England vs Australia, 5th Test at London, Aug 14 1948 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

5th Test, The Oval, August 14 - 18, 1948, Australia tour of England

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England

52 & 188

Australia

389

Australia won by an innings and 149 runs

England 1st Innings

Australia 1st Innings

England 2nd Innings

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England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton	c †Tallon b Lindwall	30	124	147	1	0	24.19
John Dewes	b Miller	1	6	5	0	0	16.66
Bill Edrich	c Hassett b Johnston	3	20	20	0	0	15.00
Denis Compton	c Morris b Lindwall	4	9	11	0	0	44.44
Jack Crapp	c †Tallon b Miller	0	19	23	0	0	0.00
Norman Yardley (c)	b Lindwall	7	31	33	0	0	22.58
Allan Watkins	lbw b Johnston	0	16	16	0	0	0.00
Godfrey Evans †	b Lindwall	1	9	4	0	0	11.11
Alec Bedser	b Lindwall	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Jack Young	b Lindwall	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
Eric Hollies	not out	0	12	8	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6)	6
Total	42.1 Ov (RR: 1.23)	52
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (John Dewes), 2-10 (Bill Edrich), 3-17 (Denis Compton), 4-23 (Jack Crapp), 5-35 (Norman Yardley), 6-42 (Allan Watkins), 7-45 (Godfrey Evans), 8-45 (Alec Bedser), 9-47 (Jack Young), 10-52 (Leonard Hutton)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ray Lindwall	16.1	5	20	6	1.23	-	-	-
Keith Miller	8	5	5	2	0.62	-	-	-
Bill Johnston	16	4	20	2	1.25	-	-	-
Sam Loxton	2	1	1	0	0.50	-	-	-

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sid Barnes	c †Evans b Hollies	61	-	126	-	0	-
Arthur Morris	run out	196	-	406	16	0	-
Donald Bradman (c)	b Hollies	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Lindsay Hassett	lbw b Young	37	-	134	-	0	-
Keith Miller	st †Evans b Hollies	5	-	-	-	0	-
Neil Harvey	c Young b Hollies	17	-	-	-	0	-
Sam Loxton	c †Evans b Edrich	15	-	-	-	0	-
Ray Lindwall	c Edrich b Young	9	-	-	-	0	-
Don Tallon †	c Crapp b Hollies	31	-	-	-	0	-
Doug Ring	c Crapp b Bedser	9	-	-	-	0	-
Bill Johnston	not out	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 3)	9
Total	158.2 Ov (RR: 2.45)	389
Fall of wickets: 1-117 (Sid Barnes), 2-117 (Donald Bradman), 3-226 (Lindsay Hassett), 4-243 (Keith Miller), 5-265 (Neil Harvey), 6-304 (Sam Loxton), 7-332 (Ray Lindwall), 8-359 (Arthur Morris), 9-389 (Don Tallon), 10-389 (Doug Ring)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alec Bedser	31.2	9	61	1	1.94	-	-	-
Allan Watkins	4	1	19	0	4.75	-	-	-
Jack Young	51	16	118	2	2.31	-	-	-
Eric Hollies	56	14	131	5	2.33	-	-	-
Denis Compton	2	0	6	0	3.00	-	-	-
Bill Edrich	9	1	38	1	4.22	-	-	-
Norman Yardley	5	1	7	0	1.40	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton	c †Tallon b Miller	64	-	-	-	0	-
John Dewes	b Lindwall	10	-	-	-	0	-
Bill Edrich	b Lindwall	28	-	-	-	0	-
Denis Compton	c Lindwall b Johnston	39	-	-	-	0	-
Jack Crapp	b Miller	9	-	-	-	0	-
Norman Yardley (c)	c Miller b Johnston	9	-	-	-	0	-
Allan Watkins	c Hassett b Ring	2	-	-	0	0	-
Godfrey Evans †	b Lindwall	8	-	-	-	0	-
Alec Bedser	b Johnston	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
Jack Young	not out	3	7	10	0	0	42.85
Eric Hollies	c Morris b Johnston	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 9, lb 4, nb 3)	16
Total	105.3 Ov (RR: 1.78)	188
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (John Dewes), 2-64 (Bill Edrich), 3-125 (Denis Compton), 4-153 (Leonard Hutton), 5-164 (Jack Crapp), 6-167 (Allan Watkins), 7-178 (Godfrey Evans), 8-181 (Alec Bedser), 9-188 (Norman Yardley), 10-188 (Eric Hollies)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ray Lindwall	25	3	50	3	2.00	-	-	-
Keith Miller	15	6	22	2	1.46	-	-	-
Bill Johnston	27.3	12	40	4	1.45	-	-	-
Sam Loxton	10	2	16	0	1.60	-	-	-
Doug Ring	28	13	44	1	1.57	-	-	-

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Close of Play

Sat, 14 Aug - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 153/2 (Arthur Morris 77*, Lindsay Hassett 10*)

Sun, 15 Aug - rest day

Mon, 16 Aug - day 2 - England 2nd innings 54/1 (Leonard Hutton 19*, Bill Edrich 23*)

Tue, 17 Aug - day 3 - England 2nd innings 178/7 (Norman Yardley 2*)

Wed, 18 Aug - day 4 - England 2nd innings 188 (105.3 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Kennington Oval, London
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of England
Season	1948
Series result	Australia won the 5-match series 4-0
Match number	Test no. 303
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Allan Watkins John Dewes
Umpires	Dai Davies Herbert Baldwin

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England Innings

Player Name		R	B
L Hutton	caught	64
JG Dewes	bowled	10
WJ Edrich	bowled	28
DCS Compton	caught	39
JF Crapp	bowled	9
NWD Yardley	caught	9
AJ Watkins	caught	2
TG Evans	bowled	8
AV Bedser	bowled	0	5
JA Young	not out	3	7
WE Hollies	caught	0	1
Extras	(b 9, lb 4, nb 3)
Total	188(10 wkts; 105.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RR Lindwall	25	3	50	3	2
KR Miller	15	6	22	2	1.46
WA Johnston	27.3	12	40	4	1.45
SJE Loxton	10	2	16	0	1.6
DT Ring	28	13	44	1	1.57

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	20	Leonard Hutton	John Dewes
2nd	44	Leonard Hutton	Bill Edrich
3rd	61	Leonard Hutton	Denis Compton
4th	28	Leonard Hutton	Jack Crapp
5th	11	Norman Yardley	Jack Crapp
6th	3	Norman Yardley	Allan Watkins
7th	11	Norman Yardley	Godfrey Evans
8th	3	Norman Yardley	Alec Bedser
9th	7	Norman Yardley	Jack Young
10th	0	Eric Hollies	Jack Young

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