f20779	New South Wales v Marylebone Cricket Club
	Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1954/55
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 18th, 19th, 21st, 22nd February 1955 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	New South Wales won the toss and decided to bat
Result	New South Wales won by 45 runs
Umpires	JP Bowden, CE Wigzell
Close of play day 1	Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 4/2 (Simpson 0*, Loader 0*)
Close of play day 2	New South Wales (2) 18/1 (Burke 14*, Simpson 3*)
Close of play day 3	Marylebone Cricket Club (2) 26/0 (Simpson 19*, Graveney 5*)

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New South Wales first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE Briggs	c Evans b Bedser	0
JW Burke	c Cowdrey b Bedser	0
RB Simpson	c Graveney b Tyson	6
R Benaud	c Wardle b Bedser	1
*KR Miller	c Graveney b Loader	11
PI Philpott	st Evans b Bedser	46
BC Booth	not out	74
AK Davidson	c Graveney b Bedser	9
WPA Crawford	c Evans b Wilson	19
+O Lambert	c Cowdrey b Wardle	1
JC Treanor	c Graveney b Wilson	0
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 291 minutes, 57.1 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-1, 3-3, 4-16, 5-26, 6-109, 7-127, 8-167, 9-168, 10-172 (57.1 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	20	3	57	5	-	-
Tyson	16	4	27	1	-	1
Loader	12	2	56	1	-	-
Wardle	8	2	26	1	-	-
Wilson	1.1	0	1	2	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Simpson	c Briggs b Davidson	6
JV Wilson	b Miller	0
PBH May	c Lambert b Crawford	3
PJ Loader	b Davidson	0
TW Graveney	c Lambert b Davidson	35
MC Cowdrey	c Lambert b Davidson	12
*L Hutton	c Simpson b Treanor	48
+TG Evans	b Crawford	40
JH Wardle	c Crawford b Treanor	16
FH Tyson	run out (Briggs)	3
AV Bedser	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 5 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 243 minutes, 52 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-4, 3-10, 4-13, 5-35, 6-94, 7-130, 8-153, 9-157, 10-172 (52 ov)

New South Wales bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Crawford	15	3	47	2	-	5
Miller	10	0	31	1	-	-
Davidson	12	3	25	4	-	-
Treanor	11	4	44	2	-	-
Benaud	3	0	10	0	-	-
Philpott	1	0	8	0	-	-

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New South Wales second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Burke	c Graveney b Wardle	62
RE Briggs	b Tyson	0
RB Simpson	st Evans b Wardle	98
AK Davidson	c Cowdrey b Wardle	0
R Benaud	st Evans b Wardle	57
*KR Miller	c May b Bedser	71
BC Booth	c Evans b Bedser	0
PI Philpott	b Wardle	11
WPA Crawford	not out	0
+O Lambert	did not bat
JC Treanor	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	15
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 327 minutes, 70.2 overs)	314
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-161, 3-161, 4-196, 5-260, 6-263, 7-314, 8-314 (70.2 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	22.2	4	87	2	1	2
Tyson	9	2	24	1	-	-
Loader	10	2	28	0	1	1
Wardle	25	0	118	5	-	-
Wilson	4	0	42	0	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Simpson	c Davidson b Benaud	24
TW Graveney	lbw b Benaud	28
PBH May	b Miller	42
JV Wilson	b Davidson	4
*L Hutton	c +Simpson b Burke	59
MC Cowdrey	c +Simpson b Booth	33
+TG Evans	c Miller b Davidson	39
JH Wardle	c Philpott b Treanor	12
FH Tyson	c Benaud b Treanor	0
AV Bedser	not out	0
PJ Loader	c Benaud b Treanor	8
Extras	(13 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 297 minutes, 71.7 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-63, 3-68, 4-145, 5-189, 6-222, 7-250, 8-261, 9-261, 10-269 (71.7 ov)

New South Wales bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Crawford	8	0	37	0	-	2
Miller	5	0	15	1	-	1
Davidson	13	1	43	2	1	-
Benaud	21	7	62	2	-	-
Philpott	6	2	22	0	-	-
Treanor	13.7	1	54	3	-	-
Burke	3	1	6	1	-	-
Booth	2	0	10	1	-	-

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Notes
--> RE Briggs made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RB Simpson (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> BC Booth (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in First-Class matches
--> TG Evans (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 36
--> AK Davidson reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Marylebone Cricket Club first innings

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Owing to an injury to Lambert, RB Simpson kept wicket in the MCC second innings
12th Men: EK Cotton (NSW) and R Appleyard (MCC)
Crowds: 6441, 17123, 6533, 4101. Total: 34,198. Receipts: 3,493 pounds

 

 

 

 

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