a belter of a wicket, but was let down badly by his team as they were rolled over for 185 on the first day as all the England bowlers took wickets. Only Ridings himself (40) and wicket-keeper Gil Langley (53) made any resistance. With Peter May in charge Len Hutton, Godfrey Evans, Trevor Bailey, Frank Tyson, Brian Statham went to the races at Cheltenham Park Racecourse and Tyson won £50 (his tour fee was £600). When he returned he regretted it as Denis Compton had made a century of genius, 182 gold-stroked runs as he added 234 with May (114). Colin Cowdrey added 64 and Donald Gregg took 4/117 as the MCC batted into the third day to make 451, their best score of the entire tour. South Australia began their second innings 266 runs behind and collapsed again, only Ridings (40 not out) giving any resistance to Peter Loader (4/32) and Alec Bedser (3/20), the two bowlers fighting for a Test place. The MCC won by a crushing margin of an innings and 143 runs, the perfect result for the vital Fourth Test. Fourth Test - Adelaide See Main Article - 1954-55 Ashes series Victoria Country vs MCC After winning The Ashes the MCC went to their final Country match in a jovial mood. Only three regular bowlers were taken, Alec Bedser, Peter Loader and Johnny Wardle, both wicket-keepers and the manager Geoffrey Howard. The Country XI won the toss, batted and were out for 182 with one Bill Young making 56 as Loader (4/29) and Wardle (5/46) were far too good for the bulk of the local batsmen. Len Hutton (75) and Reg Simpson (59) were 130/0 at the end of the day and Tom Graveney made 50 in the morning and Hutton was impressed with Rex Hollioake (2/69), the fast bowler from Ballarat, who he thought was quicker than any Australian outside the Tests. Vic Wilson, Godfrey Evans and Wardle all made 17, and Hutton declared with Howard unbeaten on 0 at 307/8. The Country team were completely unable to read Johnny Wardle's highly varied off-breaks, leg-breaks and reverse-googlies and he finished with 7/45 (12/91 in the match), though Ron Milne came in a number 4 and finished 22 not out in a score of 99. The MCC won by an innings and 26 runs. Victoria vs MCC The return tour match against Victoria was almost entirely