Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia, 1970/71
Western Australia v Marylebone Cricket Club
Sydney Cricket Ground
8 February 1971 (40-over match)

Result: No result

Toss: Marylebone Cricket Club
Umpires: TF Brooks and EF Wykes

Balls per over: 8

Marylebone Cricket Club innings (40 overs maximum)              R   M   B  4 6
G Boycott             retired hurt                              0   2   3  0 0
JH Edrich             c Lock             b Gannon               5  23      0 0
KWR Fletcher          c Marsh            b Lock                26  93      1 0
JH Hampshire                             b Gannon               8  10      2 0
*MC Cowdrey           c Inverarity       b Varis                9  56      1 0
BL D'Oliveira         c Inverarity       b Lock                54  89      6 0
+RW Taylor                               b Gannon              10  42      1 0
JA Snow                                  b Gannon              14  16      1 0
D Wilson              c Inverarity       b Lock                 6  10      0 0
P Lever               not out                                  12  19      0 0
K Shuttleworth        run out                                   3   8      0 0
Extras                (lb 3, nb 2)                              5
Total                 (all out, 39.3 overs, 193 mins)         152

FoW: 1-12 (Edrich), 2-20 (Hampshire), 3-50 (Cowdrey),
     4-50 (Fletcher), 5-87 (Taylor), 6-113 (Snow),
     7-131 (Wilson), 8-146 (D'Oliveira), 9-152 (Shuttleworth).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McKenzie                     8      2     23      0
Gannon                       8      1     41      4 (2nb)
Massie                       8      1     41      0
Varis                        8      3     22      1
Lock                         7.3    2     20      3

Western Australia innings (target: 153 runs from 40 overs)      R   M   B  4 6
D Chadwick            not out                                  17  29      1 0
KJ McAullay                              b Lever                1  17      0 0
RJ Inverarity         c Taylor           b Lever                0   2      0 0
R Edwards             not out                                   4   7      0 0
Extras                (lb 2)                                    2
Total                 (2 wickets, 5.4 overs, 29 mins)          24

DNB: JT Irvine, +RW Marsh, L Varis, GD McKenzie, *GAR Lock,
     RAL Massie, JB Gannon.

FoW: 1-16 (McAullay), 2-16 (Inverarity).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Snow                         3      1      9      0
Lever                        2.4    0     13      2

Note: Wides count as Balls Faced in the batsmens' analyses

• Scorers: GGA Saulez (Marylebone Cricket Club) and DK Sherwood (Western Australia)
• 12th Men: DK Lillee (Western Australia). Marylebone Cricket Club did not name a 12th Man.
• G Boycott retired hurt at 0/0 (The third ball of the match, bowled by McKenzie, reared and hit Boycott on the left forearm, breaking it. He retired from further participation in the game and was out of contention for the remainder of the tour).
• At 3.22pm, in the sixth over of the Western Australian innings rain began to fall and drove the players from the field. No further play was able to take place bringing the game to an unsatisfactory conclusion.
• Attendance: 2,000

Tour Index

Team Pages: Western Australia, Marylebone Cricket Club.

Ground Page: Sydney Cricket Ground

Marylebone Cricket Club Player Pages: G Boycott, JH Edrich, KWR Fletcher, JH Hampshire, MC Cowdrey, BL D'Oliveira, RW Taylor, JA Snow, D Wilson, P Lever, K Shuttleworth.

Western Australia Player Pages: D Chadwick, KJ McAullay, RJ Inverarity, R Edwards, JT Irvine, RW Marsh, L Varis, GD McKenzie, GAR Lock, RAL Massie, JB Gannon.

Match Officials' Pages: TF Brooks, EF Wykes.