misc11998	Minor Counties v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1956
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 8th, 10th September 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Minor Counties won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by 7 wickets
Umpires	GE Hart, GWF Reeves
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 251/8 (Davidson 14*, Crawford 8*)

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Minor Counties first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MM Walford	c Maddocks b Crawford	5
RW Smithson	c Miller b Wilson	28
AC Walton	st Maddocks b Wilson	13
ME Scott	c Craig b Wilson	53
*DM Haynes	c Maddocks b Archer	25
H Boon	b Archer	0
+G Millman	c Benaud b Archer	0
JM Watson	b Benaud	18
CA Pickett	c Davidson b Benaud	0
L McGibbon	not out	1
P Hodgson	c Craig b Benaud	1
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 67.2 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-42, 3-55, 4-90, 5-90, 6-90, 7-134, 8-136, 9-142, 10-144 (67.2 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Crawford	11	6	18	1	-	-
Archer	12	6	17	3	-	-
Miller	6	1	23	0	-	-
Wilson	16	8	35	3	-	-
Benaud	10.2	2	26	3	-	-
Davidson	5	2	7	0	-	-
Craig	5	2	11	0	-	-
Harvey	2	1	7	0	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	c Boon b McGibbon	4
+LV Maddocks	c Walford b Hodgson	5
ID Craig	c Hodgson b McGibbon	80
RN Harvey	c Pickett b McGibbon	42
KD Mackay	c Boon b Hodgson	11
R Benaud	b Scott	28
RG Archer	c Watson b Scott	23
*KR Miller	c Smithson b Pickett	31
AK Davidson	c Boon b Hodgson	24
WPA Crawford	b McGibbon	15
JW Wilson	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 3 nb, 2 w)	7
Total	(all out, 39.5 overs)	270
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-24, 3-119, 4-138, 5-145, 6-183, 7-199, 8-243, 9-262, 10-270 (39.5 ov)

Minor Counties bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGibbon	13	0	76	4
Hodgson	14.5	1	72	3
Watson	4	0	47	0
Pickett	2	0	10	1
Scott	6	0	58	2

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Minor Counties second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MM Walford	c -Maddocks b Wilson	19
RW Smithson	b Archer	73
AC Walton	b Benaud	16
ME Scott	c McDonald b Harvey	59
*DM Haynes	b Harvey	20
H Boon	b Wilson	1
+G Millman	not out	14
JM Watson	c Crawford b Harvey	4
CA Pickett	hit wkt b Harvey	20
L McGibbon	b Harvey	8
P Hodgson	b Wilson	0
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 80.2 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-68, 3-145, 4-192, 5-193, 6-201, 7-206, 8-231, 9-243, 10-244 (80.2 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Crawford	7	5	3	0	-
Archer	7	3	11	1	-
Benaud	9	1	39	1	-
Wilson	16.2	5	46	3	-
Mackay	4	0	11	0	-
Harvey	12	1	57	5	-
Davidson	9	6	12	0	-
Miller	8	4	21	0	-
Maddocks	4	1	21	0	-
McDonald	4	0	13	0	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+LV Maddocks	lbw b McGibbon	12
RG Archer	c Scott b McGibbon	12
ID Craig	c McGibbon b Hodgson	4
CC McDonald	not out	30
R Benaud	not out	51
RN Harvey	did not bat
KD Mackay	did not bat
*KR Miller	did not bat
AK Davidson	did not bat
WPA Crawford	did not bat
JW Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 nb)	10
Total	(3 wickets, 23.2 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-31, 3-35

Minor Counties bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGibbon	12	1	55	2	-
Hodgson	7	0	27	1	-
Pickett	3	0	24	0	-
Watson	1.2	1	3	0	-

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Maddocks did not keep wicket in the Minor Counties second innings due to a damaged finger.
The wicket keeping was performed successively during the first session by McDonald and Craig and
after lunch, by Benaud.

 

 

 

 

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