 In 1953 @-@ 54 , Ray had his most effective season and played in all seven of Victoria ’ s Shield matches , even though there were no Test matches for the summer , meaning that all the national team members were available for state selection for the whole season . He played the entire season alongside Neil , and the pair encountered Mick in both matches against Queensland . During the summer , Neil typically batted at No. 3 , and Ray usually succeeded him . Despite this , they batted together only four times in 13 innings , as Neil was usually out first . Their first partnership came in the first innings of the second match of the season , against New South Wales . It was brief ; Ray came in at 2 / 93 and scored two runs before falling at 3 / 97 . They then batted together on New Year 's Day in the first innings of the next match against South Australia . Ray came in to join Neil after the Victorians had slumped to be 2 / 5 , and after twice coming close to century partnerships for their state in the past , the brothers put on 150 before Neil was out for 88 to leave the score at 3 / 165 . Ray went on to make 110 . In the following match against Queensland , Ray came in with the score at 2 / 65 and put on 82 with his brother before he was out for 50 . Their only other partnership of the season amounted to 36 runs in the second innings of the return match against New South Wales ; Neil was out for 47 as Ray guided the Victorians to their target with five wickets in hand , scoring 106 not out himself . Ray and Neil were also selected for the testimonial match for retiring Australian captain Lindsay Hassett . Neil played for Hassett ’ s XI while Ray was on the opposition team captained by Arthur Morris . 
