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Sheffield Shield, 1953/54
New South Wales v Western Australia
Sydney Cricket Ground
6,8,9 February 1954 (4-day match)

Result: New South Wales won by 6 wickets
Points: New South Wales 5, Western Australia 0

Toss: Western Australia
Umpires: H Mackinnon and CE Wigzell
First-class Debuts: JW O'Reilly (New South Wales); MH Foley (Western Australia).

Balls per over: 8

Close of play:

  • Day 1: Western Australia 283, New South Wales 11/3 (Benaud 1*)
  • Day 2: New South Wales 297/9d, Western Australia 99/6 (Foley 14*, Price 6*)
    Western Australia 1st innings
    *DK Carmody           c Trueman          b Fagan               29
    JW Rutherford         c Simpson          b O'Reilly            55
    BA Rigg                                  b Benaud              17
    PCD McCarthy          lbw                b Benaud              98
    AS Byfield                               b Cotton              36
    MH Foley              run out (Lindwall/Trueman)                2
    +JKE Munro                               b Benaud               0
    RB Strauss            lbw                b Benaud              17
    RH Price                                 b Lindwall            18
    HR Gorringe                              b O'Reilly             2
    AT Preen              not out                                   5
    Extras                (b 4)                                     4
    Total                 (all out, 74.6 overs, 299 mins)         283
    
    FoW: 1-60, 2-87, 3-145, 4-228, 5-233,
         6-241, 7-248, 8-261, 9-270, 10-283.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lindwall                    13.6    1     40      1
    Fagan                       14      3     52      1
    Cotton                      12      2     26      1
    Benaud                      17      2     95      4
    O'Reilly                    11      2     29      2
    Simpson                      2      0     17      0
    Miller                       5      0     20      0
    
    New South Wales 1st innings
    RE Briggs             c Carmody          b Price                2
    R Benaud              c Byfield          b Strauss            112
    +GS Trueman                              b Price                6
    EK Cotton             c Rigg             b Gorringe             0
    ID Craig              c Munro            b Gorringe            24
    *KR Miller            c Preen            b Gorringe            76
    JH de Courcy                             b Strauss              0
    RB Simpson            lbw                b Preen               25
    JW O'Reilly           not out                                  41
    AM Fagan                                 b Gorringe             0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 5, w 1, nb 4)                   11
    Total                 (9 wickets dec, 52.5 overs, 233 mins)   297
    
    DNB: RR Lindwall.
    
    FoW: 1-2, 2-10, 3-11, 4-81, 5-140, 6-215, 7-221, 8-297, 9-297.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Price                       12      2     60      2 (3nb)
    Gorringe                    13.5    0     65      4 (1nb)
    Strauss                     12      0     72      2 (1w)
    Rigg                         2      0     24      0
    Preen                        7      1     39      1
    Rutherford                   6      0     26      0
    
    Western Australia 2nd innings
    *DK Carmody                              b Simpson             48
    JW Rutherford                            b Fagan                6
    BA Rigg               c Fagan            b Benaud              18
    AS Byfield            c de Courcy        b Benaud               5
    MH Foley              lbw                b Benaud              43
    +JKE Munro                               b Simpson              2
    RB Strauss                               b Simpson              0
    RH Price                                 b Lindwall             8
    PCD McCarthy          c Benaud           b Simpson             32
    HR Gorringe                              b Simpson             10
    AT Preen              not out                                   3
    Extras                (b 4, lb 2)                               6
    Total                 (all out, 48.7 overs, 195 mins)         181
    
    FoW: 1-18, 2-68, 3-76, 4-83, 5-88,
         6-88, 7-124, 8-146, 9-170, 10-181.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lindwall                    13      1     48      1
    Fagan                        6      1     22      1
    Benaud                      20      4     68      3
    Simpson                      9.7    1     37      5
    
    New South Wales 2nd innings (target: 168 runs)
    RE Briggs                                b Preen               30
    R Benaud                                 b Rigg                59
    EK Cotton             not out                                  49
    ID Craig                                 b Byfield             18
    RB Simpson            c Munro            b Byfield              6
    JW O'Reilly           not out                                   0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 1, nb 1)                         6
    Total                 (4 wickets, 31.7 overs, 129 mins)       168
    
    DNB: +GS Trueman, *KR Miller, JH de Courcy, AM Fagan,
         RR Lindwall.
    
    FoW: 1-61, 2-101, 3-148, 4-160.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Price                        9      0     42      0 (1nb)
    Gorringe                     5      0     32      0
    Strauss                      3      0      9      0
    Preen                        5      0     18      1
    Rigg                         4      0     31      1
    Rutherford                   2      0     10      0
    Byfield                      2      0      8      2
    Carmody                      1.7    0     12      0
    

    • 12th Men: WJ Watson (NSW) and RB Sarre (WA)
    • Crowds: 4676, 3133, 352. Total: 8,161. Receipts: 568 pounds




  • Domestic Season Index

    Team Pages: New South Wales, Western Australia.

    Ground Page: Sydney Cricket Ground

    Western Australia Player Pages: DK Carmody, JW Rutherford, BA Rigg, PCD McCarthy, AS Byfield, MH Foley, JKE Munro, RB Strauss, RH Price, HR Gorringe, AT Preen.

    New South Wales Player Pages: RE Briggs, R Benaud, GS Trueman, EK Cotton, ID Craig, KR Miller, JH de Courcy, RB Simpson, JW O'Reilly, AM Fagan, RR Lindwall.

    Match Officials' Pages: H Mackinnon, CE Wigzell.

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