Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Rutherford	c Burge b RG Archer	125	-	-	-	-	-
Lawrence Sawle	b Lindwall	17	-	-	-	-	-
Bruce Buggins †	c & b Bratchford	47	-	-	-	-	-
Ken Meuleman	run out	23	-	-	-	-	-
Murray Vernon	lbw b Lindwall	18	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Carmody (c)	lbw b RG Archer	4	-	-	-	-	-
Barry Shepherd	lbw b Lindwall	2	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Slater	lbw b RG Archer	16	-	-	-	-	-
Harry Gorringe	c Burge b RG Archer	7	-	-	-	-	-
Alan Preen	not out	11	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Gaunt	c KA Archer b RG Archer	8	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(lb 7, nb 2)	9
Total	109.6 Ov (RR: 2.61, 471 Mins)	287
Fall of wickets: 1-35, 2-149, 3-192, 4-229, 5-234, 6-243, 7-245, 8-258, 9-273, 10-287

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Ray Lindwall	24	4	56	3	1.75	-	-	-	0
Ron Archer	29.6	6	67	5	1.68	-	-	-	1
Jack Lihou	14	2	33	0	1.76	-	-	-	0
Jim Bratchford	24	4	56	1	1.75	-	-	-	1
Brian Flynn	7	0	45	0	4.82	-	-	-	0
Ken Mackay	11	3	21	0	1.43	-	-	-	0

Queensland 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mick Harvey	b Gaunt	8	-	-	-	-	-
Wally Grout †	c Carmody b Gorringe	2	-	-	-	-	-
Ken Mackay	b Preen	22	-	-	-	-	-
Peter Burge	lbw b Preen	34	-	-	-	-	-
Ken Archer	c sub (BA Rigg) b Gorringe	13	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Archer	c Gorringe b Meuleman	43	-	-	-	-	-
Raymond Reynolds	c Meuleman b Preen	5	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Bratchford	c Rutherford b Gaunt	15	-	-	-	-	-
Ray Lindwall (c)	not out	64	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Flynn	c Gaunt b Gorringe	36	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Lihou	b Gaunt	3	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 15, nb 3)	18
Total	66.2 Ov (RR: 3.96, 294 Mins)	263
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-10, 3-64, 4-75, 5-92, 6-103, 7-143, 8-193, 9-256, 10-263

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Ron Gaunt	19.2	2	92	3	3.58	-	-	-	3
Harry Gorringe	18	3	47	3	1.95	-	-	-	0
Keith Slater	3	0	13	0	3.25	-	-	-	0
Ken Meuleman	7	1	23	1	2.46	-	-	-	0
Alan Preen	17	3	53	3	2.33	-	-	-	0
Barry Shepherd	2	0	17	0	6.37	-	-	-	0

Western Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Lawrence Sawle	b Lindwall	5	-	-	-	-	-
John Rutherford	c †Grout b Lindwall	0	-	-	-	-	-
Bruce Buggins †	c Burge b RG Archer	11	-	-	-	-	-
Murray Vernon	c & b Lihou	43	-	-	-	-	-
Ken Meuleman	b RG Archer	15	-	-	-	-	-
Barry Shepherd	not out	103	-	-	-	-	-
Alan Preen	b Lihou	0	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Carmody (c)	c Lihou b Mackay	78	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Slater	c †Grout b Bratchford	7	-	-	-	-	-
Harry Gorringe	not out	4	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(lb 2)	2
Total	90 Ov (RR: 2.97, 393 Mins)	268/8d
Did not bat: Ron Gaunt
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-8, 3-21, 4-44, 5-87, 6-87, 7-243, 8-259

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ray Lindwall	18	1	64	2	2.66	-	-	-
Ron Archer	20	4	58	2	2.17	-	-	-
Jim Bratchford	19	2	31	1	1.22	-	-	-
Jack Lihou	16	2	52	2	2.43	-	-	-
Ken Mackay	13	1	35	1	2.01	-	-	-
Brian Flynn	4	0	26	0	4.87	-	-	-

Queensland 2nd Innings (T: 293 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mick Harvey	not out	70	-	-	-	-	-
Wally Grout †	not out	64	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 1, nb 2, w 1)	4
Total	32 Ov (RR: 4.31, 123 Mins)	138/0
Did not bat: Ken Mackay, Peter Burge, Ken Archer, Ron Archer, Raymond Reynolds, Jim Bratchford, Ray Lindwall (c), Brian Flynn, Jack Lihou

Bowling	O	M	R	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ron Gaunt	6	1	30	3.75	-	-	-	0	2
Harry Gorringe	4	0	17	3.18	-	-	-	0	0
Alan Preen	5	0	18	2.70	-	-	-	0	0
Ken Meuleman	4	0	21	3.93	-	-	-	0	0
Keith Slater	9	2	37	3.08	-	-	-	1	0
John Rutherford	4	0	11	2.06	-	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Fri, 16 Dec - day 1 - West Aust 1st innings 219/3 (John Rutherford 111*, Murray Vernon 13*)

Sat, 17 Dec - day 2 - Queensland 1st innings 142/6 (Ron Archer 30*, Jim Bratchford 15*)

Sun, 18 Dec - rest day

Mon, 19 Dec - day 3 - West Aust 2nd innings 99/6 (Barry Shepherd 17*, Keith Carmody 8*)

Tue, 20 Dec - day 4 - Queensland 2nd innings 138/0 (32 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	1955/56
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Alan Mackley OTC Cooley
Points	Western Australia 3, Queensland 1

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Queensland Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	Econ
RA Gaunt	6	1	30	3.75 (2 nb)
HR Gorringe	4	0	17	3.18
AT Preen	5	0	18	2.7
KD Meuleman	4	0	21	3.93
KN Slater	9	2	37	3.08
JW Rutherford	4	0	11	2.06

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	138	Wally Grout	Mick Harvey

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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