f20755	South Australia v Marylebone Cricket Club
	Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1954/55
Venue	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide on 21st, 22nd, 24th January 1955 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	South Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Marylebone Cricket Club won by an innings and 143 runs
Umpires	KC Butler, JM Kierse
Close of play day 1	Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 52/2 (Wilson 8*, Wardle 7*)
Close of play day 2	Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 419/6 (May 102*, Bedser 0*)

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South Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Favell	c Andrew b Bedser	1
HN Dansie	b Appleyard	29
CJ Pinch	c Edrich b Bedser	1
GB Hole	c Wilson b Loader	2
*PL Ridings	c May b Loader	40
DF Trowse	lbw b Appleyard	21
+GRA Langley	b Wardle	53
FJ Osborn	c Compton b Loader	1
KG Horsnell	b Wardle	23
JW Wilson	b Wardle	6
DM Gregg	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 264 minutes, 61.5 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-13, 3-18, 4-38, 5-80, 6-117, 7-120, 8-160, 9-172, 10-185 (61.5 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	14	2	41	2	-	2
Loader	14	1	52	3	-	1
Appleyard	17	6	50	2	-	-
Wardle	16.5	5	36	3	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Edrich	b Gregg	14
TW Graveney	c Favell b Gregg	21
JV Wilson	lbw b Wilson	22
JH Wardle	c Langley b Gregg	7
MC Cowdrey	b Wilson	64
DCS Compton	c Favell b Wilson	182
*PBH May	b Horsnell	114
AV Bedser	c Langley b Horsnell	0
+KV Andrew	not out	6
R Appleyard	c Langley b Horsnell	1
PJ Loader	c Pinch b Gregg	10
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 3 w)	10
Total	(all out, 427 minutes, 108.3 overs)	451
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-40, 3-55, 4-91, 5-183, 6-417, 7-419, 8-436, 9-440, 10-451 (108.3 ov)

South Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gregg	26.3	0	117	4	-	2
Horsnell	23	2	88	3	3	-
Wilson	30	7	78	3	-	-
Osborn	15	0	87	0	-	-
Dansie	7	0	35	0	-	-
Hole	7	1	36	0	-	-

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South Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Favell	c Cowdrey b Bedser	11
HN Dansie	c Appleyard b Bedser	2
CJ Pinch	run out (?->Andrew)	4
GB Hole	c Graveney b Loader	1
+GRA Langley	c Andrew b Bedser	5
*PL Ridings	not out	40
DF Trowse	lbw b Loader	32
FJ Osborn	b Loader	0
KG Horsnell	b Wardle	1
JW Wilson	lbw b Wardle	2
DM Gregg	b Loader	4
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(all out, 190 minutes, 45 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-17, 3-18, 4-22, 5-29, 6-96, 7-96, 8-108, 9-118, 10-123 (45 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	11	3	20	3	-	2
Loader	13	2	32	4	1	5
Wardle	17	6	37	2	-	1
Appleyard	4	2	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> FJ Osborn made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GRA Langley (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> DM Gregg achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Marylebone Cricket Club first innings (previous best was 3-28)
--> PJ Loader reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the South Australia second innings

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12th Men:J Drennan (SA) and RT Simpson (MCC)
Crowds: 7317, 11144, 4044. Total: 22,505. Receipts: 2,261 pounds

 

 

 

 

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