Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia, 1954/55
Prime Minister's XI v Marylebone Cricket Club
Manuka Oval, Canberra
8 December 1954 (1 innings per side, 1-day match)

Result: Marylebone Cricket Club won by 31 runs

Toss: Marylebone Cricket Club
Umpires: JHW Fingleton and CR Morrison

Marylebone Cricket Club innings                                 R   M  4 6
*L Hutton             c Miller           b Backen              15
WJ Edrich                                b Robin                0
PBH May               c Harvey           b O'Reilly           101     11 0
JV Wilson             st Gibb            b Johnson             29
TW Graveney           st Gibb            b Benaud              56  41  8 1
MC Cowdrey            lbw                b Hassett              8
+TG Evans                                b Hassett             14
JH Wardle             not out                                  37
JE McConnon           not out                                  14
Extras                (lb 4)                                    4
Total                 (7 wickets decl, 40 overs, 165 mins)    278

DNB: FH Tyson, AV Bedser.

FoW: 1-3 (Edrich), 2-25 (Hutton), 3-123 (Wilson), 4-199 (May),
     5-207 (Cowdrey), 6-219 (Graveney), 7-236 (Evans).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Robin                        5      0     29      1
Backen                       6      0     35      1
O'Reilly                     8      0     41      1
Hassett                      5      0     34      2
Benaud                       6      0     55      1
Johnson                      5      0     20      1
Miller                       2      0     15      0
Bellchambers                 1      0     11      0
Loxton                       2      0     34      0

Prime Minister's XI innings (target: 279 runs)                  R   M  4 6
IWG Johnson           lbw                b Edrich               4
R Benaud              c Wilson           b Wardle             113  96  9 5
SJE Loxton            st Evans           b McConnon            47
KR Miller             c Wilson           b Wardle              38
RA Bellchambers                          b Edrich               4
RN Harvey             c Wilson           b Wardle               8
*AL Hassett           c Tyson            b Hutton              11
JW O'Reilly                              b Wardle               4
J Backen              c Edrich           b Hutton              11
+KT Gibb              st Evans           b Hutton               0
DB Robin              not out                                   0
Extras                (b 4, lb 1, nb 2)                         7
Total                 (all out, 30.3 overs, 165 mins)         247

FoW: 1-23 (Johnson), 2-107 (Loxton), 3-195 (Miller),
     4-200 (Bellchambers), 5-214 (Harvey), 6-228 (Benaud),
     7-234, 8-241, 9-247, 10-247.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bedser                       2      0     17      0
Edrich                       5      0     41      2
Tyson                        3      0     16      0
Graveney                     3      0     26      0
McConnon                     7      0     52      1
Wardle                       9      0     73      4
Hutton                       1.3    0     15      3

Tour Index

Team Pages: Prime Minister's XI, Marylebone Cricket Club.

Ground Page: Manuka Oval, Canberra

Marylebone Cricket Club Player Pages: L Hutton, WJ Edrich, PBH May, JV Wilson, TW Graveney, MC Cowdrey, TG Evans, JH Wardle, JE McConnon, FH Tyson, AV Bedser.

Prime Minister's XI Player Pages: IWG Johnson, R Benaud, SJE Loxton, KR Miller, RA Bellchambers, RN Harvey, AL Hassett, JW O'Reilly, J Backen, KT Gibb, DB Robin.

Match Officials' Pages: JHW Fingleton, CR Morrison.