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Test no. 403

Australia in West Indies Test Series - 1st Test
West Indies v Australia

1954/55 season

Played at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica, on 26,28,29,30,31 March 1955 (6-day match)

Result Australia won by 9 wickets


Australia 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	CC McDonald	st Binns b Valentine	50	115		0
	AR Morris	lbw b Valentine	65	150	6	1
	RN Harvey	lbw b Walcott	133	306	20	0
	KR Miller	lbw b Walcott	147	346	15	0
	RR Lindwall	lbw b Ramadhin	10			0
	PJP Burge	c & b Atkinson	14			0
	LV Maddocks	b Valentine	1		0	0
	R Benaud	b Walcott	46	85		0
	RG Archer	c Walcott b Holt	24		5	0
	IWG Johnson	not out	18			0
	WA Johnston	not out	0		0	0
	Extras	(b 3, lb 3, w 1)	7

	Total	(9 wickets dec; 201 overs)	515	(2.56 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-102 (McDonald), 2-137 (Morris), 3-361 (Harvey), 4-391 (Lindwall), 5-417 (Miller), 6-430 (Burge), 7-435 (Maddocks), 8-475 (Archer), 9-506 (Benaud)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
FM King	28	7	122	0	4.35
FMM Worrell	7	2	13	0	1.85
DS Atkinson	23	9	46	1	2.00
S Ramadhin	46	12	112	1	2.43
AL Valentine	54	20	113	3	2.09
OG Smith	11	0	27	0	2.45
CL Walcott	26	9	50	3	1.92
GL Gibbs	3	1	5	0	1.66
JKC Holt	3	0	20	1	6.66


West Indies 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	JKC Holt	c Benaud b Lindwall	31				0
	GL Gibbs	lbw b Archer	12				0
	AP Binns	c Burge b Archer	0		4	0	0	0.00
	ED Weekes	run out	19				0
	CL Walcott	c Benaud b Miller	108			12	0
	FMM Worrell	b Johnston	9	44			0
	OG Smith	lbw b Lindwall	44	153			0
	DS Atkinson	c Harvey b Miller	1		5	0	0	20.00
	FM King	c Maddocks b Lindwall	4				0
	S Ramadhin	not out	12				0
	AL Valentine	b Lindwall	0			0	0
	Extras	(b 14, lb 2, nb 3)	19

	Total	(all out; 101 overs)	259	(2.56 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-27 (Gibbs), 2-27 (Binns), 3-56 (Weekes), 4-75 (Holt), 5-101 (Worrell), 6-239 (Smith), 7-240 (Atkinson), 8-243 (Walcott), 9-253 (King), 10-259 (Valentine)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RR Lindwall	24	6	61	4	2.54
RG Archer	19	8	39	2	2.05
WA Johnston	23	4	75	1	3.26
R Benaud	19	7	29	0	1.52
KR Miller	16	5	36	2	2.25


West Indies 2nd innings (following on)			R	M	4s	6s
	JKC Holt	c Maddocks b Benaud	60	140	11	0
	GL Gibbs	b Johnston	0	36	0	0
	OG Smith	c Harvey b Miller	104	220	14	0
	ED Weekes	c & b Benaud	1		0	0
	CL Walcott	c Archer b Lindwall	39			0
	DS Atkinson	c Benaud b Miller	30			0
	AP Binns	lbw b Miller	0		0	0
	FMM Worrell	b Archer	9			0
	FM King	b Lindwall	21			0
	S Ramadhin	c Lindwall b Archer	3		0	0
	AL Valentine	not out	2		0	0
	Extras	(b 5, nb 1)	6

	Total	(all out; 96.1 overs)	275	(2.85 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-20 (Gibbs), 2-122 (Holt), 3-132 (Weekes), 4-209 (Walcott), 5-213 (Smith), 6-213 (Binns), 7-239 (Worrell), 8-253 (Atkinson), 9-270 (Ramadhin), 10-275 (King)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RR Lindwall	16.1	3	63	2	3.89
RG Archer	12	3	44	2	3.66
WA Johnston	16	3	54	1	3.37
R Benaud	23	7	44	2	1.91
KR Miller	28	9	62	3	2.21
RN Harvey	1	0	2	0	2.00


Australia 2nd innings (target: 20 runs)			R	4s	6s
	LV Maddocks	not out	12		0
	AR Morris	c Gibbs b Weekes	1	0	0
	CC McDonald	not out	7		0
	Extras		0

	Total	(1 wicket; 5.2 overs)	20	(3.75 runs per over)

Did not bat RN Harvey, KR Miller, RR Lindwall, PJP Burge, R Benaud, RG Archer,

IWG Johnson, WA Johnston

Fall of wickets1-6 (Morris)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
FM King	2	0	10	0	5.00
ED Weekes	2.2	0	8	1	3.42
GL Gibbs	1	0	2	0	2.00

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Series Australia led the 5-match series 1-0

Test debuts GL Gibbs and OG Smith (West Indies)

Umpires P Burke and TA Ewart

Close of play
26 Mar day 1 - Australia 1st innings 266/2 (RN Harvey 84*, KR Miller 64*)
27 Mar rest day
28 Mar day 2 - Australia 1st innings 515/9 (IWG Johnson 18*, WA Johnston 0*)
29 Mar day 3 - West Indies 1st innings 221/5 (CL Walcott 95*, OG Smith 37*)
30 Mar day 4 - West Indies 2nd innings 186/3 (OG Smith 92*, CL Walcott 28*)
31 Mar day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 20/1 (5.2 ov) - end of match

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