f21196 ss489	South Australia v Western Australia
	Sheffield Shield 1955/56
Venue	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide on 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th February 1956 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	South Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	South Australia 3; Western Australia 1
Umpires	JM Kierse, MJ McInnes
Close of play day 1	South Australia (1) 346/7 (Langley 121*, Drennan 25*)
Close of play day 2	Western Australia (1) 150/3 (Meuleman 42*, Edwards 9*)
Close of play day 3	South Australia (2) 0/0 (Favell 0*, Lill 0*)

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South Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Favell	c Carmody b Gaunt	14
JC Lill	b Gaunt	11
GB Hole	c Buggins b Gorringe	5
CJ Pinch	c and b Rutherford	118
*PL Ridings	b Gaunt	28
GB Stevens	c Rutherford b Langdon	11
+GRA Langley	b Gaunt	139
RC Roxby	c Buggins b Gorringe	5
J Drennan	not out	63
DM Gregg	c and b Gorringe	3
JW Wilson	c and b Edwards	4
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 380 minutes, 87.5 overs)	409
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Favell), 2-30 (Lill), 3-34 (Hole), 4-67 (Ridings), 5-106 (Stevens), 6-246 (Pinch), 7-261 (Roxby), 8-371 (Langley), 9-388 (Gregg), 10-409 (Wilson, 87.5 ov)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gaunt	22	1	154	4	-	1
Gorringe	27	4	102	3	-	1
Rutherford	11	2	35	1	-	-
Langdon	16	2	53	1	-	-
Meuleman	5	0	28	0	-	-
Vernon	4	0	20	0	-	-
Edwards	2.5	0	9	1	-	-

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Western Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LM Sawle	c Favell b Gregg	50
JW Rutherford	b Roxby	26
MT Vernon	b Wilson	10
KD Meuleman	run out (Favell)	68
AR Edwards	c Stevens b Gregg	41
*DK Carmody	lbw b Ridings	37
CW Langdon	c Roxby b Wilson	46
BK Shepherd	c Roxby b Wilson	34
+BL Buggins	c Pinch b Drennan	1
HR Gorringe	c Roxby b Wilson	3
RA Gaunt	not out	2
Extras	(2 b, 12 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 577 minutes, 141.7 overs)	340
Fall of wickets:
1-53 (Rutherford), 2-74 (Vernon), 3-138 (Sawle), 4-209 (Meuleman), 5-232 (Edwards), 6-290 (Carmody), 7-313 (Langdon), 8-317 (Buggins), 9-335 (Gorringe), 10-340 (Shepherd, 141.7 ov)

South Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Drennan	27	2	89	1	1	3
Gregg	24	2	66	2	-	2
Wilson	48.7	22	75	4	-	-
Roxby	33	5	74	1	-	1
Hole	8	3	13	0	-	-
Ridings	1	0	1	1	-	1

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South Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Favell	c Edwards b Gaunt	54
JC Lill	c Vernon b Gaunt	4
GB Hole	b Gorringe	1
CJ Pinch	b Gorringe	21
GB Stevens	c Shepherd b Langdon	27
*PL Ridings	lbw b Gaunt	18
+GRA Langley	c Buggins b Gorringe	27
RC Roxby	c Shepherd b Edwards	14
J Drennan	not out	20
JW Wilson	b Edwards	2
DM Gregg	b Carmody	6
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 240 minutes, 58.2 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Lill), 2-16 (Hole), 3-67 (Pinch), 4-87 (Favell), 5-124 (Ridings), 6-142 (Stevens), 7-172 (Roxby), 8-178 (Langley), 9-184 (Wilson), 10-203 (Gregg, 58.2 ov)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gaunt	13	3	47	3	-	1
Gorringe	19	5	52	3	-	-
Langdon	17	6	36	1	-	-
Shepherd	3	0	25	0	1	1
Edwards	5	0	26	2	-	-
Carmody	1.2	0	8	1	-	-

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Western Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LM Sawle	not out	26
+BL Buggins	b Drennan	4
MT Vernon	run out	15
BK Shepherd	not out	15
JW Rutherford	did not bat
KD Meuleman	did not bat
AR Edwards	did not bat
*DK Carmody	did not bat
CW Langdon	did not bat
HR Gorringe	did not bat
RA Gaunt	did not bat
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(2 wickets, 85 minutes, 23 overs)	63
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Buggins), 2-46 (Vernon)

South Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Drennan	4	0	10	1	-	-
Gregg	4	1	13	0	-	-
Wilson	3	3	0	0	-	-
Roxby	3	0	7	0	-	-
Stevens	3	0	7	0	-	-
Favell	3	0	9	0	-	-
Pinch	2	0	8	0	-	-
Ridings	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> LE Favell (1) passed 2000 runs in Sheffield Shield matches when he reached 1
--> J Drennan (1) passed his previous highest score of 42 in First-Class matches
--> J Drennan (1) passed his previous highest score of 42 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> GB Stevens (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> RA Gaunt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed GRA Langley in the South Australia first innings (previous best was 3-92)
--> HR Gorringe reached 50 wickets in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed GB Hole, his 1st wicket in the South Australia first innings
--> RA Gaunt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Sheffield Shield matches when he dismissed GRA Langley in the South Australia first innings (previous best was 3-92)

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