England vs Australia Scorecard 1948

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton	b Lindwall	81	-	187	-	0	-
Cyril Washbrook	c Lindwall b Johnston	143	-	317	22	0	-
Bill Edrich	c Morris b Johnson	111	-	314	13	1	-
Alec Bedser	c & b Johnson	79	-	177	8	2	-
Denis Compton	c †Saggers b Lindwall	23	-	55	-	0	-
Jack Crapp	b Toshack	5	-	-	-	0	-
Norman Yardley (c)	b Miller	25	-	-	-	0	-
Ken Cranston	b Loxton	10	-	-	-	0	-
Godfrey Evans †	c Hassett b Loxton	3	-	-	0	0	-
Jim Laker	c †Saggers b Loxton	4	-	-	-	0	-
Dick Pollard	not out	0	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 2, lb 8, nb 1, w 1)	12
TOTAL	192.1 Ov (RR: 2.58)	496
Fall of wickets: 1-168 (Leonard Hutton), 2-268 (Cyril Washbrook), 3-423 (Alec Bedser), 4-426 (Bill Edrich), 5-447 (Jack Crapp), 6-473 (Denis Compton), 7-486 (Ken Cranston), 8-490 (Godfrey Evans), 9-496 (Jim Laker), 10-496 (Norman Yardley)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ray Lindwall	38	10	79	2	2.07	-	-	-
Keith Miller	17.1	2	43	1	2.50	-	-	-
Bill Johnston	38	12	86	1	2.26	-	-	-
Ernie Toshack	35	6	112	1	3.20	-	-	-
Sam Loxton	26	4	55	3	2.11	-	-	-
Ian Johnson	33	9	89	2	2.69	-	-	-
Arthur Morris	5	0	20	0	4.00	-	-	-

Australia 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Arthur Morris	c Cranston b Bedser	6	-	-	-	0	-
Lindsay Hassett	c Crapp b Pollard	13	-	-	-	0	-
Donald Bradman (c)	b Pollard	33	56	59	-	0	58.92
Keith Miller	c Edrich b Yardley	58	-	-	-	2	-
Neil Harvey	b Laker	112	-	188	17	0	-
Sam Loxton	b Yardley	93	-	135	8	5	-
Ian Johnson	c Cranston b Laker	10	-	-	-	0	-
Ray Lindwall	c Crapp b Bedser	77	-	-	-	0	-
Ron Saggers †	st †Evans b Laker	5	-	-	-	0	-
Bill Johnston	c Edrich b Bedser	13	-	-	-	0	-
Ernie Toshack	not out	12	-	-	-	0	-
Extras	(b 9, lb 14, nb 3)	26
TOTAL	136.2 Ov (RR: 3.35)	458
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Arthur Morris), 2-65 (Lindsay Hassett), 3-68 (Donald Bradman), 4-189 (Keith Miller), 5-294 (Neil Harvey), 6-329 (Ian Johnson), 7-344 (Sam Loxton), 8-355 (Ron Saggers), 9-403 (Bill Johnston), 10-458 (Ray Lindwall)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alec Bedser	31.2	4	92	3	2.93	-	-	-
Dick Pollard	38	6	104	2	2.73	-	-	-
Ken Cranston	14	1	51	0	3.64	-	-	-
Bill Edrich	3	0	19	0	6.33	-	-	-
Jim Laker	30	8	113	3	3.76	-	-	-
Norman Yardley	17	6	38	2	2.23	-	-	-
Denis Compton	3	0	15	0	5.00	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton	c Bradman b Johnson	57	-	-	-	1	-
Cyril Washbrook	c Harvey b Johnston	65	-	-	-	1	-
Bill Edrich	lbw b Lindwall	54	-	-	-	1	-
Denis Compton	c Miller b Johnston	66	-	-	-	0	-
Jack Crapp	b Lindwall	18	-	-	-	0	-
Norman Yardley (c)	c Harvey b Johnston	7	-	-	-	0	-
Ken Cranston	c †Saggers b Johnston	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
Godfrey Evans †	not out	47	-	-	-	0	-
Alec Bedser	c Hassett b Miller	17	-	-	4	0	-
Jim Laker	not out	15	-	-	-	0	-
Extras	(b 4, lb 12, nb 3)	19
TOTAL	107 Ov (RR: 3.41)	365/8d
Did not bat: Dick Pollard
Fall of wickets: 1-129 (Cyril Washbrook), 2-129 (Leonard Hutton), 3-232 (Bill Edrich), 4-260 (Jack Crapp), 5-277 (Norman Yardley), 6-278 (Ken Cranston), 7-293 (Denis Compton), 8-330 (Alec Bedser)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ray Lindwall	26	6	84	2	3.23	-	-	-
Keith Miller	21	5	53	1	2.52	-	-	-
Bill Johnston	29	5	95	4	3.27	-	-	-
Sam Loxton	10	2	29	0	2.90	-	-	-
Ian Johnson	21	2	85	1	4.04	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 404 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Arthur Morris	c Pollard b Yardley	182	-	291	33	0	-
Lindsay Hassett	c & b Compton	17	-	74	1	0	-
Donald Bradman (c)	not out	173	292	255	29	0	59.24
Keith Miller	lbw b Cranston	12	-	30	2	0	-
Neil Harvey	not out	4	-	-	1	0	-
Extras	(b 6, lb 9, nb 1)	16
TOTAL	114.1 Ov (RR: 3.53)	404/3
Did not bat: Sam Loxton, Ian Johnson, Ray Lindwall, Ron Saggers †, Bill Johnston, Ernie Toshack
Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Lindsay Hassett), 2-358 (Arthur Morris), 3-396 (Keith Miller)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alec Bedser	21	2	56	0	2.66	-	-	-
Dick Pollard	22	6	55	0	2.50	-	-	-
Ken Cranston	7.1	0	28	1	3.90	-	-	-
Jim Laker	32	11	93	0	2.90	-	-	-
Norman Yardley	13	1	44	1	3.38	-	-	-
Denis Compton	15	3	82	1	5.46	-	-	-
Leonard Hutton	4	1	30	0	7.50	-	-	-

CLOSE OF PLAY

Thu, 22 Jul - day 1 - England 1st innings 268/2 (Bill Edrich 41*, Alec Bedser 0*)

Fri, 23 Jul - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 63/1 (Lindsay Hassett 13*, Donald Bradman 31*)

Sat, 24 Jul - day 3 - Australia 1st innings 457/9 (Ray Lindwall 76*, Ernie Toshack 12*)

Sun, 25 Jul - rest day

Mon, 26 Jul - day 4 - England 2nd innings 362/8 (Godfrey Evans 47*, Jim Laker 14*)

Tue, 27 Jul - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 404/3 (114.1 ov) - end of match

MATCH DETAILS

Headingley, Leeds
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of England
Season	1948
Series result	Australia led the 5-match series 3-0
Match number	Test no. 302
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Ron Saggers
Umpires	Frank Chester Herbert Baldwin

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Australia Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
AV Bedser	21	2	56	0	2.66
R Pollard	22	6	55	0	2.5
K Cranston	7.1	0	28	1	3.9
JC Laker	32	11	93	0	2.9
NWD Yardley	13	1	44	1	3.38
DCS Compton	15	3	82	1	5.46
L Hutton	4	1	30	0	7.5

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