- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras6 (b 6)TOTAL52 all out (42.1 Overs, RR: 1.23)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (JG Dewes), 2-10 (WJ Edrich), 3-17 (DCS Compton), 4-23 (JF Crapp), 5-35 (NWD Yardley), 6-42 (AJ Watkins), 7-45 (TG Evans), 8-45 (AV Bedser), 9-47 (JA Young), 10-52 (L Hutton)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB RR Lindwall 16.1 5 20 6 1.23 0 0 KR Miller 8 5 5 2 0.62 0 0 WA Johnston 16 4 20 2 1.25 0 0 SJE Loxton 2 1 1 0 0.50 0 0
14/08Result
5th Test, Australia tour of England at London, Aug 14-18 1948
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14/08Result
5th Test, Australia tour of England at London, Aug 14-18 1948
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52 & 188 (105.3 ov) -
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras9 (b 4, lb 2, nb 3)TOTAL389 all out (158.2 Overs, RR: 2.45)Fall of wickets: 1-117 (SG Barnes), 2-117 (DG Bradman), 3-226 (AL Hassett), 4-243 (KR Miller), 5-265 (RN Harvey), 6-304 (SJE Loxton), 7-332 (RR Lindwall), 8-359 (AR Morris), 9-389 (D Tallon), 10-389 (DT Ring)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AV Bedser 31.2 9 61 1 1.94 0 0 AJ Watkins 4 1 19 0 4.75 0 0 JA Young 51 16 118 2 2.31 0 0 WE Hollies 56 14 131 5 2.33 0 0 DCS Compton 2 0 6 0 3.00 0 0 WJ Edrich 9 1 38 1 4.22 0 0 NWD Yardley 5 1 7 0 1.40 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras16 (b 9, lb 4, nb 3)TOTAL188 all out (105.3 Overs, RR: 1.78)Fall of wickets: 1-20 (JG Dewes), 2-64 (WJ Edrich), 3-125 (DCS Compton), 4-153 (L Hutton), 5-164 (JF Crapp), 6-167 (AJ Watkins), 7-178 (TG Evans), 8-181 (AV Bedser), 9-188 (NWD Yardley), 10-188 (WE Hollies)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB RR Lindwall 25 3 50 3 2.00 0 0 KR Miller 15 6 22 2 1.46 0 0 WA Johnston 27.3 12 40 4 1.45 0 0 SJE Loxton 10 2 16 0 1.60 0 0 DT Ring 28 13 44 1 1.57 0 0
Match Details
Toss
England , elected to bat first
Series result
Australia won the 5-match series 4-0
Match number
Season
Match days
14,16,17,18 August 1948 (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
Close of Play
- Sat, 14 Aug - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 153/2 (AR Morris 77*, AL Hassett 10*)
- Sun, 15 Aug - rest day
- Mon, 16 Aug - day 2 - England 2nd innings 54/1 (L Hutton 19*, WJ Edrich 23*)
- Tue, 17 Aug - day 3 - England 2nd innings 178/7 (NWD Yardley 2*)
- Wed, 18 Aug - day 4 - England 2nd innings 188 (105.3 ov) - end of match
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