77)

Fall of wickets

60-1 (DK Carmody 0.0 ov), 87-2 (BA Rigg 0.0 ov), 145-3 (JW Rutherford 0.0 ov), 228-4 (AS Byfield 0.0 ov), 233-5 (MH Foley 0.0 ov), 241-6 (JKE Munro 0.0 ov), 248-7 (PCD McCarthy 0.0 ov), 261-8 (RB Strauss 0.0 ov), 270-9 (HR Gorringe 0.0 ov), 283-10 (RH Price 74.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 13.6 1 40 1 3.08 0 0
AM Fagan 14.0 3 52 1 3.71 0 0
EK Cotton 12.0 2 26 1 2.17 0 0
R Benaud 17.0 2 95 4 5.59 0 0
JW O'Reilly 11.0 2 29 2 2.64 0 0
RB Simpson 2.0 0 17 0 8.50 0 0
KR Miller 5.0 0 20 0 4.00 0 0

New South Wales - 1st Inns 297-9 (52.5; RR: 5.62)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RE Briggs c Carmody b Price 2 0 0 0
R Benaud c Byfield b Strauss 112 0 0 0
GS Trueman b Price 6 0 0 0
EK Cotton c Rigg b Gorringe 0 0 0 0
ID Craig c Munro b Gorringe 24 0 0 0
KR Miller c Preen b Gorringe 76 0 0 0
JH de Courcy b Strauss 0 0 0 0
RB Simpson lbw b Preen 25 0 0 0
JW O'Reilly not out 41 0 0 0
AM Fagan b Gorringe 0 0 0 0
RR Lindwall  
Extras (1b, 5lb, 1w, 4nb) 11  
TOTAL 297-9 (52.5 overs; RR: 5.62)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (RE Briggs 0.0 ov), 10-2 (GS Trueman 0.0 ov), 11-3 (EK Cotton 0.0 ov), 81-4 (ID Craig 0.0 ov), 140-5 (JH de Courcy 0.0 ov), 215-6 (R Benaud 0.0 ov), 221-7 (RB Simpson 0.0 ov), 297-8 (KR Miller 0.0 ov), 297-9 (AM Fagan 52.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RH Price 12.0 2 60 2 5.00 0 3
HR Gorringe 13.5 0 65 4 5.00 0 1
RB Strauss 12.0 0 72 2 6.00 1 0
BA Rigg 2.0 0 24 0 12.00 0 0
AT Preen 7.0 1 39 1 5.57 0 0
JW Rutherford 6.0 0 26 0 4.33 0 0

Western Australia - 2nd Inns 181 (48.7; RR: 3.68)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
DK Carmody b Simpson 48 0 0 0
JW Rutherford b Fagan 6 0 0 0
BA Rigg c Fagan b Benaud 18 0 0 0
AS Byfield c de Courcy b Benaud 5 0 0 0
MH Foley lbw b Benaud 43 0 0 0
JKE Munro b Simpson 2 0 0 0
RB Strauss b Simpson 0 0 0 0
RH Price b Lindwall 8 0 0 0
PCD McCarthy c Benaud b Simpson 32 0 0 0
HR Gorringe b Simpson 10 0 0 0
AT Preen not out 3 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 2lb, 0w, 0nb) 6  
TOTAL 181 all out (48.7 overs; RR: 3.68)

Fall of wickets

18-1 (JW Rutherford 0.0 ov), 68-2 (BA Rigg 0.0 ov), 76-3 (AS Byfield 0.0 ov), 83-4 (DK Carmody 0.0 ov), 88-5 (JKE Munro 0.0 ov), 88-6 (RB Strauss 0.0 ov), 124-7 (RH Price 0.0 ov), 146-8 (MH Foley 0.0 ov), 170-9 (HR Gorringe 0.0 ov), 181-10 (PCD McCarthy 48.7 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 13.0 1 48 1 3.69 0 0
AM Fagan 6.0 1 22 1 3.67 0 0
R Benaud 20.0 4 68 3 3.40 0 0
RB Simpson 9.7 1 37 5 4.11 0 0

New South Wales - 2nd Inns 168-4 (31.7; RR: 5.22)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RE Briggs b Preen 30 0 0 0
R Benaud b Rigg 59 0 0 0
EK Cotton not out 49 0 0 0
ID Craig b Byfield 18 0 0 0
RB Simpson c Munro b Byfield 6 0 0 0
JW O'Reilly not out 0 0 0 0
GS Trueman  
KR Miller  
JH de Courcy  
AM Fagan  
RR Lindwall  
Extras (4b, 1lb, 0w, 1nb) 6  
TOTAL 168-4 (31.7 overs; RR: 5.22)

Fall of wickets

61-1 (RE Briggs 0.0 ov), 101-2 (R Benaud 0.0 ov), 148-3 (ID Craig 0.0 ov), 160-4 (RB Simpson 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RH Price 9.0 0 42 0 4.67 0 1
HR Gorringe 5.0 0 32 0 6.40 0 0
RB Strauss 3.0 0 9 0 3.00 0 0
AT Preen 5.0 0 18 1 3.60 0 0
BA Rigg 4.0 0 31 1 7.75 0 0
JW Rutherford 2.0 0 10 0 5.00 0 0
AS Byfield 2.0 0 8 2 4.00 0 0
DK Carmody 1.7 0 12 0 12.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

New South Wales v Western Australia at Sydney, Sheffield Shield

Date

Saturday February 6, 1954

Toss

Western Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

1:00am UTC

Venue

Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Umpires

H Mackinnon, CE Wigzell

New South Wales Team

Playing XI

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

Western Australia Team

Playing XI

JW Rutherford, DK Carmody, HR Gorringe, PCD McCarthy, AS Byfield, MH Foley, JKE Munro, AT Preen, RH Price, BA Rigg, RB Strauss