f20795	British Guiana v Australians
	Australia in West Indies 1954/55
Venue	Bourda, Georgetown on 20th, 21st, 22nd April 1955 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	British Guiana won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by an innings and 134 runs
Umpires	ES Gillette, AB Rollox
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 85/2 (Harvey 28*, Burge 7*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (1) 476/7 (Benaud 63*, Davidson 34*)

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British Guiana first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BH Pairaudeau	c Maddocks b Miller	4
GL Gibbs	c Maddocks b Archer	0
RB Kanhai	lbw b Hill	51
CL Walcott	run out	51
BF Butcher	c Maddocks b Benaud	8
+CA McWatt	c Harvey b Davidson	14
CO Paul	b Hill	19
ND Wight	st Maddocks b Hill	8
WV Edun	not out	17
IS Madray	b Hill	1
PC Legall	b Hill	1
Extras	(1 b, 2 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 66.3 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-19, 3-91, 4-116, 5-116, 6-141, 7-154, 8-159, 9-161, 10-177 (66.3 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	6	3	9	1	-	-
Archer	11	3	30	1	-	-
Johnson	7	1	30	0	-	-
Hill	21.3	8	50	5	-	-
Benaud	11	2	37	1	-	-
Davidson	10	3	18	1	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Favell	c McWatt b Wight	18
WJ Watson	c McWatt b Edun	31
RN Harvey	c Wight b Madray	58
PJP Burge	c Pairaudeau b Madray	177		259	22	2
KR Miller	c Kanhai b Wight	33
RG Archer	c Edun b Madray	56
R Benaud	not out	63
+LV Maddocks	lbw b Wight	0
AK Davidson	not out	34
JC Hill	did not bat
IWG Johnson	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 122 overs)	476
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-50, 3-137, 4-216, 5-371, 6-388, 7-389

British Guiana bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Legall	11	0	46	0	-	-
Edun	22	0	78	1	-	-
Walcott	1	0	4	0	-	-
Wight	35	6	112	3	-	-
Madray	23	0	122	3	-	-
Butcher	14	2	43	0	-	-
Gibbs	16	0	65	0	-	-

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British Guiana second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BH Pairaudeau	lbw b Johnson	17
GL Gibbs	c Archer b Miller	2
RB Kanhai	st Maddocks b Hill	27
BF Butcher	b Johnson	46
+CA McWatt	b Hill	28
CO Paul	st Maddocks b Johnson	11
WV Edun	b Hill	6
ND Wight	not out	15
IS Madray	b Hill	0
PC Legall	b Hill	5
CL Walcott	absent hurt
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 63 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-43, 3-47, 4-94, 5-138, 6-139, 7-155, 8-155, 9-165 (63 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	5	1	15	1	-	-
Archer	7	2	34	0	-	-
Johnson	17	5	39	3	-	-
Hill	16	9	15	5	-	-
Benaud	11	0	35	0	-	-
Davidson	7	2	19	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> IS Madray made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CO Paul made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RB Kanhai (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> PJP Burge (1) passed his previous highest score of 122 in First-Class matches
--> AK Davidson (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14

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