not out) dug himself in. Peter May played himself in before lunch, then attacked the Australian bowling with "a welter of strokes", He struck Fisher for 42421 off successive balls to take him to 97 and brought up his century with a magnificent cover-drive off Strauss. In the last over before tea he brought up his 100 runs in a session and won £A500 from the Sydney newspaper The Daily Telegraph. May shared half the money with the team and used the other half to throw a party for the two teams and the press. The England captain rarely allowed himself the liberty of cutting the bowling to ribbons, but many thought this was one of his finest displays. He declared on 257/3 when he was bowled by Fisher after tea for 114, leaving the Australian XI 449 to win. Subba Row dropped McDonald off Loader, who retired with a strained Achilles tendon, which allowed his substitute Willie Watson to play his first cricket of the tour. McDonald did not survive long, retiring hurt for 5 with a torn hamstring. Stevens (33) and Harvey (38) took the first wicket partnership to 57 when Trueman bowled the opener and caught O'Neill off Tony Lock. Making the ball bite and turn off Trueman's footmarks Lock took 6/29 as Australia crashed to 98/7, Laker (2/30) snapped up the last two wickets and the Australian XI were out for 103 on the last ball of the third day to lose by the crushing margin of 345 runs. The Surrey duo had now taken 44 wickets (17.86) on the tour and put people on mind of the ditty "Here lie the Ashes of '56, skittled by Laker for next to nix". The Australian selectors Sir Donald Bradman and Jack Ryder looked distinctly unhappy as they watched the game and it probably cost Neil Harvey the Australian captaincy, instead they gave it to Richie Benaud. Queensland vs MCC Travelling north to Brisbane the tourists found a storm brewing and the weather cool, but heavy. Peter May won the toss and chose to bat on a green wicket, but only three overs were played before the rain came. When they resumed the opener Willie Watson was caught by Wally Grout off the Queensland captain Ray Lindwall, who swung the ball at his pleasure in the heavy atmosphere, taking 5/57 as England collapsed to 39/4. Raman Subba Row