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f20552 t403	West Indies v Australia
	Australia in West Indies 1954/55 (1st Test)
Venue	Sabina Park, Kingston on 26th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st March 1955 (6-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 9 wickets
Umpires	P Burke, TA Ewart
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 266/2 (Harvey 84, Miller 64)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 515/9 (Johnson 18, Johnston 0)
Close of play day 3	West Indies (1) 221/5 (Walcott 95, Smith 37)
Close of play day 4	West Indies (2) 186/3 (Smith 92, Walcott 28)

Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	st Binns b Valentine	50		115		-
AR Morris	lbw b Valentine	65		150	6	1
RN Harvey	lbw b Walcott	133		306	20	-
KR Miller	lbw b Walcott	147		346	15	-
RR Lindwall	lbw b Ramadhin	10
PJP Burge	c and b Atkinson	14
+LV Maddocks	b Valentine	1
R Benaud	b Walcott	46		85		-
RG Archer	c Walcott b Holt	24			5	-
*IWG Johnson	not out	18
WA Johnston	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 201 overs)	515
Fall of wickets: 1-102 (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)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	28	7	122	0	-	-
Worrell	7	2	13	0	-	-
Atkinson	23	9	46	1	-	-
Ramadhin	46	12	112	1	-	-
Valentine	54	20	113	3	-	-
Smith	11	0	27	0	-	-
Walcott	26	9	50	3	-	-
Gibbs	3	1	5	0	-	-
Holt	3	0	20	1	-	-

West Indies first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JKC Holt	c Benaud b Lindwall	31
GL Gibbs	lbw b Archer	12
+AP Binns	c Burge b Archer	0	4		-	-
ED Weekes	run out	19
CL Walcott	c Benaud b Miller	108			12	-
FMM Worrell	b Johnston	9		44		-
OG Smith	lbw b Lindwall	44		153		-
*DS Atkinson	c Harvey b Miller	1	5		-	-
FM King	c Maddocks b Lindwall	4
S Ramadhin	not out	12
AL Valentine	b Lindwall	0
Extras	(14 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 101 overs)	259
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (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, 101 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	24	6	61	4	-	-
Archer	19	8	39	2	-	-
Johnston	23	4	75	1	-	-
Benaud	19	7	29	0	-	-
Miller	16	5	36	2	-	-

West Indies second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JKC Holt	c Maddocks b Benaud	60		140	11	-
GL Gibbs	b Johnston	0		36	-	-
OG Smith	c Harvey b Miller	104		220	14	-
ED Weekes	c and b Benaud	1
CL Walcott	c Archer b Lindwall	39
*DS Atkinson	c Benaud b Miller	30
+AP Binns	lbw b Miller	0
FMM Worrell	b Archer	9
FM King	c Maddocks b Lindwall	21
S Ramadhin	c Lindwall b Archer	3
AL Valentine	not out	2
Extras	(5 b, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 96.1 overs)	275
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (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, 96.1 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	16.1	3	63	2	-	-
Miller	28	9	62	3	-	-
Archer	12	3	44	2	-	-
Johnston	16	3	54	1	-	-
Benaud	23	7	44	2	-	-
Harvey	1	0	2	0	-	-

Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+LV Maddocks	not out	12
AR Morris	c Gibbs b Weekes	1			-	-
CC McDonald	not out	7
RN Harvey	did not bat
KR Miller	did not bat
RR Lindwall	did not bat
PJP Burge	did not bat
R Benaud	did not bat
RG Archer	did not bat
*IWG Johnson	did not bat
WA Johnston	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 5.2 overs)	20
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Morris)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	2	0	10	0	-	-
Weekes	2.2	0	8	1	-	-
Gibbs	1	0	2	0	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for six days but completed in five.
--> KR Miller (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 145
--> KR Miller (1) passed 12000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 19
--> PJP Burge (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 5
--> R Benaud (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 45
--> GL Gibbs made his debut in Test Matches
--> OG Smith made his debut in Test Matches
--> JKC Holt (2) passed 500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 37
--> CL Walcott (2) passed 8000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 20
--> FM King (2) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 19
--> FM King (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 19
--> CL Walcott achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches in the Australia first innings (previous best was 3-52)
--> WA Johnston reached 550 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed FMM Worrell, his 1st wicket in the West Indies first innings
--> RG Archer reached 150 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed S Ramadhin, his 2nd wicket in the West Indies second innings
--> KR Miller reached 400 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed OG Smith, his 1st wicket in the West Indies second innings