Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ronald Briggs	c †Grout b Bratchford	20	-	-	-	-	-
Arthur Morris	c †Grout b RG Archer	19	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Burke	c Bratchford b RG Archer	2	-	-	-	-	-
Ian Craig	c Harvey b Bratchford	10	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Miller (c)	b RG Archer	20	-	-	-	-	-
Jim de Courcy	c KA Archer b Smith	60	-	-	-	-	-
Richie Benaud	not out	144	-	-	-	-	-
Alan Davidson	c Mackay b RG Archer	11	-	-	-	-	-
Ray Lindwall	b Smith	4	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Roxby	c KA Archer b Bratchford	19	-	-	-	-	-
Geoffrey Trueman †	b KA Archer	1	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 2, lb 5, nb 4, w 2)	13
Total	78.4 Ov (RR: 4.11, 358 Mins)	323
Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-37, 3-56, 4-57, 5-92, 6-154, 7-204, 8-224, 9-271, 10-323

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ron Archer	30	8	87	4	2.17	-	-	-	0	0
Cyril Smith	19	3	87	2	3.43	-	-	-	0	4
Jim Bratchford	22	3	88	3	3.00	-	-	-	2	0
Ken Mackay	3	0	21	0	5.25	-	-	-	0	0
Brian Flynn	1	0	11	0	8.25	-	-	-	0	0
Mick Raymer	2	0	6	0	2.25	-	-	-	0	0
Ken Archer	1.4	0	10	1	5.00	-	-	-	0	0

Queensland 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ken Archer (c)	c Briggs b Lindwall	6	-	-	-	-	-
Mick Harvey	c †Trueman b Davidson	2	-	-	-	-	-
Ken Mackay	c Benaud b Davidson	19	-	-	-	-	-
Ernest Toovey	c Morris b Davidson	2	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Archer	b Roxby	28	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Bratchford	c Benaud b Miller	7	-	-	-	-	-
Peter Burge	c de Courcy b Miller	1	-	-	-	-	-
Wally Grout †	c Morris b Davidson	37	-	-	-	-	-
Mick Raymer	not out	63	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Flynn	run out	15	-	-	-	-	-
Cyril Smith	c Davidson b Lindwall	14	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 5, lb 7)	12
Total	52.1 Ov (RR: 3.95, 219 Mins)	206
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-10, 3-15, 4-36, 5-43, 6-47, 7-70, 8-138, 9-163, 10-206

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ray Lindwall	11.1	1	44	2	2.96	-	-	-
Alan Davidson	18	4	50	4	2.08	-	-	-
Keith Miller	10	2	36	2	2.70	-	-	-
Robert Roxby	7	1	47	1	5.03	-	-	-
Jim Burke	2	0	3	0	1.12	-	-	-
Richie Benaud	4	0	14	0	2.62	-	-	-

New South Wales 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ronald Briggs	not out	65	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Burke	not out	58	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 8, w 1)	9
Total	26 Ov (RR: 5.07, 105 Mins)	132/0d
Did not bat: Arthur Morris, Ian Craig, Keith Miller (c), Jim de Courcy, Richie Benaud, Alan Davidson, Ray Lindwall, Robert Roxby, Geoffrey Trueman †

Bowling	O	M	R	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Ron Archer	5	0	20	3.00	-	-	-	1
Cyril Smith	8	0	37	3.46	-	-	-	0
Jim Bratchford	2	0	4	1.50	-	-	-	0
Mick Raymer	8	1	45	4.21	-	-	-	0
Brian Flynn	3	0	17	4.25	-	-	-	0

Queensland 2nd Innings (T: 250 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ken Archer (c)	c & b Roxby	54	-	-	-	-	-
Mick Harvey	c Lindwall b Roxby	58	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Flynn	c Morris b Benaud	40	-	-	-	-	-
Ken Mackay	not out	32	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Archer	c & b Benaud	6	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Bratchford	not out	7	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, nb 2, w 2)	6
Total	45 Ov (RR: 4.51, 153 Mins)	203/4
Did not bat: Ernest Toovey, Peter Burge, Wally Grout †, Mick Raymer, Cyril Smith
Fall of wickets: 1-112, 2-125, 3-175, 4-182

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ray Lindwall	2	0	6	0	2.25	-	-	-	0	0
Alan Davidson	6	0	22	0	2.75	-	-	-	0	1
Robert Roxby	13	0	56	2	3.23	-	-	-	0	1
Richie Benaud	9	1	41	2	3.41	-	-	-	0	0
Arthur Morris	6	1	34	0	4.25	-	-	-	1	0
Jim Burke	6	1	19	0	2.37	-	-	-	0	0
Jim de Courcy	1	0	6	0	4.50	-	-	-	1	0
Ian Craig	1	0	7	0	5.25	-	-	-	0	0
Ronald Briggs	1	0	6	0	4.50	-	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Fri, 01 Jan - day 1 - NSW 1st innings 183/6 (Richie Benaud 33*, Alan Davidson 9*)

Sat, 02 Jan - day 2 - NSW 1st innings 183/6 (Richie Benaud 33*, Alan Davidson 9*)

Sun, 03 Jan - rest day

Mon, 04 Jan - day 3 - Queensland 1st innings 138/8 (Mick Raymer 28*, Brian Flynn 0*)

Tue, 05 Jan - day 4 - Queensland 2nd innings 203/4 (45 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Match Details

Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss	Queensland, elected to field first
Series	Sheffield Shield
Season	1953/54
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	H Mackinnon Herb Elphinstone
Points	New South Wales 3, Queensland 1

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Queensland Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RR Lindwall	2	0	6	0	2.25
AK Davidson	6	0	22	0	2.75 (1 nb)
RC Roxby	13	0	56	2	3.23 (1 nb)
R Benaud	9	1	41	2	3.41
AR Morris	6	1	34	0	4.25
JW Burke	6	1	19	0	2.37
JH de Courcy	1	0	6	0	4.5
ID Craig	1	0	7	0	5.25
RE Briggs	1	0	6	0	4.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	21	Ken Mackay	Jim Bratchford

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Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
NSW	7	4	1	2	26	1.377
VIC	7	4	1	2	24	1.264
QLD	7	1	2	4	13	1.084
SOA	7	1	3	3	8	0.746
WA	4	0	3	1	3	0.550