 Johnston returned to Australia and participated in the 1953 – 54 season , which was purely domestic . He continued his recent strong form against Queensland in the first match , taking 4 / 56 and 5 / 61 to set up a 254 @-@ run win . However , the rest of the season was not so productive ; Johnston managed only 20 more wickets in the remaining seven matches at an average of almost 50 . He ended the season with 29 wickets at 38 @.@ 24 . 
