f20792 t404	West Indies v Australia
	Australia in West Indies 1954/55 (2nd Test)
Venue	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain on 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th April 1955 (6-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	West Indies won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	HBD Jordan, EN Lee Kow
Close of play day 1	West Indies (1) 73/2 (Walcott 7*, Weekes 27*)
Close of play day 2	West Indies (1) 355/5 (Sobers 43*, McWatt 4*)
Close of play day 3	Australia (1) 147/0 (McDonald 90*, Morris 50*)
Close of play day 4	Australia (1) 447/6 (Archer 47*, Johnson 0*)
Close of play day 5	West Indies (2) 40/1 (Stollmeyer 17*)

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West Indies first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JKC Holt	c Johnston b Lindwall	25
*JB Stollmeyer	b Lindwall	14
CL Walcott	st Langley b Benaud	126			17	-
ED Weekes	c Johnson b Benaud	139		210	24	1
OG Smith	b Benaud	0	2		-	-
GS Sobers	c Langley b Lindwall	47
+CA McWatt	c Benaud b Miller	4
FM King	b Lindwall	2
S Ramadhin	b Lindwall	0
LS Butler	c Johnson b Lindwall	16
AL Valentine	not out	4
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 104.5 overs)	382
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (Stollmeyer), 2-40 (Holt), 3-282 (Weekes), 4-282 (Smith), 5-323 (Walcott), 6-355 (McWatt), 7-360 (King), 8-360 (Ramadhin), 9-361 (Sobers), 10-382 (Butler, 104.5 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	24.5	3	95	6	-	-
Miller	28	8	96	1	-	-
Archer	9	0	42	0	-	-
Johnston	7	2	29	0	-	-
Johnson	19	5	72	0	-	-
Benaud	17	3	43	3	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	c Walcott b Valentine	110		256		-
AR Morris	c King b Butler	111
RN Harvey	lbw b King	133		242		-
WJ Watson	lbw b Ramadhin	27		79		-
R Benaud	c Walcott b Ramadhin	5			1	-
KR Miller	run out	3
RG Archer	c McWatt b Valentine	84			12	1
*IWG Johnson	c McWatt b Butler	66
RR Lindwall	not out	37
+GRA Langley	c King b Walcott	9
WA Johnston	not out	1
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 201 overs)	600
Fall of wickets:
1-191 (McDonald), 2-259 (Morris), 3-328 (Watson), 4-336 (Benaud), 5-345 (Miller), 6-439 (Harvey), 7-529 (Archer), 8-570 (Johnson), 9-594 (Langley)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Butler	40	7	151	2	-	-
King	37	7	98	1	-	-
Holt	1	1	0	0	-	-
Ramadhin	32	8	90	2	-	-
Valentine	49	12	133	2	-	-
Walcott	19	5	45	1	-	-
Sobers	3	1	10	0	-	-
Smith	15	1	48	0	-	-
Stollmeyer	5	0	11	0	-	-

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West Indies second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JKC Holt	lbw b Archer	21
*JB Stollmeyer	b Johnson	42
CL Walcott	c Watson b Archer	110			13	-
ED Weekes	not out	87				1
OG Smith	c Langley b Archer	0	2		-	-
GS Sobers	not out	8
+CA McWatt	did not bat
FM King	did not bat
S Ramadhin	did not bat
LS Butler	did not bat
AL Valentine	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(4 wickets, 62 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-40 (Holt), 2-103 (Stollmeyer), 3-230 (Walcott), 4-236 (Smith)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	17	0	70	0	-	-
Miller	11	0	52	0	-	-
Archer	8	1	37	3	-	-
Johnston	7	0	31	0	-	-
Johnson	7	2	26	1	-	-
Benaud	12	2	52	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CL Walcott (1) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 98
--> ED Weekes (1) passed 3000 runs in Test matches when he reached 62
--> GS Sobers (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in Test matches
--> LS Butler made his debut in Test matches
--> RN Harvey (1) passed 11500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 58
--> WJ Watson (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Test matches
--> RG Archer (1) passed his previous highest score of 49 in Test matches

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