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306 & 222
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batNSW
461 & 71-1
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Overs: 59.6 RR: 3.70 vs spin: 3.05
vs seam: 2.16
Overs: 11.0 RR: 6.45 vs spin: 6.00
vs seam: 4.39
Sat 26/12/53 Victoria v New South Wales, Sheffield Shield, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
NEW SOUTH WALES WIN New South Wales won by 9 wickets
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New South Wales - 1st Inns 461 (98.4; RR: 4.67)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RE Briggs c Hallebone b Hill 96 0 0 0
AR Morris lbw b Hill 70 0 0 0
R Benaud c Maddocks b Lambert 78 0 0 0
JW Burke c Power b Johnston 3 0 0 0
ID Craig run out 22 0 0 0
KR Miller b Hill 72 0 0 0
JH de Courcy not out 86 0 0 0
RR Lindwall c Maddocks b Hill 0 0 0 0
AK Davidson b Hill 9 0 0 0
RC Roxby c Power b Johnston 0 0 0 0
GS Trueman b Power 15 0 0 0
Extras (6b, 3lb, 0w, 1nb) 10  
TOTAL 461 all out (98.4 overs; RR: 4.67)

Fall of wickets

166-1 (RE Briggs 0.0 ov), 167-2 (AR Morris 0.0 ov), 170-3 (JW Burke 0.0 ov), 205-4 (ID Craig 0.0 ov), 310-5 (R Benaud 0.0 ov), 393-6 (KR Miller 0.0 ov), 403-7 (RR Lindwall 0.0 ov), 425-8 (AK Davidson 0.0 ov), 430-9 (RC Roxby 0.0 ov), 461-10 (GS Trueman 98.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JF Power 18.4 1 91 1 5.06 0 1
WA Johnston 21.0 1 100 2 4.76 0 0
HF Lambert 16.0 4 73 1 4.56 0 0
IWG Johnson 17.0 2 75 0 4.41 0 0
JC Hill 26.0 1 112 5 4.31 0 0

Victoria - 1st Inns 306 (68.5; RR: 4.45)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC McDonald b Roxby 35 0 0 0
J Hallebone lbw b Lindwall 0 0 0 0
RN Harvey c Trueman b Davidson 101 0 0 0
R Harvey st Trueman b Roxby 2 0 0 0
RI Maddocks c Trueman b Burke 42 0 0 0
HF Lambert lbw b Miller 10 0 0 0
LV Maddocks b Roxby 41 0 0 0
IWG Johnson hit wicket b Lindwall 16 0 0 0
JC Hill c Davidson b Miller 15 0 0 0
WA Johnston b Miller 21 0 0 0
JF Power not out 11 0 0 0
Extras (10b, 2lb, 0w, 0nb) 12  
TOTAL 306 all out (68.5 overs; RR: 4.45)

Fall of wickets

1-1 (J Hallebone 0.0 ov), 93-2 (CC McDonald 0.0 ov), 97-3 (R Harvey 0.0 ov), 173-4 (RI Maddocks 0.0 ov), 198-5 (HF Lambert 0.0 ov), 200-6 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 232-7 (IWG Johnson 0.0 ov), 274-8 (LV Maddocks 0.0 ov), 274-9 (JC Hill 0.0 ov), 306-10 (WA Johnston 68.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 14.0 1 40 2 2.86 0 0
AK Davidson 12.0 1 58 1 4.83 0 0
JW Burke 15.0 3 54 1 3.60 0 0
R Benaud 7.0 1 41 0 5.86 0 0
RC Roxby 12.0 1 51 3 4.25 0 0
KR Miller 8.5 0 50 3 6.25 0 0

Victoria - 2nd Inns 222 (59.6; RR: 3.70)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC McDonald b Lindwall 46 0 0 0
J Hallebone c Trueman b Lindwall 7 0 0 0
RN Harvey lbw b Miller 2 0 0 0
R Harvey c Lindwall b Burke 91 0 0 0
RI Maddocks b Lindwall 5 0 0 0
HF Lambert c Trueman b Burke 15 0 0 0
LV Maddocks c Davidson b Lindwall 10 0 0 0
IWG Johnson b Roxby 4 0 0 0
JC Hill b Davidson 24 0 0 0
WA Johnston b Lindwall 6 0 0 0
JF Power not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (10b, 2lb, 0w, 0nb) 12  
TOTAL 222 all out (59.6 overs; RR: 3.70)

Fall of wickets

17-1 (J Hallebone 0.0 ov), 20-2 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 126-3 (CC McDonald 0.0 ov), 140-4 (RI Maddocks 0.0 ov), 164-5 (HF Lambert 0.0 ov), 173-6 (R Harvey 0.0 ov), 178-7 (IWG Johnson 0.0 ov), 196-8 (LV Maddocks 0.0 ov), 216-9 (WA Johnston 0.0 ov), 222-10 (JC Hill 59.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 13.0 1 38 5 2.92 0 0
KR Miller 7.0 0 20 1 2.86 0 0
RC Roxby 17.0 3 68 1 4.00 0 0
R Benaud 4.0 0 17 0 4.25 0 0
AK Davidson 7.6 1 22 1 3.14 0 0
JW Burke 10.0 0 44 2 4.40 0 0
AR Morris 1.0 0 1 0 1.00 0 0

New South Wales - 2nd Inns 71-1 (11.0; RR: 6.45)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RE Briggs c Maddocks b Maddocks 33 0 0 0
AR Morris not out 27 0 0 0
JW Burke not out 5 0 0 0
R Benaud  
ID Craig  
KR Miller  
JH de Courcy  
RR Lindwall  
AK Davidson  
RC Roxby  
GS Trueman  
Extras (5b, 0lb, 0w, 1nb) 6  
TOTAL 71-1 (11.0 overs; RR: 6.45)

Fall of wickets

58-1 (RE Briggs 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JF Power 3.0 0 17 0 5.67 0 0
HF Lambert 4.0 0 24 0 6.00 0 1
RN Harvey 3.0 0 24 0 8.00 0 0
RI Maddocks 1.0 1 0 1 0.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

Victoria v New South Wales at Melbourne, Sheffield Shield

Date

Saturday December 26, 1953

Toss

New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat

Time

1:00am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

RJJ Wright, RG Hele

Victoria Team

Playing XI

IWG Johnson, WA Johnston, RN Harvey, CC McDonald, JC Hill, LV Maddocks, HF Lambert, J Hallebone, R Harvey, RI Maddocks, JF Power

New South Wales Team

Playing XI

RR Lindwall, KR Miller, AR Morris, JW Burke, R Benaud, ID Craig, AK Davidson, JH de Courcy, RE Briggs, RC Roxby, GS Trueman