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Sheffield Shield, 1955/56
Victoria v Queensland
St Kilda Cricket Club Ground, Melbourne
9,10,12,13 December 1955 (4-day match)

Result: Victoria won by 6 wickets
Points: Victoria 5, Queensland 0

Toss: Queensland
Umpires: MG Mangan and RJJ Wright
First-class Debuts: JN Edwards (Victoria); J Lihou (Queensland).

Balls per over: 8

Close of play:

  • Day 1: Queensland 258/8 (Bratchford 51*, Lihou 1*)
  • Day 2: Queensland 281, Victoria 260/6 (Maddocks 2*, Johnson 2*)
  • Day 3: Victoria 304, Queensland 141/6 (Toovey 8*, Bratchford 4*)
    Queensland 1st innings
    CE Harvey             c Maddocks         b Power               17
    +ATW Grout            c Hill             b Power                0
    KD Mackay             run out (Harvey)                         66
    PJP Burge             lbw                b Hill                64
    RG Archer             c Harvey           b Edwards              0
    KA Archer                                b Hill                 0
    EA Toovey                            c & b Hill                 1
    JD Bratchford         not out                                  57
    *RR Lindwall          retired hurt                             48
    BJ Flynn              st Maddocks        b Johnson              0
    J Lihou                                  b Hill                16
    Extras                (b 9, lb 2, nb 1)                        12
    Total                 (all out, 83.3 overs, 360 mins)         281
    
    FoW: 1-5, 2-28, 3-153, 4-153, 5-153, 6-153, 7-172, 8-255, 9-281.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Power                       18      1     90      2 (1nb)
    Edwards                     24      9     42      1
    Loxton                       9      1     27      0
    Johnson                     16      3     42      1
    Hill                        16.3    4     68      4
    
    Victoria 1st innings
    CC McDonald           run out (KA Archer/Grout)                 3
    JH Shaw               c Grout            b Bratchford          82
    RN Harvey             st Grout           b Lihou               74
    J Hallebone                              b Mackay              67
    KHD Kendall           run out (?/Lihou)                        23
    SJE Loxton            st Grout           b Lihou                2
    +LV Maddocks          lbw                b Bratchford           2
    *IWG Johnson                             b Bratchford          20
    JC Hill               not out                                  18
    JF Power                                 b RG Archer            4
    JN Edwards            c Bratchford       b RG Archer            0
    Extras                (lb 6, nb 3)                              9
    Total                 (all out, 81.4 overs, 356 mins)         304
    
    FoW: 1-4, 2-122, 3-204, 4-253, 5-256,
         6-256, 7-260, 8-289, 9-304, 10-304.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    RG Archer                   25.4    6     64      2
    Bratchford                  22      2     83      3 (1nb)
    Flynn                        6      0     34      0 (2nb)
    Lihou                       16      1     87      2
    Mackay                      12      2     27      1
    
    Queensland 2nd innings
    CE Harvey             lbw                b Edwards              9
    +ATW Grout            run out (Kendall/Maddocks)                0
    KD Mackay             c Loxton           b Hill                44
    PJP Burge                            c & b Johnson             20
    RG Archer             lbw                b Loxton              21
    KA Archer                            c & b Hill                23
    EA Toovey             c Hallebone        b Hill                18
    JD Bratchford         lbw                b Hill                 8
    *RR Lindwall                             b Hill                 0
    BJ Flynn                                 b Loxton               0
    J Lihou               not out                                   1
    Extras                (b 15, nb 1)                             16
    Total                 (all out, 58.7 overs, 229 mins)         160
    
    FoW: 1-1, 2-15, 3-53, 4-98, 5-108,
         6-137, 7-149, 8-149, 9-154, 10-160.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Power                        3      1      8      0
    Edwards                     11      1     41      1
    Hill                        22.7    8     49      5
    Johnson                     14      3     33      1 (1nb)
    Loxton                       8      2     13      2
    
    Victoria 2nd innings (target: 138 runs)
    CC McDonald           not out                                  47
    JH Shaw               lbw                b RG Archer            1
    RN Harvey                                b Bratchford           5
    J Hallebone                              b Bratchford           8
    KHD Kendall           lbw                b Mackay              70
    SJE Loxton            not out                                   4
    Extras                (b 1, lb 2)                               3
    Total                 (4 wickets, 50.4 overs, 202 mins)       138
    
    DNB: +LV Maddocks, *IWG Johnson, JC Hill, JF Power, JN Edwards.
    
    FoW: 1-5, 2-12, 3-30, 4-129.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    RG Archer                   15      2     21      1
    Bratchford                  16      3     41      2
    Mackay                      12.4    1     35      1
    Flynn                        1      0     11      0
    KA Archer                    3      1     13      0
    Lihou                        3      0     14      0
    

    • 12th Men: RI Maddocks (Vic) and GR Reynolds (Qld)
    • Crowds: 1489, 4622, 1459, 1155. Total: 8,725. Receipts: 868 pounds




  • Domestic Season Index

    Team Pages: Victoria, Queensland.

    Ground Page: St Kilda Cricket Club Ground, Melbourne

    Queensland Player Pages: CE Harvey, ATW Grout, KD Mackay, PJP Burge, RG Archer, KA Archer, EA Toovey, JD Bratchford, RR Lindwall, BJ Flynn, J Lihou.

    Victoria Player Pages: CC McDonald, JH Shaw, RN Harvey, J Hallebone, KHD Kendall, SJE Loxton, LV Maddocks, IWG Johnson, JC Hill, JF Power, JN Edwards.

    Match Officials' Pages: MG Mangan, RJJ Wright.

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