Final: South Australia v Western Australia at Adelaide, 30 Mar - 3 Apr 1996

Sheffield Shield, 1995/96, Final
South Australia v Western Australia
Adelaide Oval
30,31 March, 1,2,3 April 1996 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Series: South Australia wins the 1995/96 Sheffield Shield

Toss: Western Australia
Umpires: DB Hair and SG Randell

Close of Play:
Day 1: Western Australia 255/6 (Gilchrist 25*, Angel 0*)
Day 2: Western Australia 520/9d, South Australia 100/2
       (Nobes 57*, Lehmann 24*)
Day 3: South Australia 330/7 (Brayshaw 70*, Gillespie 10*)
Day 4: South Australia 347, Western Australia 169/8d, South Australia 53/2
       (Blewett 22*, Gillespie 4*)

Western Australia 1st innings                                   R   M   B  4 6
MP Lavender           c Siddons          b May                 18 122  92  2 0
MEK Hussey            lbw                b Blewett             11  74  52  0 0
JL Langer             c Nielsen          b Gillespie           30  70  63  3 0
RM Baker              c Nielsen          b George              83 171 136  9 0
*TM Moody                                b Gillespie           68 204 152  6 0
DR Martyn             run out (Lehmann/George)                  9  20  15  1 0
+AC Gilchrist         not out                                 189 284 187 15 5
J Angel               c Nielsen          b Gillespie            7  36  21  0 0
GB Hogg               lbw                b George              61 163 118  6 0
BP Julian             c George           b May                 25  48  52  2 0
Extras                (lb 4, w 1, nb 14)                       19
Total                 (9 wickets decl, 146.4 overs, 600 mins) 520

DNB: SR Cary.

FoW: 1-23 (Hussey), 2-55 (Lavender), 3-71 (Langer),
    4-200 (Baker), 5-215 (Martyn), 6-251 (Moody),
    7-291 (Angel), 8-459 (Hogg), 9-520 (Julian).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gillespie                   30     10     96      3 (3nb)
George                      30      4    102      2 (3nb, 1w)
Blewett                     15      4     53      1 (1nb)
May                         47.4    9    157      2
McIntyre                    23      0    105      0
Lehmann                      1      0      3      0

South Australia 1st innings                                     R   M   B  4 6
GS Blewett            lbw                b Angel                5  10  12  1 0
PC Nobes                                 b Julian             103 323 260 16 0
DS Webber             c Langer           b Angel                0   7   4  0 0
DS Lehmann            c Langer           b Angel               43 182 142  3 0
*JD Siddons                              b Julian              38 133 130  3 1
JA Brayshaw           run out (Hussey)                         87 199 172 10 1
+TJ Nielsen           c Langer           b Julian              27  95  81  1 0
TBA May               c Lavender         b Martyn               5   5   3  1 0
JN Gillespie          c Gilchrist        b Julian              10  62  45  1 0
PE McIntyre                              b Julian               0   2   3  0 0
SP George             not out                                   0  20  13  0 0
Extras                (b 3, lb 1, w 3, nb 22)                  29
Total                 (all out, 142.1 overs, 524 minutes)     347

FoW: 1-8 (Blewett), 2-8 (Webber), 3-131 (Lehmann),
    4-208 (Siddons), 5-217 (Nobes), 6-291 (Nielsen),
    7-296 (May), 8-331 (Gillespie), 9-331 (McIntyre),
    10-347 (Brayshaw).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Angel                       17.5    4     56      3 (1nb)
Cary                        16      6     29      0
Moody                       27     10     45      0
Julian                      30.2    7     95      5 (9nb)
Baker                        8      5      9      0
Hogg                        34     10     89      0 (1nb, 3w)
Langer                       5      2      8      0
Martyn                       4      1     12      1

Western Australia 2nd innings                                   R   M   B  4 6
MP Lavender           c Nobes            b Gillespie            6  14  14  1 0
DR Martyn             run out (Blewett)                         2  18   5  0 0
JL Langer             c Lehmann          b May                 28  89  54  2 0
+AC Gilchrist         run out (Lehmann)                         0   7   2  0 0
RM Baker              c Nielsen          b Gillespie           11  31  23  1 0
*TM Moody             c sub (BA Johnson) b Gillespie           72 149 130  4 0
MEK Hussey            c Nielsen          b Gillespie           32 104  70  1 0
BP Julian             c May              b George               2   8   3  0 0
GB Hogg               not out                                   1   3   3  0 0
Extras                (lb 5, nb 10)                            15
Total                 (8 wickets decl, 49.5 overs, 217 mins)  169

DNB: J Angel, SR Cary.

FoW: 1-12 (Lavender), 2-12 (Martyn), 3-18 (Gilchrist),
    4-36 (Baker), 5-64 (Langer), 6-165 (Moody), 7-167 (Hussey),
    8-169 (Julian).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gillespie                    9      1     33      4 (4nb)
George                       8.5    2     36      1
May                         18      3     57      1 (6nb)
Blewett                      6      1     16      0
McIntyre                     8      1     22      0

South Australia 2nd innings (target: 343 runs)                  R   M   B  4 6
GS Blewett            lbw                b Julian              72 320 275  6 0
PC Nobes                                 b Hogg                24  60  45  4 0
DS Webber             c Gilchrist        b Baker                5  25  26  0 0
JN Gillespie          c Moody            b Julian               5  34  27  1 0
DS Lehmann            lbw                b Julian               0   3   2  0 0
JA Brayshaw                          c & b Hogg                66 131 129 12 0
*JD Siddons            c Langer          b Hogg                 4 166 134  1 0
+TJ Nielsen                              b Angel                4  19  16  1 0
TBA May                                  b Julian               0  64  52  0 0
PE McIntyre           not out                                   6  59  45  1 0
SP George             not out                                   1  40  30  0 0
Extras                (b 7, w 1, nb 13)                        21
Total                 (9 wickets, 465 minutes, 129 overs)     208

FoW: 1-40 (Nobes), 2-53 (Webber), 3-67 (Gillespie),
    4-67 (Lehmann), 5-169 (Brayshaw), 6-189 (Blewett),
    7-193 (Nielsen), 8-198 (May), 9-202 (Siddons).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Julian                      29     13     56      4 (4nb, 1w)
Angel                       19      7     27      1 (1nb)
Hogg                        36     25     42      3
Baker                       11      3     26      1
Moody                       19      9     24      0
Martyn                       7      5      6      0
Cary                         8      4     20      0

*** 12th Men: BA Johnson (SA) and CE Coulson (WA)