f20682	Australian XI v Marylebone Cricket Club
	Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1954/55
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th November 1954 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Marylebone Cricket Club won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	RG Hele, RJJ Wright
Close of play day 1	Australian XI (1) 12/0 (McDonald 4*, Briggs 5*)
Close of play day 2	Australian XI (1) 167/7 (Maddocks 24*, Johnson 5*)
Close of play day 3	No play

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Marylebone Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Simpson	c and b Benaud	74
WJ Edrich	c RN Harvey b Johnson	11
*PBH May	c Drennan b Archer	45
DCS Compton	c Maddocks b Benaud	16
JV Wilson	c Archer b Benaud	6
TW Graveney	not out	22
TE Bailey	c McDonald b Johnson	4
+TG Evans	b Johnson	1
JH Wardle	b Johnson	8
AV Bedser	b Johnson	3
JB Statham	c RN Harvey b Johnson	13
Extras	(1 nb, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 288 minutes, 67.6 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-111, 3-135, 4-153, 5-159, 6-166, 7-168, 8-181, 9-185, 10-205 (67.6 ov)

Australian XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Drennan	8	1	27	0	-	-
Archer	12	4	22	1	-	-
Johnston	11	2	30	0	-	1
Johnson	17.6	2	66	6	1	-
Benaud	19	4	58	3	-	-

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Australian XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	lbw b Statham	4
RE Briggs	b Bailey	48
RN Harvey	c Evans b Statham	4
R Harvey	c Edrich b Bailey	7
JH de Courcy	lbw b Bailey	0
R Benaud	c Evans b Bedser	47
RG Archer	b Bailey	23
+LV Maddocks	not out	24
*IWG Johnson	not out	5
J Drennan	did not bat
WA Johnston	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb)	5
Total	(7 wickets, 305 minutes, 68.1 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-18, 3-44, 4-44, 5-110, 6-115, 7-156

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	14	3	29	2	-	-
Bedser	16	2	39	1	-	1
Bailey	17.1	3	53	4	-	-
Wardle	21	9	41	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> CC McDonald (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2

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12th Men: JC Hill (Aust) and FH Tyson (MCC)
Crowds: 13905, 36380, no play, no play. Total: 50,285. Receipts: 7,865 pounds

 

 

 

 

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