Australia tour of England | 1948 Australia tour of England

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IRE

(39.3/50 ov) 205/3

Ireland chose to bat.

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(8.2/20 ov) 47/1

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Series

Australia tour of England 1948

RESULT

Scarborough, September 08 - 10, 1948, Australia tour of England

177 & 75/2

AUS

489/8d

Match drawn

RESULT

Hastings, September 01 - 03, 1948, Australia tour of England

AUS

522/7d

SOUTH

298

Match drawn

RESULT

Taunton, August 28 - 30, 1948, Australia tour of England

AUS

560/5d

SOM

(fo) 115 & 71

Australians won by an innings and 374 runs

RESULT

Lord's, August 25 - 27, 1948, Australia tour of England

AUS

610/5d

(fo) 245 & 284

Australians won by an innings and 81 runs

RESULT

Canterbury, August 21 - 23, 1948, Australia tour of England

AUS

361

KENT

(fo) 51 & 124

Australians won by an innings and 186 runs

RESULT

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

ENG

52 & 188

AUS

389

Australia won by an innings and 149 runs

RESULT

Sunderland, August 11 - 12, 1948, Australia tour of England

AUS

282

DURH

73/5

Match drawn

RESULT

Manchester, August 07 - 10, 1948, Australia tour of England

AUS

321 & 265/3d

LANCS

(T:457) 130 & 199/7

Match drawn

RESULT

Birmingham, August 04 - 06, 1948, Australia tour of England

WARKS

138 & 155

AUS

(T:40) 254 & 41/1

Australians won by 9 wickets

RESULT

Swansea, July 31 - August 03, 1948, Australia tour of England

GLAM

197

AUS

215/3

Match drawn

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Stats & Records

The Ashes 1948See All

Winner

Australiawon the 5-match Test series 4-0

721 all out... in a day

Essex were the only county to bowl the 1948 Australians out, and what's more they did so in a day - but not before the tourists had amassed a world record score

As great as the sum of their parts

George Dobell picks his top five teams in the history of Test cricket

A quiet goodbye

Perhaps Bradman's farewell was all the more memorable for being unspectacular

Sledgehammer Sam speaks

As the clock ticks on the Invincibles, 60 years on from the tour that made them, Sam Loxton still talks as he played

Stamp of approval

When the Don set his praise down on wood

Invincible

Were the 1948 Australians the best team of them all

An Invincible tour diary

A timeline for Australia's undefeated tour of England in 1948

History from the maker

A cricket life is usually the sum of its stories, and Bradman had some of the best

Diamond anniversary

Sixty years later, the legend of the Invincibles lives on

Invincible memories

One of five survivors from Bradman's 1948 side of immortals, Australia's oldest living Test cricketer remembers it all like it was yesterday - except when it comes to his own part in legend

Australia tour of England 1948 Top Wicket Takers

Tests

Others

Ray Lindwall

AUS, Rf

Innings: 9Average: 19.62

Bill Johnston

AUS, Lfm, Sla

Innings: 10Average: 23.33

Alec Bedser

ENG, Rmf

Innings: 9Average: 38.22

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Ian Johnson

AUS, Ob

Innings: 31Average: 14.55

Bill Johnston

AUS, Lfm, Sla

Innings: 30Average: 13.93

Ray Lindwall

AUS, Rf

Innings: 30Average: 13.88

Keith Jackson

DURH, Rfm

Innings: 1Average: 15.20

Fred Herbert

DURH, Lfm

Innings: 1Average: 26.66

Ian Johnson

AUS, Ob

Innings: 1Average: 2.00

Australia tour of England 1948 Top Run Scorers

Tests

Others

Arthur Morris

AUS, Lhb

696

Innings: 9Average: 87.00

Denis Compton

ENG, Rhb

562

Innings: 10Average: 62.44

Donald Bradman

AUS, Rhb

508

Innings: 9Average: 72.57

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Donald Bradman

AUS, Rhb

1920

Innings: 22Average: 96.00

Bill Brown

AUS, Rhb

1375

Innings: 23Average: 62.50

Lindsay Hassett

AUS, Rhb

1253

Innings: 19Average: 89.50

Colin McCool

AUS, Rhb

Innings: 1Average: 64.00

Keith Miller

AUS, Rhb

Innings: 1Average: 55.00

Bill Brown

AUS, Rhb

Innings: 1Average: 49.00

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