f35742	Worcestershire v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1985
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 11th, 12th, 13th May 1985 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	DJ Constant, KE Palmer
Scorers	MP Ringham (Australians), JW Sewter (Worcestershire)
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 42/1 (Wood 28*, Phillips 1*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 93/4 (Neale 13*, Newport 14*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Weston	c Hilditch b McDermott	11
TS Curtis	c and b Bennett	76
DM Smith	c Lawson b McDermott	0
DN Patel	c Ritchie b Matthews	30
*PA Neale	c Boon b Matthews	108		186	18	2
DB D'Oliveira	c Ritchie b Bennett	0
PJ Newport	not out	29
+SJ Rhodes	not out	20
JD Inchmore	did not bat
NV Radford	did not bat
RK Illingworth	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 16 nb, 2 w)	29
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 87.5 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-19, 3-81, 4-193, 5-213, 6-273

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lawson	13	1	65	0	-	-
McDermott	13	3	39	2	-	-
Gilbert	19	1	90	0	-	-
Matthews	23.5	8	55	2	-	-
Bennett	19	8	43	2	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AMJ Hilditch	c Curtis b Inchmore	7
GM Wood	lbw b Inchmore	34
+RB Phillips	c Radford b Patel	39
GM Ritchie	c Rhodes b Inchmore	21
*AR Border	c Illingworth b Radford	135	140	135	16	6
DC Boon	not out	73
GRJ Matthews	not out	23
MJ Bennett	did not bat
GF Lawson	did not bat
CJ McDermott	did not bat
DR Gilbert	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 9 lb, 12 nb, 1 w)	32
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 86 overs)	364
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-55, 3-85, 4-198, 5-302

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Radford	15	0	77	1	-	-
Inchmore	18	5	38	3	-	-
Weston	4	1	16	0	-	-
Patel	20	2	90	1	-	-
Newport	12	0	72	0	-	-
Illingworth	16	7	47	0	-	-
D'Oliveira	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Weston	c Phillips b Lawson	31
TS Curtis	c Wood b Lawson	10
DB D'Oliveira	b Gilbert	11
DN Patel	lbw b Lawson	4
*PA Neale	not out	13
PJ Newport	not out	14
DM Smith	did not bat
+SJ Rhodes	did not bat
JD Inchmore	did not bat
NV Radford	did not bat
RK Illingworth	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 5 nb, 4 w)	10
Total	(4 wickets, 29.2 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-50, 3-58, 4-71

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lawson	7	4	11	3	-	-
McDermott	2	0	22	0	-	-
Gilbert	14.2	3	49	1	-	-
Bennett	6	2	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> GM Wood (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> GM Ritchie made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> MJ Bennett made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> DR Gilbert made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> RB Phillips made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> GF Lawson reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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