took 2/36, but the home team managed to recover from 7/3 and 57/7 to 103 all out thanks to captain Keith Carmody (25) and Meuleman (23) when he returned before both were removed by Peter Loader (2/26). Hutton made more runs than this himself, making 145 out of 250/3 before he retired hurt with a pulled leg muscle, handing over the captaincy to Peter May. Only Cowdrey made any runs afterwards as the MCC collapsed to 266/6 and 321 all out with Harry Gorringe taking 4/102, but by the end of the day Western Australia were 32/3 and still 186 runs behind. Ken Meuleman (109) and Keith Carmody (75) led the fightback with a stand of 128, but after their demise the team collapsed to 197/8 and were out for 255. Statham (3/68) missed out on a ten wicket haul, but was still the best of the bowlers. The spinner Ronald Sarre (2/11) made things difficult, but the MCC made 40/3 for a seven wicket win with well over day to spare. Western Australia Combined XI vs MCC In the days when state matches were seen as a source of entertainment and revenue and not just practice for the Tests extra matches were improvised to generate money and to allow the selectors to see promising players in action, or to allow the crowd to see the international players. So a week after their defeat Western Australia was reinforced with the presence of Neil Harvey, Graeme Hole and Ian Johnson. Peter May was the MCC captain as Hutton was still injured and won the toss. In keeping with the strategy of putting the opposition in against the England fast bowling attack the Combined XI were asked to bat and crashed to 86 all out. Only the opener Jack Rutherford (39) scored more than 9 and Brian Statham topped the bowling figures with 3/21, Tyson (2/14), Bailey (2/16) and Wardle (2/11) all took cheap wickets, but Godfrey Evans had the most dismissals with 4 catches and a stumping. Bill Edrich was bowled for a duck, Ian Johnson (3/44) took 2 more wickets in his first over and the MCC were 60/3 at stumps. The next day May made a superb 129 on a poor pitch, adding 179 with Vic Wilson (72), but the last 7 wickets fell for 90 runs and the tourists were out for 311. After facing a few balls