Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton	retired hurt	122	356	300	5	0	34.26
Cyril Washbrook	b Lindwall	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Bill Edrich	c †Tallon b Lindwall	60	174	179	8	0	34.48
Laurie Fishlock	b McCool	14	40	42	1	0	35.00
Denis Compton	hit wicket b Lindwall	17	41	48	1	0	41.46
Norman Yardley (c)	c Miller b Lindwall	2	14	5	0	0	14.28
Jack Ikin	b Lindwall	0	4	6	0	0	0.00
Godfrey Evans †	b Lindwall	29	49	54	2	0	59.18
Peter Smith	b Lindwall	2	19	15	0	0	10.52
Alec Bedser	not out	10	37	38	0	0	27.02
Doug Wright	c †Tallon b Miller	7	18	22	1	0	38.88
Extras	(b 7, lb 8, nb 1, w 1)	17
Total	94.3 Ov (RR: 2.96)	280
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Cyril Washbrook), 2-151 (Bill Edrich), 3-188 (Laurie Fishlock), 4-215 (Denis Compton), 5-225 (Norman Yardley), 6-225 (Jack Ikin), 6-237* (Leonard Hutton, retired not out), 7-244 (Peter Smith), 8-269 (Godfrey Evans), 9-280 (Doug Wright)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ray Lindwall	22	3	63	7	2.14	-	-	-
Keith Miller	15.3	2	31	1	1.51	-	-	-
George Tribe	28	2	95	0	2.54	-	-	-
Ernie Toshack	16	4	40	0	1.87	-	-	-
Colin McCool	13	0	34	1	1.96	-	-	-

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sid Barnes	c †Evans b Bedser	71	166	137	6	0	42.77
Arthur Morris	lbw b Bedser	57	139	162	6	0	41.00
Donald Bradman (c)	b Wright	12	23	27	0	0	52.17
Lindsay Hassett	c Ikin b Wright	24	104	115	3	0	23.07
Keith Miller	c Ikin b Wright	23	48	54	0	0	47.91
Ron Hamence	not out	30	96	106	2	0	31.25
Colin McCool	c Yardley b Wright	3	15	9	0	0	20.00
Don Tallon †	c Compton b Wright	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Ray Lindwall	c Smith b Wright	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
George Tribe	c Fishlock b Wright	9	5	8	1	0	180.00
Ernie Toshack	run out	5	15	13	0	0	33.33
Extras	(b 7, lb 6, nb 6)	19
Total	76 Ov (RR: 3.32)	253
Fall of wickets: 1-126 (Sid Barnes), 2-146 (Arthur Morris), 3-146 (Donald Bradman), 4-187 (Keith Miller), 5-218 (Lindsay Hassett), 6-230 (Colin McCool), 7-230 (Don Tallon), 8-233 (Ray Lindwall), 9-245 (George Tribe), 10-253 (Ernie Toshack)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alec Bedser	27	7	49	2	1.36	-	-	-
Bill Edrich	7	0	34	0	3.64	-	-	-
Peter Smith	8	0	38	0	3.56	-	-	-
Doug Wright	29	4	105	7	2.71	-	-	-
Norman Yardley	5	2	8	0	1.20	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Laurie Fishlock	lbw b Lindwall	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Cyril Washbrook	b McCool	24	49	50	2	0	48.97
Bill Edrich	st †Tallon b McCool	24	65	71	2	0	36.92
Denis Compton	c Miller b Toshack	76	178	175	5	0	42.69
Jack Ikin	st †Tallon b McCool	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Norman Yardley (c)	b McCool	11	43	32	0	0	25.58
Godfrey Evans †	b Miller	20	71	42	0	0	28.16
Peter Smith	c †Tallon b Lindwall	24	58	48	2	0	41.37
Alec Bedser	st †Tallon b McCool	4	13	25	0	0	30.76
Doug Wright	not out	1	5	4	0	0	20.00
Leonard Hutton	absent hurt	-	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 1)	2
Total	60.4 Ov (RR: 3.07)	186
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Laurie Fishlock), 2-42 (Cyril Washbrook), 3-65 (Bill Edrich), 4-65 (Jack Ikin), 5-85 (Norman Yardley), 6-120 (Godfrey Evans), 7-157 (Peter Smith), 8-184 (Denis Compton), 9-186 (Alec Bedser)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ray Lindwall	12	1	46	2	2.87	-	-	-
Keith Miller	6	1	11	1	1.37	-	-	-
George Tribe	14	0	58	0	3.10	-	-	-
Ernie Toshack	4	1	14	1	2.62	-	-	-
Colin McCool	21.4	5	44	5	1.53	-	-	-
Sid Barnes	3	0	11	0	2.75	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 214 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sid Barnes	c †Evans b Bedser	30	73	70	2	0	41.09
Arthur Morris	run out	17	41	60	2	0	41.46
Donald Bradman (c)	c Compton b Bedser	63	117	117	7	0	53.84
Lindsay Hassett	c Ikin b Wright	47	122	133	5	0	38.52
Keith Miller	not out	34	44	58	6	0	77.27
Ron Hamence	c Edrich b Wright	1	10	10	0	0	10.00
Colin McCool	not out	13	18	21	0	0	72.22
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 4)	9
Total	52.2 Ov (RR: 4.09)	214/5
Did not bat: Don Tallon †, Ray Lindwall, George Tribe, Ernie Toshack
Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Arthur Morris), 2-51 (Sid Barnes), 3-149 (Donald Bradman), 4-173 (Lindsay Hassett), 5-180 (Ron Hamence)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alec Bedser	22	4	75	2	2.55	-	-	-
Bill Edrich	2	0	14	0	5.25	-	-	-
Peter Smith	2	0	8	0	3.00	-	-	-
Doug Wright	22	1	93	2	3.17	-	-	-
Norman Yardley	3	1	7	0	1.75	-	-	-
Denis Compton	1.2	0	8	0	4.80	-	-	-

Close of Play

Fri, 28 Feb - day 1 - England 1st innings 237/6 (Leonard Hutton 122*, Godfrey Evans 0*)

Sat, 01 Mar - day 2 - no play

Sun, 02 Mar - rest day

Mon, 03 Mar - day 3 - Australia 1st innings 189/4 (Lindsay Hassett 12*, Ron Hamence 0*)

Tue, 04 Mar - day 4 - England 2nd innings 144/6 (Denis Compton 51*, Peter Smith 14*)

Wed, 05 Mar - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 214/5 (52.2 ov) - end of match

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General

Match Details

Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1946/47
Series result	Australia won the 5-match series 3-0
Match number	Test no. 283
Match days	day (6-day match)
Test debut	Ron Hamence
Umpires	George Borwick John Scott

Match Coverage

ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA 1946-47

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Australia Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
AV Bedser	22	4	75	2	2.55
WJ Edrich	2	0	14	0	5.25
TPB Smith	2	0	8	0	3
DVP Wright	22	1	93	2	3.17
NWD Yardley	3	1	7	0	1.75
DCS Compton	1.2	0	8	0	4.8

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