f21203 ss490	Victoria v Western Australia
	Sheffield Shield 1955/56
Venue	St Kilda Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th February 1956 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Victoria won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Victoria won by an innings and 192 runs
Points	Victoria 5; Western Australia 0
Umpires	WJ Smyth, JH Ward
Close of play day 1	Victoria (1) 362/4 (RI Maddocks 69*, Loxton 47*)
Close of play day 2	Western Australia (1) 107/4 (Meuleman 31*, Edwards 8*)
Close of play day 3	Western Australia (2) 141/6 (Vernon 16*, Carmody 4*)

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Victoria first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	b Preen	92
WM Lawry	c Edwards b Gorringe	3
RN Harvey	b Preen	142
RI Maddocks	c Vernon b Gaunt	98
KHD Kendall	c Langdon b Preen	3
SJE Loxton	c Sawle b Preen	67
+LV Maddocks	c Buggins b Gorringe	54
*IWG Johnson	not out	28
JC Hill	c Langdon b Gorringe	1
LF Kline	b Preen	0
JN Edwards	b Preen	14
Extras	(11 b, 10 lb, 2 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 465 minutes, 116 overs)	525
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Lawry), 2-196 (McDonald), 3-274 (Harvey), 4-278 (Kendall), 5-384 (Loxton), 6-456 (RI Maddocks), 7-472 (LV Maddocks), 8-497 (Hill), 9-501 (Kline), 10-525 (Edwards, 116 ov)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gaunt	23	2	108	1	-	2
Gorringe	26	1	136	3	-	-
Preen	31	4	97	6	-	-
Shepherd	3	0	13	0	-	-
Langdon	19	4	53	0	-	-
Edwards	4	0	26	0	-	-
Meuleman	9	0	66	0	-	-
Carmody	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Western Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LM Sawle	lbw b Hill	27
+BL Buggins	lbw b Johnson	21
MT Vernon	lbw b Hill	3
KD Meuleman	c LV Maddocks b Johnson	46
BK Shepherd	b Kline	15
AR Edwards	hit wkt b Johnson	13
*DK Carmody	b Johnson	19
CW Langdon	c Johnson b Hill	3
HR Gorringe	run out (Lawry->Johnson)	0
AT Preen	not out	3
RA Gaunt	b Hill	0
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 279 minutes, 77 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-46 (Buggins), 2-50 (Vernon), 3-53 (Sawle), 4-80 (Shepherd), 5-122 (Edwards), 6-133 (Meuleman), 7-136 (Langdon), 8-149 (Carmody), 9-149 (Gorringe), 10-152 (Gaunt, 77 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loxton	14	1	39	0	-	-
Edwards	5	0	21	0	-	-
Johnson	23	13	29	4	-	-
Hill	25	9	37	4	-	-
Kline	10	3	24	1	-	-

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Western Australia second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+BL Buggins	c Kendall b Loxton	0
LM Sawle	c sub (IR Huntington) b Kline	33
KD Meuleman	c LV Maddocks b Loxton	19
CW Langdon	b Kline	8
AR Edwards	b Johnson	42
MT Vernon	not out	28
BK Shepherd	run out (RI Maddocks->LV Maddocks)	12
*DK Carmody	c Loxton b Hill	8
AT Preen	b Kline	5
HR Gorringe	b Johnson	15
RA Gaunt	b Johnson	4
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 290 minutes, 82 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Buggins), 2-22 (Meuleman), 3-35 (Langdon), 4-101 (Sawle), 5-115 (Edwards), 6-129 (Shepherd), 7-151 (Carmody), 8-160 (Preen), 9-177 (Gorringe), 10-181 (Gaunt, 82 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loxton	7	2	20	2	-	-
Edwards	9	0	19	0	-	-
Kline	33	13	65	3	-	-
Hill	20	5	47	1	-	-
Johnson	13	4	23	3	-	-

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Notes
--> WM Lawry made his debut in Sheffield Shield matches
--> WM Lawry made his debut in First-Class matches
--> IWG Johnson made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> JC Hill made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JC Hill made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> DK Carmody made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> DK Carmody made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CW Langdon made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CW Langdon made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> AR Edwards (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> CW Langdon (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> AT Preen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed SJE Loxton in the Victoria first innings (previous best was 3-53)
--> AT Preen achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Victoria first innings
--> AT Preen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed SJE Loxton in the Victoria first innings (previous best was 3-53)
--> AT Preen achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Sheffield Shield matches in the Victoria first innings
--> JC Hill reached 100 wickets in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed LM Sawle, his 2nd wicket in the Western Australia first innings
--> LF Kline achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed LM Sawle in the Western Australia second innings (previous best was 1-24)
--> LF Kline achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed LM Sawle in the Western Australia second innings (previous best was 1-24)

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12th Men: IR Huntington (Vic) and JW Rutherford (WA)
Crowds: 2231, 7024, 2107, about 300. Total: 11,662. Receipts: 1,236 pounds

 

 

 

 

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