Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia, 1965-66
Prime Minister's XI v Marylebone Cricket Club
Manuka Oval, Canberra
17 December 1965 (35-over match)

Result: Marylebone Cricket Club won by 2 wickets

Toss:
Umpires: BM Chapman and GF Connolly

Balls per over: 8

Prime Minister's XI innings (35 overs maximum)                  R   M   B  4 6
JW Burke              c Knight           b Barber              60  80
S Smith                                  b Jones                8   6
RN Harvey             c Cowdrey          b Jones               17  18
AP Sheahan            c Edrich           b Knight              79 108
RM Cowper             c Parfitt          b Barber              15   9
WW Hall                                  b Larter              15  16
*R Benaud             c Edrich           b Larter              45  44
KR Stackpole          not out                                  32  24
PW Muspratt           not out                                   4   8        0
Extras                (b 9, lb 2, w 1, nb 1)                   13
Total                 (7 wickets, 35 overs)                   288

DNB: +ATW Grout, AN Connolly.

FoW: 1-10 (Smith), 2-38 (Harvey), 3-119 (Burke), 4-140 (Cowper),
     5-177 (Hall), 6-266, 7-271.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Larter                       6      0     43      2
Jones                        5      0     21      2
Knight                       7      0     38      1 (1nb)
Parfitt                      6      0     59      0
Barber                       9      0     72      2
Boycott                      2      0     42      0 (1w)

Marylebone Cricket Club innings (target: 289 runs in 35 overs)  R   M   B  4 6
RW Barber                                b Connolly            28  11
JH Edrich             c Benaud           b Muspratt            29  52
G Boycott             run out                                  95  98
MC Cowdrey            c Cowper           b Harvey              52  60
PH Parfitt            c Grout            b Cowper              11   9
*MJK Smith            not out                                  51  24
BR Knight             c Hall             b Cowper              22  13
+JT Murray            c Harvey           b Burke                0   2      0 0
IJ Jones                                 b Burke                0   2      0 0
JDF Larter            not out                                   1   1      0 0
Extras                                                          0
Total                 (8 wickets, 34.7 overs)                 289

DNB: JM Parks.

FoW: 1-29 (Barber), 2-84 (Edrich), 3-203, 4-212, 5-216 (Parfitt),
     6-284 (Knight), 7-284 (Murray), 8-284 (Jones).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Hall                         4      0     35      0
Connolly                     3      0     29      1
Muspratt                     3      0     20      1
Benaud                       6      0     35      0
Stackpole                    6      0     45      0
Harvey                       7      0     64      1
Cowper                       5      0     56      2
Burke                        0.7    0      5      2

Note: Bowlers allowed a maximum of 18 overs

• 12th Men: B James (PM)

• Attendance: About 3000

Tour Index

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

Ground Page: Manuka Oval, Canberra

Prime Minister's XI Player Pages: JW Burke, S Smith, RN Harvey, AP Sheahan, RM Cowper, WW Hall, R Benaud, KR Stackpole, PW Muspratt, ATW Grout, AN Connolly.

Marylebone Cricket Club Player Pages: RW Barber, JH Edrich, G Boycott, MC Cowdrey, PH Parfitt, MJK Smith, BR Knight, JT Murray, IJ Jones, JDF Larter, JM Parks.