BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Rutherford	b Martin	18	-	-	-	-	-
Lawrence Sawle	c Watson b Davidson	85	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Simpson	lbw b Benaud	97	-	-	-	-	-
Barry Shepherd	run out (O'Neill)	4	-	-	-	-	-
Ken Meuleman (c)	c Davidson b Treanor	18	-	-	-	-	-
Allan Edwards	c †Lambert b Davidson	55	-	-	-	-	-
Alan Preen	b Davidson	7	-	-	-	-	-
Bruce Buggins †	run out (Martin)	2	-	-	-	-	-
Raymond Strauss	c Benaud b Davidson	3	-	-	-	-	-
Des Hoare	st †Lambert b Benaud	1	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Gaunt	not out	0	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 7, lb 3, w 1)	11
TOTAL	92.6 Ov (RR: 3.24, 386 Mins)	301
Fall of wickets: 1-37, 2-177, 3-184, 4-221, 5-256, 6-270, 7-275, 8-282, 9-287, 10-301

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Alan Wyatt	12	1	53	0	3.31	-	-	-	0
Alan Davidson	23.6	4	69	4	2.17	-	-	-	0
Johnny Martin	15	1	52	1	2.60	-	-	-	1
Richie Benaud	32	9	72	2	1.68	-	-	-	0
John Treanor	10	2	44	1	3.30	-	-	-	0

New South Wales 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jim Burke	c †Buggins b Strauss	2	-	-	-	-	-
Sidney Carroll	c †Buggins b Gaunt	10	-	-	-	-	-
Norm O'Neill	lbw b Strauss	63	-	-	-	-	-
Ian Craig (c)	c Simpson b Gaunt	155	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Watson	c Sawle b Strauss	206	-	-	-	-	-
Richie Benaud	c Shepherd b Hoare	25	-	-	-	-	-
Johnny Martin	b Preen	23	-	-	-	-	-
Alan Davidson	lbw b Strauss	19	-	-	-	-	-
John Treanor	b Preen	11	-	-	-	-	-
Ossie Lambert †	not out	3	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 2, lb 8, nb 3)	13
TOTAL	121.6 Ov (RR: 4.35, 520 Mins)	530/9d
Did not bat: Alan Wyatt
Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-14, 3-119, 4-383, 5-432, 6-487, 7-505, 8-516, 9-530

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Ron Gaunt	21	1	114	2	4.07	-	-	-	2
Raymond Strauss	35	10	101	4	2.16	-	-	-	0
Des Hoare	15	0	91	1	4.55	-	-	-	1
Alan Preen	26.6	4	99	2	2.77	-	-	-	0
Ken Meuleman	4	0	29	0	5.43	-	-	-	0
John Rutherford	12	2	44	0	2.75	-	-	-	0
Bob Simpson	8	0	39	0	3.65	-	-	-	0

Western Australia 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Rutherford	c †Lambert b Martin	33	-	-	-	-	-
Lawrence Sawle	c Carroll b Davidson	7	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Simpson	c O'Neill b Benaud	26	-	-	-	-	-
Ken Meuleman (c)	c & b Martin	3	-	-	-	-	-
Barry Shepherd	c Watson b Benaud	20	-	-	-	-	-
Allan Edwards	b Benaud	30	-	-	-	-	-
Alan Preen	c & b Benaud	26	-	-	-	-	-
Bruce Buggins †	c Martin b Treanor	0	-	-	-	-	-
Raymond Strauss	retired hurt	2	-	-	-	-	-
Des Hoare	not out	18	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Gaunt	b Wyatt	25	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 4, lb 4)	8
TOTAL	70.4 Ov (RR: 2.80, 270 Mins)	198
Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-68, 3-68, 4-94, 5-94, 6-149, 7-150, 7-154* (Raymond Strauss, retired hurt), 8-154, 9-198

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alan Wyatt	7.4	1	22	1	2.20	-	-	-
Alan Davidson	10	3	23	1	1.72	-	-	-
Jim Burke	1	0	1	0	0.75	-	-	-
Johnny Martin	10	2	45	2	3.37	-	-	-
Richie Benaud	28	6	75	4	2.00	-	-	-
John Treanor	14	5	24	1	1.28	-	-	-

CLOSE OF PLAY

Sat, 08 Dec - day 1 - West Aust 1st innings 266/5 (Allan Edwards 30*, Alan Preen 3*)

Sun, 09 Dec - rest day

Mon, 10 Dec - day 2 - NSW 1st innings 218/3 (Ian Craig 91*, Bill Watson 49*)

Tue, 11 Dec - day 3 - West Aust 2nd innings 35/1 (John Rutherford 20*, Bob Simpson 7*)

Wed, 12 Dec - day 4 - West Aust 2nd innings 198 (70.4 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

General

MATCH DETAILS

Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
Toss	Western Australia, elected to bat first
Series	Sheffield Shield
Season	1956/57
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Alan Mackley OTC Cooley
Points	New South Wales 5, Western Australia 0

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West Aust Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
AE Wyatt	7.4	1	22	1	2.2
AK Davidson	10	3	23	1	1.72
JW Burke	1	0	1	0	0.75
JW Martin	10	2	45	2	3.37
R Benaud	28	6	75	4	2
JC Treanor	14	5	24	1	1.28

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TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
NSW	8	3	0	4	25	1.140
QLD	8	2	0	6	24	1.400
VIC	8	3	2	2	21	1.201
WA	8	1	3	4	11	0.800
SOA	8	0	4	4	8	0.632