| f23909 | |
| Venue | St Helen's, Swansea on 5th, 7th, 8th August 1961 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Australians won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | CS Elliott, F Jakeman |
| Close of play day 1 | Glamorgan (1) 58/3 (Walker 12*, Pressdee 8*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australians (2) 237/4 (Simpson 116*, Benaud 55*) |
| Australians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WM Lawry | lbw b Walker | 66 | |||||
| RB Simpson | c Walker b Shepherd | 23 | |||||
| NCL O'Neill | st DGL Evans b Walker | 63 | |||||
| PJP Burge | run out | 2 | |||||
| BC Booth | c and b Shepherd | 4 | |||||
| *R Benaud | c DGL Evans b Walker | 8 | |||||
| +ATW Grout | c Rees b Walker | 1 | |||||
| FM Misson | lbw b Shepherd | 0 | |||||
| IW Quick | c Rees b Shepherd | 6 | |||||
| LF Kline | c and b Shepherd | 4 | |||||
| RA Gaunt | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (12 b, 1 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 92.5 overs) | 192 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-53, 2-162, 3-167, 4-171, 5-176, 6-180, 7-180, 8-180, 9-190, 10-192 (92.5 ov) | |||||||
| Glamorgan bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| JB Evans | 9 | 3 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wheatley | 10 | 5 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Slade | 8 | 1 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Shepherd | 35.5 | 18 | 50 | 5 | - | - | |
| Walker | 23 | 6 | 55 | 4 | - | - | |
| Ward | 7 | 1 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Glamorgan first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Hedges | c Grout b Kline | 27 | |||||
| A Jones | lbw b Gaunt | 0 | |||||
| AHM Rees | b Benaud | 10 | |||||
| PM Walker | c Grout b Kline | 25 | |||||
| JS Pressdee | c Benaud b Kline | 22 | |||||
| WD Slade | b Benaud | 2 | |||||
| DJ Ward | c Burge b Benaud | 0 | |||||
| JB Evans | st Grout b Kline | 7 | |||||
| +DGL Evans | not out | 4 | |||||
| DJ Shepherd | c Simpson b Benaud | 51 | 25 | ||||
| *OS Wheatley | c Grout b Benaud | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 60.4 overs) | 149 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-21, 3-45, 4-73, 5-82, 6-82, 7-89, 8-94, 9-149, 10-149 (60.4 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gaunt | 9 | 5 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| Misson | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 27.4 | 11 | 71 | 5 | - | - | |
| Kline | 21 | 8 | 60 | 4 | - | - | |
| Australians second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RB Simpson | not out | 116 | |||||
| WM Lawry | c Slade b JB Evans | 30 | |||||
| NCL O'Neill | c Slade b Ward | 8 | |||||
| PJP Burge | b Ward | 18 | |||||
| BC Booth | c Rees b Ward | 0 | |||||
| *R Benaud | not out | 80 | |||||
| +ATW Grout | did not bat | ||||||
| FM Misson | did not bat | ||||||
| IW Quick | did not bat | ||||||
| LF Kline | did not bat | ||||||
| RA Gaunt | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 101 overs) | 262 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-73, 2-90, 3-152, 4-156 | |||||||
| Glamorgan bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| JB Evans | 12 | 4 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wheatley | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Shepherd | 36 | 10 | 69 | 0 | - | - | |
| Walker | 17 | 3 | 53 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ward | 33 | 9 | 86 | 3 | - | - | |
| Glamorgan second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Jones | not out | 70 | |||||
| B Hedges | c Simpson b Quick | 16 | |||||
| AHM Rees | c Kline b Quick | 6 | |||||
| PM Walker | not out | 26 | |||||
| JS Pressdee | did not bat | ||||||
| WD Slade | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Ward | did not bat | ||||||
| JB Evans | did not bat | ||||||
| +DGL Evans | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Shepherd | did not bat | ||||||
| *OS Wheatley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 48.2 overs) | 124 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-32, 2-46 | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gaunt | 7 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Misson | 6 | 3 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kline | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Simpson | 18 | 4 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Quick | 12.2 | 4 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> WM Lawry (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 40
--> DJ Shepherd (1) 50 in 21 balls, 15 minutes with 3 fours and 6 sixes
--> R Benaud reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Glamorgan first innings
--> DJ Ward reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Australians second innings
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