misc13540	New South Wales Colts v Queensland Colts
	Other matches in Australia 1956/57 (Sydney Gregory Cup)
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground No 2, Sydney on 6th, 7th, 8th November 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	New South Wales Colts won the toss and decided to bat
Result	New South Wales Colts won by an innings and 77 runs
Umpires	JA Daly, EF Wykes
Close of play day 1	New South Wales Colts (1) 370/6 (Trimble 85*, Francis 5*)
Close of play day 2	Queensland Colts (2) 45/1 (Johnstone 22*, Mengel 23*)

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New South Wales Colts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KF Muller	lbw b Power	32
RJ Donovan	c Callinan b Power	95
*J King	c Johnstone b Page	8
RM Harvey	run out (Bull)	97
SC Trimble	b Power	137
LL Gough	c Oxenford b Beattie	26
+K Herron	c Johnstone b Bull	8
KR Francis	c Easton b Applegarth	27
TD Watkins	c Page b Power	6
DIR Barker	c Johnstone b Power	8
AE Wyatt	not out	0
Extras	(9 b, 8 lb, 8 nb)	25
Total	(all out, 100.5 overs)	469
Fall of wickets:
1-41 (Muller), 2-49 (King), 3-214 (Harvey), 4-260 (Donovan), 5-347 (Gough), 6-360 (Herron), 7-433 (Francis), 8-450 (Watkins), 9-458 (Barker), 10-469 (Trimble, 100.5 ov)

Queensland Colts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Power	43.5	4	163	5	-	6
Page	13	1	88	1	-	-
Applegarth	11	0	60	1	-	-
Beattie	23	4	81	1	-	2
Callinan	2	0	24	0	-	-
Bull	8	2	28	1	-	-

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Queensland Colts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*IB Oxenford	st Herron b Watkins	42
+WR Johnstone	c Herron b Wyatt	3
DC Mengel	b Wyatt	3
DFE Bull	st Herron b Watkins	37
DV Applegarth	b Watkins	13
KJ Beeston	c Herron b Francis	42
RP Easton	b Watkins	14
IDF Callinan	st Herron b Watkins	39
J Page	not out	6
AD Beattie	lbw b Francis	0
AP Power	lbw b Francis	1
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 56.1 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Johnstone), 2-13 (Mengel), 3-81 (Bull), 4-94 (Oxenford), 5-109 (Applegarth), 6-133 (Easton), 7-197, 8-201, 9-202, 10-208 (56.1 ov)

New South Wales Colts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wyatt	13	3	44	2	-	1
Barker	10	1	30	0	-	-
Watkins	18	1	84	5	-	-
Francis	15.1	5	42	3	-	-

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Queensland Colts second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*IB Oxenford	c Herron b Wyatt	0
+WR Johnstone	c Muller b Wyatt	41
DC Mengel	b Wyatt	31
DFE Bull	c and b Francis	72
DV Applegarth	c Muller b Watkins	2
KJ Beeston	b Watkins	6
RP Easton	c Trimble b Watkins	1
IDF Callinan	c and b Watkins	0
J Page	c Trimble b Watkins	3
AD Beattie	not out	21
AP Power	run out	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 42.3 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Oxenford), 2-66 (Mengel), 3-79 (Johnstone), 4-99 (Applegarth), 5-109 (Beeston), 6-117 (Easton), 7-117, 8-143, 9-175, 10-184 (42.3 ov)

New South Wales Colts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wyatt	10.3	1	47	3	-	-
Barker	11	1	46	0	-	-
Francis	10	0	24	1	-	-
Watkins	11	0	60	5	-	-

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Twelfth men: WA Murray (New South Wales Colts), GE Thomasson (Queensland Colts).
Match notes
For Queensland Colts KJ Beeston replaced RF Greenhill after selection while for New South Wales Colts LL Gough came into the team to replace BA Rothwell, University exams preventing each from playing in the match. RM Harvey batted 115 minutes for his 97 runs, hitting fifteen fours and one six. For Queensland Colts DFE Bull batted fifty-six minutes in the first innings and one hundred and four minutes in the second innings, his second innings 72 including eleven fours.