f21173	IWG Johnson's XI v RR Lindwall's XI
	Other First-Class matches in Australia 1955/56
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 13th, 14th, 16th, 17th January 1956 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	IWG Johnson's XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	RR Lindwall's XI won by 2 wickets
Umpires	JP Bowden, CE Wigzell
Close of play day 1	IWG Johnson's XI (1) 282/4 (Craig 4*, Benaud 8*)
Close of play day 2	RR Lindwall's XI (1) 96/3 (Burke 53*, Burge 26*)
Close of play day 3	RR Lindwall's XI (1) 435 all out

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IWG Johnson's XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Rutherford	b Power	113
CC McDonald	c Hill b Power	4
KD Mackay	c Langley b Wilson	143
RB Simpson	lbw b Bratchford	5
ID Craig	c Langley b Power	58
R Benaud	c Harvey b Lindwall	101
+LV Maddocks	b Wilson	24
AK Davidson	c Lindwall b Power	5
*IWG Johnson	c Burke b Bratchford	31
WPA Crawford	retired hurt	11
J Drennan	not out	2
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 521 minutes, 121.2 overs)	510
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-257, 3-266, 4-274, 5-428, 6-437, 7-453, 8-494, 9-510 (121.2 ov)

RR Lindwall's XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	23	3	79	1	-	-
Power	24	3	110	4	-	3
Bratchford	21	1	112	2	-	-
Wilson	27.2	11	82	2	-	-
Hill	21	2	84	0	-	-
Burke	5	0	30	0	-	-

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RR Lindwall's XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Favell	b Davidson	4
JW Burke	b Johnson	192
SJ Carroll	c Rutherford b Drennan	2
RN Harvey	c Simpson b Davidson	10
PJP Burge	run out (Benaud)	72
JD Bratchford	lbw b Johnson	38
*RR Lindwall	c sub (RN Harvey) b Benaud	33
+GRA Langley	c Johnson b Benaud	29
JC Hill	c sub (WJ Saunders) b Simpson	5
JW Wilson	not out	12
JF Power	c sub (RN Harvey) b Benaud	29
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 442 minutes, 115.3 overs)	435
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-16, 3-35, 4-198, 5-304, 6-345, 7-376, 8-387, 9-397, 10-435 (115.3 ov)

IWG Johnson's XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Drennan	15	3	52	1	-	1
Davidson	24	1	87	2	-	1
Mackay	12	0	35	0	-	-
Johnson	23	3	93	2	-	-
Benaud	25.3	5	94	3	-	-
Simpson	6	0	33	1	-	-
Rutherford	10	0	32	0	-	-

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IWG Johnson's XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	c and b Hill	63
JW Rutherford	b Wilson	24
RB Simpson	not out	30
R Benaud	c Bratchford b Hill	22
AK Davidson	not out	6
KD Mackay	did not bat
ID Craig	did not bat
+LV Maddocks	did not bat
*IWG Johnson	did not bat
WPA Crawford	did not bat
J Drennan	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	7
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 138 minutes, 34 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-82, 2-98, 3-146

RR Lindwall's XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	4	0	18	0	-	-
Power	8	0	49	0	4	2
Bratchford	6	0	18	0	-	-
Wilson	12	0	50	1	-	-
Hill	4	0	10	2	-	-

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RR Lindwall's XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Favell	c Maddocks b Drennan	18
SJ Carroll	c sub (WJ Saunders) b Simpson	33
RN Harvey	c Johnson b Rutherford	96
PJP Burge	c Maddocks b Drennan	46
*RR Lindwall	b Drennan	7
JF Power	c Simpson b Rutherford	7
JC Hill	c Drennan b Benaud	2
JW Burke	not out	6
JD Bratchford	st Maddocks b Benaud	0
+GRA Langley	not out	6
JW Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(8 wickets, 176 minutes, 41.7 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-68, 3-156, 4-182, 5-211, 6-211, 7-214, 8-215

IWG Johnson's XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Drennan	13	0	56	3	-	-
Davidson	4	0	19	0	-	-
Johnson	8	1	47	0	-	1
Simpson	6	1	36	1	-	-
Benaud	4.7	0	32	2	-	-
Mackay	4	0	24	0	-	-
Rutherford	2	0	7	2	-	-

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Notes
--> JW Burke (1) passed his previous highest score of 189 in First-Class matches
--> WPA Crawford retired hurt in the IWG Johnson's XI first innings having scored 11 (team score 507/8)

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