West Indies vs Australia, 2nd Test at Port of Spain, Apr 11 1955 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

2nd Test, Port of Spain, April 11 - 16, 1955, Australia tour of West Indies

382 & 273/4

600/9d

Match drawn

West Indies 1st Innings

Australia 1st Innings

West Indies 2nd Innings

Info

West Indies 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Holt	c Johnston b Lindwall	25	-	-	-	0	-
Jeffrey Stollmeyer (c)	b Lindwall	14	-	-	-	0	-
Clyde Walcott	st †Langley b Benaud	126	-	-	17	0	-
Everton Weekes	c Johnson b Benaud	139	-	210	24	1	-
Collie Smith	b Benaud	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
Garry Sobers	c †Langley b Lindwall	47	-	-	-	0	-
Clifford McWatt †	c Benaud b Miller	4	-	-	-	0	-
Frank King	b Lindwall	2	-	-	0	0	-
Sonny Ramadhin	b Lindwall	0	-	-	0	0	-
Bunny Butler	c Johnson b Lindwall	16	-	-	-	0	-
Alf Valentine	not out	4	-	-	-	0	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 1)	5
Total	104.5 Ov (RR: 3.64)	382
Fall of wickets 1-39 (Jeffrey Stollmeyer), 2-40 (John Holt), 3-282 (Everton Weekes), 4-282 (Collie Smith), 5-323 (Clyde Walcott), 6-355 (Clifford McWatt), 7-360 (Frank King), 8-360 (Sonny Ramadhin), 9-361 (Garry Sobers), 10-382 (Bunny Butler)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Ray Lindwall	24.5	3	95	6	3.82	-	0	0
Keith Miller	28	8	96	1	3.42	-	0	0
Ron Archer	9	0	42	0	4.66	-	0	0
Bill Johnston	7	2	29	0	4.14	-	0	0
Ian Johnson	19	5	72	0	3.78	-	0	0
Richie Benaud	17	3	43	3	2.52	-	0	0

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	c Walcott b Valentine	110	-	256	-	0	-
Arthur Morris	c King b Butler	111	-	-	-	0	-
Neil Harvey	lbw b King	133	-	242	-	0	-
Bill Watson	lbw b Ramadhin	27	-	79	-	0	-
Richie Benaud	c Walcott b Ramadhin	5	-	-	1	0	-
Keith Miller	run out	3	-	-	0	0	-
Ron Archer	c †McWatt b Valentine	84	-	-	12	1	-
Ian Johnson (c)	c †McWatt b Butler	66	-	-	-	0	-
Ray Lindwall	not out	37	-	-	-	0	-
Gil Langley †	c King b Walcott	9	-	-	-	0	-
Bill Johnston	not out	1	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 5, lb 6, nb 2, w 1)	14
Total	201 Ov (RR: 2.98)	600/9d
Fall of wickets 1-191 (Colin McDonald), 2-259 (Arthur Morris), 3-328 (Bill Watson), 4-336 (Richie Benaud), 5-345 (Keith Miller), 6-439 (Neil Harvey), 7-529 (Ron Archer), 8-570 (Ian Johnson), 9-594 (Gil Langley)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Bunny Butler	40	7	151	2	3.77	-	0	0
Frank King	37	7	98	1	2.64	-	0	0
John Holt	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	0	0
Sonny Ramadhin	32	8	90	2	2.81	-	0	0
Alf Valentine	49	12	133	2	2.71	-	0	0
Clyde Walcott	19	5	45	1	2.36	-	0	0
Garry Sobers	3	1	10	0	3.33	-	0	0
Collie Smith	15	1	48	0	3.20	-	0	0
Jeffrey Stollmeyer	5	0	11	0	2.20	-	0	0

West Indies 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Holt	lbw b Archer	21	-	-	-	0	-
Jeffrey Stollmeyer (c)	b Johnson	42	-	-	-	0	-
Clyde Walcott	c Watson b Archer	110	-	-	13	0	-
Everton Weekes	not out	87	-	-	-	1	-
Collie Smith	c †Langley b Archer	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
Garry Sobers	not out	8	-	-	-	0	-
Extras	(lb 3, nb 2)	5
Total	62 Ov (RR: 4.40)	273/4
Did not bat Clifford McWatt †, Frank King, Sonny Ramadhin, Bunny Butler, Alf Valentine
Fall of wickets 1-40 (John Holt), 2-103 (Jeffrey Stollmeyer), 3-230 (Clyde Walcott), 4-236 (Collie Smith)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Ray Lindwall	17	0	70	0	4.11	-	0	0
Keith Miller	11	0	52	0	4.72	-	0	0
Ron Archer	8	1	37	3	4.62	-	0	0
Bill Johnston	7	0	31	0	4.42	-	0	0
Ian Johnson	7	2	26	1	3.71	-	0	0
Richie Benaud	12	2	52	0	4.33	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Mon, 11 Apr

day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 73/2 (Clyde Walcott 7*, Everton Weekes 27*)

Tue, 12 Apr

day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 355/5 (Garry Sobers 43*, Clifford McWatt 4*)

Wed, 13 Apr

day 3 - Australia 1st innings 147/0 (Colin McDonald 90*, Arthur Morris 50*)

Thu, 14 Apr

day 4 - Australia 1st innings 447/6 (Ron Archer 47*, Ian Johnson 0*)

Fri, 15 Apr

day 5 - West Indies 2nd innings 40/1 (Jeffrey Stollmeyer 17*)

Sat, 16 Apr

day 6 - West Indies 2nd innings 273/4 (62 ov) - end of match

Match Details

GroundQueen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

TossWest Indies, elected to bat first

Series

Australia tour of West Indies

Season1955

Series resultAustralia led the 5-match series 1-0

Match numberTest no. 404

Match daysday (6-day match)

Test debut

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