Australia tour of West Indies, 1955 / Scorecard

West Indies 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
JKC Holt c Johnston b Lindwall 25 0
JB Stollmeyer* b Lindwall 14 0
CL Walcott st †Langley b Benaud 126 17 0
ED Weekes c Johnson b Benaud 139 210 24 1
OG Smith b Benaud 0 2 0 0 0.00
GS Sobers c †Langley b Lindwall 47 0
CA McWatt c Benaud b Miller 4 0
FM King b Lindwall 2 0 0
S Ramadhin b Lindwall 0 0 0
LS Butler c Johnson b Lindwall 16 0
AL Valentine not out 4 0
Extras (b 1, lb 3, nb 1) 5
Total (all out; 104.5 overs) 382 (3.64 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-39 (Stollmeyer), 2-40 (Holt), 3-282 (Weekes), 4-282 (Smith), 5-323 (Walcott), 6-355 (McWatt), 7-360 (King), 8-360 (Ramadhin), 9-361 (Sobers), 10-382 (Butler)
Bowling O M R W Econ
RR Lindwall 24.5 3 95 6 3.82
KR Miller 28 8 96 1 3.42
RG Archer 9 0 42 0 4.66
WA Johnston 7 2 29 0 4.14
IWG Johnson 19 5 72 0 3.78
R Benaud 17 3 43 3 2.52
Australia 1st innings R M 4s 6s
CC McDonald c Walcott b Valentine 110 256 0
AR Morris c King b Butler 111 0
RN Harvey lbw b King 133 242 0
WJ Watson lbw b Ramadhin 27 79 0
R Benaud c Walcott b Ramadhin 5 1 0
KR Miller run out 3 0 0
RG Archer c †McWatt b Valentine 84 12 1
IWG Johnson* c †McWatt b Butler 66 0
RR Lindwall not out 37 0
GRA Langley c King b Walcott 9 0
WA Johnston not out 1 0 0
Extras (b 5, lb 6, w 1, nb 2) 14
Total (9 wickets dec; 201 overs) 600 (2.98 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-191 (McDonald), 2-259 (Morris), 3-328 (Watson), 4-336 (Benaud), 5-345 (Miller), 6-439 (Harvey), 7-529 (Archer), 8-570 (Johnson), 9-594 (Langley)
Bowling O M R W Econ
LS Butler 40 7 151 2 3.77
FM King 37 7 98 1 2.64
JKC Holt 1 1 0 0 0.00
S Ramadhin 32 8 90 2 2.81
AL Valentine 49 12 133 2 2.71
CL Walcott 19 5 45 1 2.36
GS Sobers 3 1 10 0 3.33
OG Smith 15 1 48 0 3.20
JB Stollmeyer 5 0 11 0 2.20
West Indies 2nd innings R B 4s 6s SR
JKC Holt lbw b Archer 21 0
JB Stollmeyer* b Johnson 42 0
CL Walcott c Watson b Archer 110 13 0
ED Weekes not out 87 1
OG Smith c †Langley b Archer 0 2 0 0 0.00
GS Sobers not out 8 0
Extras (lb 3, nb 2) 5
Total (4 wickets; 62 overs) 273 (4.40 runs per over)
Did not bat CA McWatt, FM King, S Ramadhin, LS Butler, AL Valentine
Fall of wickets 1-40 (Holt), 2-103 (Stollmeyer), 3-230 (Walcott), 4-236 (Smith)
Bowling O M R W Econ
RR Lindwall 17 0 70 0 4.11
KR Miller 11 0 52 0 4.72
RG Archer 8 1 37 3 4.62
WA Johnston 7 0 31 0 4.42
IWG Johnson 7 2 26 1 3.71
R Benaud 12 2 52 0 4.33
Match details
Toss West Indies, who chose to bat
Series Australia led the 5-match series 1-0
Test debut LS Butler (West Indies)
Umpires HBD Jordan and EN Lee Kow
Close of play
Mon, 11 Apr - day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 73/2 (CL Walcott 7*, ED Weekes 27*)
Tue, 12 Apr - day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 355/5 (GS Sobers 43*, CA McWatt 4*)
Wed, 13 Apr - day 3 - Australia 1st innings 147/0 (CC McDonald 90*, AR Morris 50*)
Thu, 14 Apr - day 4 - Australia 1st innings 447/6 (RG Archer 47*, IWG Johnson 0*)
Fri, 15 Apr - day 5 - West Indies 2nd innings 40/1 (JB Stollmeyer 17*)
Sat, 16 Apr - day 6 - West Indies 2nd innings 273/4 (62 ov) - end of match
 
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Series Results
West Indies v Australia at Kingston - Jun 11-17, 1955
Australia won by an innings and 82 runs
West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown - May 14-20, 1955
Match drawn
West Indies v Australia at Georgetown - Apr 26-29, 1955
Australia won by 8 wickets
West Indies v Australia at Port of Spain - Apr 11-16, 1955
Match drawn
West Indies v Australia at Kingston - Mar 26-31, 1955
Australia won by 9 wickets
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