Western Australia Combined XI cricket team

The Western Australia Combined XI was a representative team raised intermittently between the year 1936 and 1990. The team, comprising state cricketers and select players from the Australian national side, played against touring international sides. Matches were played exclusively at the WACA Ground in Perth. In total, nine matches were played – eight first-class, and one List A – with the Combined XI winning three matches, touring sides one match and five ending in a draw.

Fixtures

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First-class matches

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Date Toss Result Batting first Batting second Venue Crowd Ref
22 October 1936 MCC Match drawn Marylebone Cricket Club
497 all out (101 overs) &
4/120 (30 overs)
Western Australia Combined XI
436 all out (107.3 overs)
WACA Ground 25,300 [1]
17 October 1946 Combined XI Match drawn Western Australia Combined XI
462 all out (137 overs)
Marylebone Cricket Club
302 all out (106.6 overs)
WACA Ground 24,500 [2]
22 October 1954 MCC MCC won by an innings and 62 runs Western Australia Combined XI
86 all out (42.6 overs) &
163 all out (64.6 overs)
Marylebone Cricket Club
311 all out (105.6 overs)
WACA Ground 25,783 [3]
24 October 1958 MCC Match drawn Marylebone Cricket Club
311 all out (91.2 overs) &
4/257 (78 overs)
Western Australia Combined XI
260 all out (96.3 overs)
WACA Ground 33,059 [4]
26 October 1962 Combined XI Combined XI won by 10 wickets Marylebone Cricket Club
157 all out (45.2 overs) &
270 all out (79.4 overs)
Western Australia Combined XI
317 all out (98.1 overs) &
0/115 (18 overs)
WACA Ground 25,126 [5]
1 November 1963 Combined XI Match drawn South Africans
207 all out (53.5 overs) &
3/532 dec. (118 overs)
Western Australia Combined XI
161 all out (47 overs) &
9/529 (107 overs)
WACA Ground 11,742 [6]
5 November 1965 Combined XI Match drawn Marylebone Cricket Club
7/379 dec. (93 overs) &
4/205 dec. (118 overs)
Western Australia Combined XI
5/231 dec. (71.2 overs) &
6/322 (63 overs)
WACA Ground 10,515 [7]
2 November 1968 Combined XI Combined XI won by 7 wickets West Indians
254 all out (65.5 overs) &
7/432 dec. (71.4 overs)
Western Australia Combined XI
333 all out (76.2 overs) &
3/354 (54 overs)
WACA Ground 16,474 [8]

List A matches

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Date Toss Result Batting first Batting second Venue Ref
30 October 1990
(50-over game)
Combined XI Combined XI won by 3 wickets England XI
180 all out (49.2 overs)
Western Australia Combined XI
7/181 (48.3 overs)
WACA Ground [9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Western Australia Combined XI v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1936/37 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  2. ^ Western Australia Combined XI v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1946/47 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  3. ^ Western Australia Combined XI v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1954/55 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  4. ^ Western Australia Combined XI v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1958/59 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  5. ^ Western Australia Combined XI v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1962/63 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  6. ^ Western Australia Combined XI v South Africans, 1963/64 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  7. ^ Western Australia Combined XI v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1965/66 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  8. ^ Western Australia Combined XI v West Indians, 1968/69 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  9. ^ Western Australia Combined XI v England XI, 1990/91 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 October 2011.