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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 403 (403/11)
West Indies v Australia, 1954/55, 1st Test
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
26,28,29,30,31 March 1955 (6-day match)

Result: Australia won by 9 wickets
Australia leads the 5-Test series 1-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: P Burke and TA Ewart
Test Debuts: GL Gibbs, OG Smith (WI).

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 266/2 (Harvey 84*, Miller 64*)
  • Day 2: Australia 515/9 (Johnson 18*, Johnston 0*)
  • Day 3: Australia 515/9d, West Indies 221/5 (Walcott 95*, Smith 37*)
  • Day 4: West Indies 259 and 186/3 (Smith 92*, Walcott 28*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   4  6
    CC McDonald           st Binns           b Valentine           50 115      0
    AR Morris             lbw                b Valentine           65 150   6  1
    RN Harvey             lbw                b Walcott            133 306  20  0
    KR Miller             lbw                b Walcott            147 346  15  0
    RR Lindwall           lbw                b Ramadhin            10          0
    PJP Burge                            c & b Atkinson            14          0
    +LV Maddocks                             b Valentine            1       0  0
    R Benaud                                 b Walcott             46  85      0
    RG Archer             c Walcott          b Holt                24       5  0
    *IWG Johnson          not out                                  18          0
    WA Johnston           not out                                   0       0  0
    Extras                (b 3, lb 3, w 1)                          7
    Total                 (9 wickets declared, 201 overs)         515
    
    FoW: 1-102 (McDonald), 2-137 (Morris), 3-361 (Harvey),
         4-391 (Lindwall), 5-417 (Miller), 6-430 (Burge),
         7-435 (Maddocks), 8-475 (Archer), 9-506 (Benaud).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    King                        28      7    122      0
    Worrell                      7      2     13      0
    Atkinson                    23      9     46      1
    Ramadhin                    46     12    112      1
    Valentine                   54     20    113      3
    Smith                       11      0     27      0
    Walcott                     26      9     50      3
    Gibbs                        3      1      5      0
    Holt                         3      0     20      1
    
    West Indies 1st innings                                         R   M   B  4 6
    JKC Holt              c Benaud           b Lindwall            31            0
    GL Gibbs              lbw                b Archer              12            0
    +AP Binns             c Burge            b Archer               0       4  0 0
    ED Weekes             run out                                  19            0
    CL Walcott            c Benaud           b Miller             108         12 0
    FMM Worrell                              b Johnston             9  44        0
    OG Smith              lbw                b Lindwall            44 153        0
    *DS Atkinson          c Harvey           b Miller               1       5  0 0
    FM King               c Maddocks         b Lindwall             4            0
    S Ramadhin            not out                                  12            0
    AL Valentine                             b Lindwall             0          0 0
    Extras                (b 14, lb 2, nb 3)                       19
    Total                 (all out, 101 overs)                    259
    
    FoW: 1-27 (Gibbs), 2-27 (Binns), 3-56 (Weekes), 4-75 (Holt),
         5-101 (Worrell), 6-239 (Smith), 7-240 (Atkinson),
         8-243 (Walcott), 9-253 (King), 10-259 (Valentine).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lindwall                    24      6     61      4
    Archer                      19      8     39      2
    Johnston                    23      4     75      1
    Benaud                      19      7     29      0
    Miller                      16      5     36      2
    
    West Indies 2nd innings (following on)                          R   M   4  6
    JKC Holt              c Maddocks         b Benaud              60 140  11  0
    GL Gibbs                                 b Johnston             0  36   0  0
    OG Smith              c Harvey           b Miller             104 220  14  0
    ED Weekes                            c & b Benaud               1       0  0
    CL Walcott            c Archer           b Lindwall            39          0
    *DS Atkinson          c Benaud           b Miller              30          0
    +AP Binns             lbw                b Miller               0       0  0
    FMM Worrell                              b Archer               9          0
    FM King                                  b Lindwall            21          0
    S Ramadhin            c Lindwall         b Archer               3       0  0
    AL Valentine          not out                                   2       0  0
    Extras                (b 5, nb 1)                               6
    Total                 (all out, 96.1 overs)                   275
    
    FoW: 1-20 (Gibbs), 2-122 (Holt), 3-132 (Weekes), 4-209 (Walcott),
         5-213 (Smith), 6-213 (Binns), 7-239 (Worrell),
         8-253 (Atkinson), 9-270 (Ramadhin), 10-275 (King).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lindwall                    16.1    3     63      2
    Archer                      12      3     44      2
    Johnston                    16      3     54      1
    Benaud                      23      7     44      2
    Miller                      28      9     62      3
    Harvey                       1      0      2      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 20 runs)                         R   4  6
    +LV Maddocks          not out                                  12      0
    AR Morris             c Gibbs            b Weekes               1   0  0
    CC McDonald           not out                                   7      0
    Extras                                                          0
    Total                 (1 wicket, 5.2 overs)                    20
    
    DNB: RN Harvey, KR Miller, RR Lindwall, PJP Burge, R Benaud,
         RG Archer, *IWG Johnson, WA Johnston.
    
    FoW: 1-6 (Morris).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    King                         2      0     10      0
    Weekes                       2.2    0      8      1
    Gibbs                        1      0      2      0
    


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    Team Pages: West Indies, Australia.

    Ground Page: Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

    Australia Player Pages: CC McDonald, AR Morris, RN Harvey, KR Miller, RR Lindwall, PJP Burge, LV Maddocks, R Benaud, RG Archer, IWG Johnson, WA Johnston.

    West Indies Player Pages: JKC Holt, GL Gibbs, AP Binns, ED Weekes, CL Walcott, FMM Worrell, OG Smith, DS Atkinson, FM King, S Ramadhin, AL Valentine.

    Match Officials' Pages: P Burke, TA Ewart.

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