Ireland Vs Australia
2-Innings Match Played At Ormeau, Belfast, 15-Sep-1961, Two-Day
Match Drawn
Round 224
Toss won by Australia
Umpires WD (Dai) Jones - CG Ormsby (Ire)
Home Side Ireland
Comment 224/3
15 & 16 September
Match Report here
Australia 1st Innings 209/10 All Out (Overs 61.2)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
RB Simpson   c&b AJ O'Riordan 10 0 0 0 0
AWT Grout   b SSJ Huey 22 0 0 0 0
RN Harvey c OD Colhoun b AJ O'Riordan 4 0 0 0 0
NC O'Neill c MH Stevenson b GAA Duffy 85 0 0 0 0
R Benaud* hit wicket b GAA Duffy 39 0 0 0 0
AK Davison c OD Colhoun b AJ O'Riordan 1 0 0 0 0
RA Gaunt   c&b GAA Duffy 0 0 0 0 0
GD McKenzie c WR Hunter b GAA Duffy 19 0 0 0 0
BN Jarman+ c SSJ Huey b GAA Duffy 0 0 0 0 0
LF Kline st OD Colhoun b GAA Duffy 26 0 0 0 0
CC McDonald not out   1 0 0 0 0
extras   (b0 lb2 w0 nb0) 2        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 209        
FOW
1-26(RB Simpson) 2-30(RN Harvey) 3-58(AWT Grout) 4-143(NC O'Neill)
5-144(AK Davison) 6-145(RA Gaunt) 7-164(R Benaud) 8-169(BN Jarman)
9-193(GD McKenzie) 10-209(LF Kline)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
AJ O'Riordan 23 4 78 3 - -
RE Bernstein 7 2 24 0 - -
SSJ Huey 10 1 45 1 - -
GEG Lyness 8 1 31 0 - -
GAA Duffy 13.2 4 29 6 - -
Ireland 1st Innings 126/10 All Out (Overs 49.1)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
H Martin   b GD McKenzie 0 0 0 0 0
SF Bergin c BN Jarman b RA Gaunt 2 0 0 0 0
L Warke c RN Harvey b LF Kline 29 0 0 0 0
MH Stevenson c CC McDonald b LF Kline 32 0 0 0 0
GAA Duffy c RN Harvey b AK Davison 1 0 0 0 0
WR Hunter c R Benaud b LF Kline 0 0 0 0 0
AJ O'Riordan* c CC McDonald b AK Davison 38 0 0 0 0
RE Bernstein c R Benaud b LF Kline 0 0 0 0 0
GEG Lyness c AK Davison b LF Kline 4 0 0 0 0
OD Colhoun+ c RN Harvey b R Benaud 7 0 0 0 0
SSJ Huey not out   12 0 0 0 0
extras   (b1 lb0 w0 nb0) 1        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 126        
FOW
1-2(SF Bergin) 2-2(H Martin) 3-52(MH Stevenson) 4-64(L Warke) 5-64(GAA Duffy)
6-64(WR Hunter) 7-64(RE Bernstein) 8-72(GEG Lyness) 9-114(OD Colhoun)
10-126(AJ O'Riordan)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
GD McKenzie 9 2 23 1 - -
RA Gaunt 5 1 11 1 - -
LF Kline 14 4 35 5 - -
AK Davison 15.1 4 36 2 - -
AWT Grout 4 0 8 0 - -
R Benaud 2 0 12 1 - -
Australia 2nd Innings 142/7 Declared (Overs 32.1)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
RB Simpson c MH Stevenson b SSJ Huey 44 0 0 0 0
AWT Grout   b RE Bernstein 2 0 0 0 0
RN Harvey c SF Bergin b RE Bernstein 1 0 0 0 0
NC O'Neill st OD Colhoun b SSJ Huey 16 0 0 0 0
R Benaud*   b WR Hunter 1 0 0 0 0
AK Davison c OD Colhoun b GEG Lyness 50 0 0 0 0
LF Kline c AJ O'Riordan b RE Bernstein 18 0 0 0 0
RA Gaunt not out   10 0 0 0 0
BN Jarman+ dnb            
GD McKenzie dnb            
CC McDonald dnb            
extras   (b0 lb0 w0 nb0) 0        
TOTAL   7 wickets for 142        
FOW
1-12(AWT Grout) 2-24(RN Harvey) 3-60(NC O'Neill) 4-72(R Benaud) 5-74(RB Simpson)
6-141(AK Davison) 7-155(LF Kline)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
AJ O'Riordan 4 1 19 0 - -
RE Bernstein 7.1 0 29 3 - -
SSJ Huey 9 0 43 2 - -
GEG Lyness 2 0 10 1 - -
WR Hunter 10 2 41 1 - -
Ireland 2nd Innings 138/6 Closed (Overs 40)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
H Martin   b CC McDonald 57 0 0 0 0
SF Bergin   b RB Simpson 0 0 0 0 0
L Warke   b RN Harvey 2 0 0 0 0
MH Stevenson c BN Jarman b RB Simpson 8 0 0 0 0
GAA Duffy   b BN Jarman 3 0 0 0 0
WR Hunter c RA Gaunt b BN Jarman 27 0 0 0 0
AJ O'Riordan* not out   15 0 0 0 0
RE Bernstein not out   6 0 0 0 0
GEG Lyness dnb            
OD Colhoun+ dnb            
SSJ Huey dnb            
extras   (b13 lb7 w0 nb0) 20        
TOTAL   6 wickets for 138        
FOW
1-3(SF Bergin) 2-6(L Warke) 3-31(MH Stevenson) 4-43(GAA Duffy) 5-95(WR Hunter)
6-126(H Martin)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
LF Kline 4 1 8 0 - -
AWT Grout 1 0 7 0 - -
RB Simpson 7 3 13 2 - -
RN Harvey 11 3 22 1 - -
BN Jarman 9 1 41 2 - -
NC O'Neill 5 0 23 0 - -
CC McDonald 3 2 4 1 - -
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