The Western Australia Combined XI was a representative team raised intermittently between the year 1936 and 1990. The team, comprising state cricketers and select players from the Australian national side, played against touring international sides. Matches were played exclusively at the WACA Ground in Perth. In total, nine matches were played – eight first-class, and one List A – with the Combined XI winning three matches, touring sides one match and five ending in a draw.

Fixtures

First-class matches

DateTossResultBatting firstBatting secondVenueCrowdRef
22 October 1936MCCMatch drawnMarylebone Cricket Club
497 all out (101 overs) &
4/120 (30 overs)
Western Australia Combined XI
436 all out (107.3 overs)
WACA Ground25,300[1]
17 October 1946Combined XIMatch drawnWestern Australia Combined XI
462 all out (137 overs)
Marylebone Cricket Club
302 all out (106.6 overs)
WACA Ground24,500[2]
22 October 1954MCCMCC won by an innings and 62 runsWestern Australia Combined XI
86 all out (42.6 overs) &
163 all out (64.6 overs)
Marylebone Cricket Club
311 all out (105.6 overs)
WACA Ground25,783[3]
24 October 1958MCCMatch drawnMarylebone Cricket Club
311 all out (91.2 overs) &
4/257 (78 overs)
Western Australia Combined XI
260 all out (96.3 overs)
WACA Ground33,059[4]
26 October 1962Combined XICombined XI won by 10 wicketsMarylebone Cricket Club
157 all out (45.2 overs) &
270 all out (79.4 overs)
Western Australia Combined XI
317 all out (98.1 overs) &
0/115 (18 overs)
WACA Ground25,126[5]
1 November 1963Combined XIMatch drawnSouth Africans
207 all out (53.5 overs) &
3/532 dec. (118 overs)
Western Australia Combined XI
161 all out (47 overs) &
9/529 (107 overs)
WACA Ground11,742[6]
5 November 1965Combined XIMatch drawnMarylebone Cricket Club
7/379 dec. (93 overs) &
4/205 dec. (118 overs)
Western Australia Combined XI
5/231 dec. (71.2 overs) &
6/322 (63 overs)
WACA Ground10,515[7]
2 November 1968Combined XICombined XI won by 7 wicketsWest Indians
254 all out (65.5 overs) &
7/432 dec. (71.4 overs)
Western Australia Combined XI
333 all out (76.2 overs) &
3/354 (54 overs)
WACA Ground16,474[8]

List A matches

DateTossResultBatting firstBatting secondVenueRef
30 October 1990
(50-over game)
Combined XICombined XI won by 3 wicketsEngland XI
180 all out (49.2 overs)
Western Australia Combined XI
7/181 (48.3 overs)
WACA Ground[9]

See also

References

  1. Western Australia Combined XI v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1936/37 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  2. Western Australia Combined XI v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1946/47 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  3. Western Australia Combined XI v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1954/55 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  4. Western Australia Combined XI v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1958/59 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  5. Western Australia Combined XI v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1962/63 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  6. Western Australia Combined XI v South Africans, 1963/64 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  7. Western Australia Combined XI v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1965/66 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  8. Western Australia Combined XI v West Indians, 1968/69 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  9. Western Australia Combined XI v England XI, 1990/91 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
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