Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Rutherford	c Booth b Davidson	39	-	-	-	-	-
Lawrence Sawle	b Benaud	24	-	-	-	-	-
Bruce Buggins †	c & b Benaud	10	-	-	-	-	-
Ken Meuleman	c Burke b Philpott	9	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Carmody (c)	c Burke b Crawford	3	-	-	-	-	-
Leonard Pavy	c Davidson b Crawford	4	-	-	-	-	-
Murray Vernon	not out	69	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Slater	c Davidson b Benaud	1	-	-	-	-	-
Raymond Strauss	st †Lambert b Benaud	1	-	-	-	-	-
Reuben Price	b Crawford	0	-	-	-	-	-
Harry Gorringe	c †Lambert b Davidson	12	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 1)	2
Total	58.1 Ov (RR: 2.99, 249 Mins)	174
Fall of wickets: 1-56, 2-72, 3-83, 4-83, 5-87, 6-102, 7-113, 8-116, 9-119, 10-174

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Pat Crawford	16	1	67	3	3.14	-	-	-
Keith Miller	3	1	5	0	1.25	-	-	-
Richie Benaud	26	10	49	4	1.41	-	-	-
Alan Davidson	12.1	1	50	2	3.09	-	-	-
Peter Philpott	1	0	1	1	0.75	-	-	-

New South Wales 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jim Burke	c Rutherford b Meuleman	189	-	-	-	-	-
Richie Benaud	c †Buggins b Gorringe	3	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Simpson	lbw b Strauss	36	-	-	-	-	-
Ian Craig	b Price	40	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Miller (c)	lbw b Strauss	128	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Booth	not out	34	-	-	-	-	-
Peter Philpott	lbw b Price	7	-	-	-	-	-
Alan Davidson	b Price	0	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 10, lb 3, nb 2)	15
Total	113.4 Ov (RR: 3.98, 476 Mins)	452/7d
Did not bat: Warren Saunders, Pat Crawford, Ossie Lambert †
Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-84, 3-154, 4-369, 5-431, 6-452, 7-452

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Reuben Price	20.4	4	75	3	2.74	-	-	-	0
Harry Gorringe	19	4	77	1	3.03	-	-	-	0
Keith Slater	26	0	114	0	3.28	-	-	-	2
Raymond Strauss	28	6	80	2	2.14	-	-	-	0
Ken Meuleman	11	0	47	1	3.20	-	-	-	0
John Rutherford	9	0	44	0	3.66	-	-	-	0

Western Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Lawrence Sawle	not out	109	-	-	-	-	-
John Rutherford	b Crawford	8	-	-	-	-	-
Ken Meuleman	lbw b Davidson	0	-	-	-	-	-
Murray Vernon	b Davidson	5	-	-	-	-	-
Bruce Buggins †	lbw b Crawford	36	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Carmody (c)	lbw b Miller	58	-	-	-	-	-
Leonard Pavy	retired hurt	0	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Slater	not out	0	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 4, nb 6)	11
Total	71.2 Ov (RR: 3.18, 296 Mins)	227/5
Did not bat: Raymond Strauss, Reuben Price, Harry Gorringe
Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-31, 3-46, 4-109, 5-222, 5-223* (Leonard Pavy, retired not out)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Pat Crawford	16.2	2	55	2	2.53	-	-	-	6
Alan Davidson	10	1	50	2	3.75	-	-	-	0
Richie Benaud	15	5	27	0	1.35	-	-	-	0
Peter Philpott	9	2	32	0	2.66	-	-	-	0
Bob Simpson	6	1	28	0	3.50	-	-	-	0
Keith Miller	12	3	20	1	1.25	-	-	-	0
Jim Burke	3	1	4	0	1.00	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Fri, 09 Dec - day 1 - West Aust 1st innings 155/9 (Murray Vernon 53*, Harry Gorringe 9*)

Sat, 10 Dec - day 2 - NSW 1st innings 258/3 (Jim Burke 102*, Keith Miller 63*)

Sun, 11 Dec - rest day

Mon, 12 Dec - day 3 - West Aust 2nd innings 96/3 (Lawrence Sawle 53*, Bruce Buggins 24*)

Tue, 13 Dec - day 4 - West Aust 2nd innings 227/5 (71.2 ov) - end of match

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General

Match Details

Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
Toss	New South Wales, elected to field first
Series	Sheffield Shield
Season	1955/56
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	JP Robbins OTC Cooley
Points	Western Australia 1, New South Wales 3

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West Aust Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPA Crawford	16.2	2	55	2	2.53 (6 nb)
AK Davidson	10	1	50	2	3.75
R Benaud	15	5	27	0	1.35
PI Philpott	9	2	32	0	2.66
RB Simpson	6	1	28	0	3.5
KR Miller	12	3	20	1	1.25
JW Burke	3	1	4	0	1

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	4	Keith Slater	Lawrence Sawle

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Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
NSW	7	2	0	5	22	1.547
VIC	7	2	0	5	20	1.239
QLD	7	1	1	5	14	0.961
SOA	7	0	3	4	8	0.746
WA	4	0	1	3	5	0.615